Why will low birthrate in Europe trigger ‘Staggering social change’? Lancet report says Western countries will be forced to open borders wide to migration if economies are to survive. Al Jazeera · Apr 3, 2024
Global Fertility Rate To Keep Plummeting, Major Study Warns The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive massive social change. International Business Times · Mar 20, 2024
More that 1 billion of world's population is clinically obese, study shows More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity – with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a WHO study published by The Lancet medical journal. Radio France Internationale · Mar 1, 2024
Therapy, not taboo: Men embrace a new era of mental well-being Men's mental health is evolving, with a shift away from the expectation of stoic warriors. A study by The Lancet found that men's suicidal death rate is higher than women's. Naresh, a software engineer, is breaking the mould by seeking therapy. To dismantle barriers, society must challenge norms that link… The Hindu · Dec 5, 2023
Tory MSP wrong in challenge of minimum alcohol pricing research, say medical experts A group of medical experts have defended an agency’s research into the effects of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP), saying a Conservative MSP… The National (Scotland) · Aug 12, 2023
RFK Jr. spreads anti-autism bigotry RFK Jr. says he advocates for the marginalized, but built his career spreading harmful lies about autistic people Salon · Jun 30, 2023
Industries can harm health in many ways: here are 3 that aren’t so obvious A recent ground-breaking series of reports in the science journal The Lancet unpacks what commercial determinants of health are, and how they affect public health. It uses a new, broader definition of the determinants: The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023
Profit versus health: 4 ways big global industries make people sick It’s now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries account for at least one-third of global preventable deaths. These industries are: unhealthy processed food and drinks, fossil fuels, alcohol and tobacco. Collectively they cause 19 million deaths every year,… The Conversation · Mar 27, 2023
Why America was uniquely vulnerable to COVID The pandemic experience varied sharply from state to state, according to an analysis published in The Lancet. Axios · Mar 24, 2023
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol linked to ‘significant’ reduction in deaths Research published in The Lancet suggested 156 deaths a year in Scotland have been saved by the policy. The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023