Reacting to Kate Middleton's shock diagnosis, experts today warned of an ongoing 'epidemic' of the disease among younger people.
Neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, migraines, stroke and multiple sclerosis, are now the leading of ill health and disability around the world.
A major new study released by The Lancet Neurology shows that, in 2021, more than 3 billion people worldwide were living with a neurological condition. The World Health Organization (WHO) contributed to the analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor Study (GBD) 2021 data. Neurological conditions are now the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide.
The number of confirmed measles cases in Canada so far this year is more than three times higher than all infections recorded in 2023, the country's chief public health officer said as she urged people to ensure their vaccinations are up to date. The Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 confirmed cases across the country in 2024, Dr. Theresa Tam said on Wednesday. Tam said she is concerned that not enough school-aged children have been adequately vaccinated against the highly...
Mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders make up 80 percent of children's disability cases, according to Kela.
But the Union Isn't Screwed. Probably. by Vivian McCall Originally published in our sister publication, The Stranger. Alex Garland’s Civil War, a film that premiered at South by Southwest this month, imagines a near-future where the collective “Western Forces” of Texas and California are engaged in a second American Civil War with a United States government led by a three-term president, placing viewers with three journalists...
It is called early onset cancer. And the Princess of Wales, diagnosed at 42, is part of an unfortunate new trend of more and younger cancer cases.
Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave a speech in Halifax on Tuesday in which she sounded the alarm on Canada’s flagging productivity rates.
Some 3% of Dutch adults over the age of 25 say they continued to experience problems after a coronavirus infection, but the figure is far higher – 5% – for teenagers and young adults, according to new research by public health institute RIVM. Almost a quarter of older adults and one in five of the youngsters who reported having Long Covid symptoms said they felt extremely restricted in their daily lives. Exhaustion, memory loss and concentration problems and shortness of
Young adults are less likely to adopt a climate-conscious lifestyle than older people and are more likely to display less environmentally friendly behaviour, such as travelling by air, national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. At the same time they are not under any illusions about their behaviour, giving themselves an average score of 6.2 out of 10 for living in a more climate-aware way – compared to the seven out of 10 score among older age groups. People in
The model says women have cosmetic procedures younger than she did, and they all look like "aliens".
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