due to its domestic problems, russia failed to pay significant attention to central asia and the caucasus after the collapse of the soviet :union:. this resulted in a geopolitical vacuum in the region followed by extensive activities done by regional actors including iran, turkey, pakistan and israel as well as world players such as nato. defining central asia and the caucasus as 'near abr...

Western guidelines have been used to diagnose diabetes mellitus in Asia. The increased availability of data from Asian populations, however, has made it apparent that modifications to western guidelines are needed when they are used in Asia. Both the American Diabetes Association and the World Health Organization have recently modified their diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. The implic...

Once concentrated among adolescent Caucasian females in high-income Western countries, today, eating disorders (EDs) are truly global. Building upon previous work describing the rise of EDs among cultures in transition, we contextualize the emergence of EDs in Asia by locating this development within the broader discourse about the processes of change that have radically transformed Asian socie...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world, accounting for 30% of deaths globally. The major cardiovascular diseases include coronary or ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease or stroke, hypertension, heart failure, and rheumatic heart disease. Although the CVD mortality rate has declined in the US and the rest of the developed world, the rate has increased...