Today’s global medical industry poses a public health threat to millions of people around the world and historical racism has helped shape it, according to new research.
Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That’s more than 70% of all deaths globally. Most of these d...
A variety of antibiotics are currently in short supply across Europe. In the UK, for example, the availability of amoxicillin and penicillin, which are used to treat infections such as st...
The world faces an epidemic of avoidable diseases like cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and dementia unless swift action is taken to persuade people to become more active, according ...
Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.
The time fathers devote to child care every week has tripled over the past 50 years in the United States. The increase in fathers’ involvement in child rearing is even steeper in countrie...
Researchers suspect that the way cells use nutrients in the presence of a virus can determine disease outcome and severity.
Health and climate are inextricably linked, from the impact of extreme weather on food security to air pollution due to wildfires or the growing spread of infectious diseases. Wherever we...
Nearly half of the world's population, or 3.5 billion people, suffers from oral diseases, the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has...
Okinawa, a Japanese archipelago, is one of the world’s five 'Blue Zones', where there are high concentrations of centenarians. So what can they teach us about living longer?
In March 1946, just months after the end of the second world war, James Douglas began a pioneering and extraordinary study. Based on a representative sample of 5,362 babies all born in th...
In late October, the UK Health Security Agency assigned variant designations to two new omicron “grandchildren”: BQ.1 and XBB. This means they will be monitored by health authorities, but...
This article is part of the Insights Uncharted Brain series. There are many competing theories about what causes Alzheimer’s disease. Here, Ruth Itzhaki reflects on a career dedicated to ...
In a new World Economic Forum white paper, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, India lays out plans for an innovative FIRST Cancer Care (FCC) initiative. The Fourth Industria...
November 18-24 is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week which is an opportunity to improve global awareness and understanding of AMR, in order to find solutions to the silent pandemic.
