Unhealthy food dominated the weekly grocery store flyers. As much as two thirds of the space was taken up by less healthy foods according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The advertising does not seem to support ...
May 31, 2023
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Worldwide, one of the initial responses to the COVID-19 virus was locking down parts of the economy to reduce social interactions and the virus's spread. Now, the development and production of vaccines have largely replaced ...
May 30, 2023
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Tobacco use imposes a large health and economic burden worldwide. Research estimates that, in 2019, about 8 million deaths were attributable to tobacco smoking. Tobacco also reduces years of healthy living: about 200 million ...
May 30, 2023
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A new distributional cost-effectiveness analysis of gene therapy versus standard-of-care for sickle cell disease (SCD) found that while gene therapy is cost-ineffective by conventional measures, it can be an equitable therapeutic ...
May 29, 2023
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The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa.
May 26, 2023
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During the COVID-19 pandemic period, mental health of the human population remarkably deteriorated worldwide. With the spread of the infection, the number of suicides in Japan began to increase in 2020, for the first time ...
May 24, 2023
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Regular diagnostic testing and self-isolation can be more effective than school and business closures when it comes to combating infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, according to a new study by University of Wyoming ...
May 23, 2023
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Analysis of over 30 years of data has shown the number of cases of low back pain is growing, with modeling suggesting by 2050, 843 million people will be affected by the condition largely due to population increases and aging ...
May 22, 2023
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The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will reach US$14 trillion by the end of 2023, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts have estimated.
May 17, 2023
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New research shows that the economic burden of health disparities in the United States remains unacceptably high. The study revealed that in 2018, racial and ethnic health disparities cost the U.S. economy $451 billion, a ...
May 17, 2023
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