Chronic Diseases
Twenty-year Bangladesh study links cleaner water to sharp drop in chronic disease deaths
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A 20-year study in Bangladesh has found that reducing arsenic levels in drinking water was associated with as much as a 50 percent reduction in deaths from heart disease, cancer and other major chronic illnesses. Researchers followed nearly 11,000 adults and reported that participants who switched to safer wells eventually had mortality risks similar to people who were never heavily exposed to arsenic. The findings, published in JAMA, underscore the global health benefits of tackling arsenic contamination in drinking water.
Brief bursts of vigorous activity tied to lower risks across eight major disease groups, study finds
Just a few minutes of activity that leaves people out of breath each day was associated with substantially lower risks of developing eight major diseases and of dying over about seven years in a study of roughly 96,000 UK Biobank participants who wore wrist accelerometers for a week. The research, published March 30, 2026 in the European Heart Journal, suggests that how intensely people move may matter alongside how much they move.
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A three-paper series in The Lancet by 43 international experts warns that ultra-processed foods are rapidly transforming diets around the world and are consistently linked to poorer health outcomes. The authors call for urgent, coordinated policy measures to curb corporate influence, reduce production and marketing of these products, and make healthier foods more accessible, arguing that waiting for more trials risks further entrenching ultra-processed foods in global food systems.