Blindness and severe vision impairment is predicted to affect almost 900 million people worldwide by 2050—up from around 338 million today, according to a new pre-print study accepted by The Lancet and highlighted on World ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Research published today in Nature Microbiology paints a startling new picture of where dengue, the world's fastest-growing mosquito-borne virus, will spread to put more than 6 billion people at risk toward the end of the ...
Jun 10, 2019
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The number of people who live past the age of 100 has been on the rise for decades, up to nearly half a million people worldwide.
Jul 1, 2021
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Over 80% of predicted heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by the end of the century could be prevented if global warming is limited to 2°C, according to a modeling study published in The Lancet ...
Apr 3, 2023
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The degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis affects 15% of the global population over age 30, so by 2050 that could be nearly 1 billion people, researchers say.
Aug 22, 2023
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The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis—let's not waste it.
Feb 21, 2020
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The prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia is increasing globally, according to a study published online Oct. 20 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity.
Nov 3, 2022
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One of the biggest challenges to reducing hunger and undernutrition around the world is to produce foods that provide not only enough calories but also make enough necessary nutrients widely available. New research finds ...
Jul 18, 2019
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When Martin Owor, a father of six, told his wife he was considering having a vasectomy, she told him it was out of the question. How would they live as husband and wife after his surgical sterilization?
Nov 3, 2017
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If global temperatures warm 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial averages and cities do not expand their existing cooling infrastructure, the United States can expect five times the number of temperature-related ...
Sep 7, 2023
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