Overweight & Obesity
Half of world will be obese by 2035, health organization predicts
Half the world will be overweight by 2035, a health group warns.
Mar 6, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Estimating the environmental impact of prostate cancer procedures
A Yale-led study examines the potential environmental benefits of more carefully selecting patients for prostate biopsy in a way that can also spare low-yield and potentially harmful procedures.
Mar 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Estimates and projections of the global economic cost of 29 cancers
A new study has calculated the economic cost of cancers around the world, helping policymakers allocate resources appropriately and enact policies to curb the increase in cancer-related death and disability.
Feb 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD's top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland
A Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's COVID response began work this month, with a goal to prepare the country for future pandemics.
Feb 16, 2023
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Neuroscience
Epilepsy register helps deliver healthy babies, huge savings, study finds
An Australian register set up to help pregnant women with epilepsy has helped dramatically reduce the number of stillbirths and birth defects such as spina bifida, and the resulting costs to the community, a new Monash University ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Medications
Type 2 diabetes drug cost-effective for cardiovascular and kidney benefits, finds Australian study
Medication that helps reduce a person's risk of developing cardiovascular and kidney disease is a cost-effective option to treat Australia's entire population of people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
Dec 1, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beijing on edge as city adds new quarantine centers
Residents of some parts of China's capital were emptying supermarket shelves and overwhelming delivery apps Friday as the city government ordered faster construction of COVID-19 quarantine centers and field hospitals.
Nov 25, 2022
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Health
Inaction could cost Australian truckers their lives, study finds
If nothing is done to improve the health of Australia's male truck drivers, 6,067 lives and AU$2.6 billion in productivity could be lost over the next 10 years, Monash University-led research has found.
Nov 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Putting a dollar value on cancer survival
New University of the Sunshine Coast-led research has for the first time estimated the health care costs of Queenslanders who survived cancers in the 20 years to 2016.
Nov 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Considerable medical costs associated with recurrent vertigo
The three most common causes of recurrent vertigo have considerable medical costs associated with their treatment, according to a study published online Oct. 13 in JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery.
Oct 21, 2022
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