COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2022, accounting for more than 1 in 20 deaths (9,859 of 190,939 deaths), according to figures released today (Sept. 27) by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Sep 27, 2023
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The summer of 2022 was the hottest summer ever recorded in Europe and was characterized by an intense series of record-breaking heat waves, droughts and forest fires. While Eurostat, the European statistical office, already ...
Jul 10, 2023
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New University of Otago, Christchurch, research has found that a legal drug—alcohol—causes more widespread harm to New Zealand society than other illegal drugs.
Jun 29, 2023
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The use of thyroid hormones other than the commonly prescribed hormone medicine levothyroxine to treat hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid, is increasing, according to a study being presented Friday at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine ...
Jun 16, 2023
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Pre-surgery exercise and education—widely known as prehabilitation—can significantly improve outcomes for patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open,
May 31, 2023
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Dying is often associated with extensive health and elderly care. A recent study by Marcus Ebeling from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and colleagues in Sweden came to this conclusion through a new way ...
May 5, 2023
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Five people in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde have died from cholera over the last month, according to the health ministry, which warned of a "resurgence" of the disease.
Apr 20, 2023
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Two-thirds of staff and residents in long-term care facilities for older people across England were infected with COVID-19 during the first two years of the pandemic, according to new findings from the Vivaldi study being ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Geographic access to IVF and other fertility services is significantly higher in the richest parts of Britain, a new study published in Human Fertility shows.
Apr 4, 2023
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It is almost three years since the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Working at breakneck speed, scientists managed to produce effective vaccinations in record time. The subsequent ...
Feb 27, 2023
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