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Women bear heavier burden of pain & mental illness despite longer lives: Lancet study
Women may be living longer than men, but they are also spending far more years battling pain, depression, anxiety and other disabling conditions, according to a major global study published in The Lancet Public Health. The analysis, based on data from 204 countries and territories, found that women bear a disproportionately higher burden of several chronic and non-fatal conditions that affect quality of life, while men are more likely to die prematurely from fatal diseases and injuries....
The world will be 100 million cancer workers short by 2050, according to Lancet
A new report warns the world is heading towards a cancer care crisis, with cases sharply rising and the workforce failing to keep pace. The world will need nearly 100 million more cancer workers by 2050, a new study warns. The largest gaps will be among nurses and diagnostic specialists, particularly radiologists and pathologists, with Africa and Asia set to be the hardest hit.
Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat
A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across AfricaThe brick house Sylvia shares in a Western Cape township on the outskirts of Cape Town with her three children gets unbearably hot every summer, causing the youngest to cry and her two older children to struggle to concentrate on their homework. Sylvia is not alone, according to a recent report in the Lancet: “In 2024, people in South Africa were exposed to 13 heatwave days, on...
Retatrutide: Triple acting jab for type 2 diabetes lowers blood sugar and boosts weight loss, trial reports
Retatrutide, a triple action treatment for type 2 diabetes, could significantly reduce blood glucose concentrations and body weight in patients with the condition, a phase 3 trial has reported. The results, published in the Lancet,1 show that patients who received injections of retatrutide for 40 weeks lost more than four times as much weight as those in the placebo group. After 40 weeks the average reduction in HbA1c with the new treatment was more than twice that in the placebo group,...
Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat
A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across AfricaThe brick house Sylvia shares in a Western Cape township on the outskirts of Cape Town with her three children gets unbearably hot every summer, causing the youngest to cry and her two older children to struggle to concentrate on their homework. Sylvia is not alone, according to a recent report in the Lancet: “In 2024, people in South Africa were exposed to 13 heatwave days, on...
Hearing loss is bad for the whole body – but new treatments are coming
I’m sitting in a soundproof booth at an audiologist’s office, wearing headphones and straining to hear some faint electronic noises. When I think I’ve heard one, I press a button. Was that real or did I imagine it?
The Painful Truth About Long Covid
Nothing about long Covid adds up. Consider prevalence rates: How could one study find it affected 3.3 percent of the population of the UK but others an alarming 51 percent of South Americans and 86 percent of Egyptians? Or treatment methods: The BMJ’s systematic review of ways to treat long Covid lists two as supported by moderate evidence, cognitive behavioral therapy and physical exercise.
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Drought linked to 46% increase in sexual violence among adolescents in Southern Africa
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Wildfires reverse decade of ozone cleanup in the United States, study reveals
Wildfires reverse decade of ozone cleanup in the United States, study reveals Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Ozone pollution has worsened in much of the continental United States over the past decade, fueled by wildfires and the long-distance transport of unhealthy air, according to a new study titled "Fires reverse progress toward ozone air quality standards in the U.S.," led by University of Iowa researchers and published in the journal Science. Exposure to...