R ecent data from the Global Burden of Disease project provide alarming statistics about the rapidly growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the world. The data from the Global Burden of Disease project reveal a dramatic increase (90%) of global years of life lost to CKD from 1990 to 2013; it is now the 13th leading cause of death worldwide. CKD, which results in almost 1 million deat...

Hypertension affects one third of adults in the United States (1) and is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke (2). A previous report found differences in the prevalence of hypertension among racial/ethnic populations in the United States; blacks had a higher prevalence of hypertension, and Hispanics had the lowest use of antihypertensive medication (3). Recent variations in geograph...

Objective: Smoking is a prevalent problem globally but more so among most ASEAN countries. Worldwide, six million lives are lost annually and this number is expected to grow. In light of this, the World Health Organization recognises the 31 of May to be World No Tobacco Day. For 2013, the theme is “Ban Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship”. This article aims to increase awareness amon...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://dx.doi.org/10.5045/kjh.2012.47.3.159 The Korean Journal of Hematology Volume 47ᆞNumbe...

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