The long-awaited  Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2010 Study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation was published in The Lancet Dec. 14 receiving worldwide press coverage.Follow the link to read summaries and articles from major news publications. The New York Times: Life Expectancy Rises Around the World, Study Finds. “A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases more associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. The shift reflects improvements in sanitation, medical services and access to food throughout the developing world, as well as the success of broad public health efforts like vaccine programs. The results are dramatic: infant mortality has declined by more than half between 1990 and 2010, and malnutrition, the No. 1 risk factor for death and years of life lost in 1990, has fallen to No. 8.”