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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with intellectual disabilities has been greater than reflected by COVID-19-related deaths alone. Not only was the mortality risk from COVID-19 higher in people with intellectual disabilities than in the general population, but overall mortality disparities were also further exacerbated during the first 2 years of the pandemic. For disability-inclusive…
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Association between hearing aid use and all-cause and cause-specific dementia: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort - 1 year(s) ago
In people with hearing loss, hearing aid use is associated with a risk of dementia of a similar level to that of people without hearing loss. With the postulation that up to 8% of dementia cases could be prevented with proper hearing loss management, our findings highlight the urgent need to take measures to address hearing loss to improve cognitive decline.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: Latest Headlines, NeurologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 8The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities - 1 year(s) ago
There is a growing body of evidence indicating the arts have a role to play in promoting good health and preventing and managing illness. WHO has called for governments to take an intersectoral approach, both within and across traditional areas of policy, to realise the potential of the arts for public health. To explore what global progress is being made towards this aim, we present examples of…
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Association between hearing aid use and all-cause and cause-specific dementia: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort - 1 year(s) ago
In people with hearing loss, hearing aid use is associated with a risk of dementia of a similar level to that of people without hearing loss. With the postulation that up to 8% of dementia cases could be prevented with proper hearing loss management, our findings highlight the urgent need to take measures to address hearing loss to improve cognitive decline.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Neurodegenerative disease among male elite football (soccer) players in Sweden: a cohort study - 1 year(s) ago
In this cohort study, male football players who had played in the Swedish top division had a significantly increased risk of neurodegenerative disease compared with population controls. The risk increase was observed for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias but not for other types of neurodegenerative disease, and among outfield players, but not among goalkeepers. Our study expands on the data…
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 57Association between hearing aid use and all-cause and cause-specific dementia: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort - 1 year(s) ago
In people with hearing loss, hearing aid use is associated with a risk of dementia of a similar level to that of people without hearing loss. With the postulation that up to 8% of dementia cases could be prevented with proper hearing loss management, our findings highlight the urgent need to take measures to address hearing loss to improve cognitive decline.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Life expectancy in mainland China and its provinces has a high probability of continuing to increase through to 2035. Adequate policy planning of social and health services will be needed.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 16Firearm injury—a preventable public health issue - 1 year(s) ago
Firearm-related injury is a leading cause of death disproportionately affecting adolescents and young adults across the world, especially in the Americas. Little progress has been made over the past four decades, as inaction and the adoption of ineffective or unevidenced interventions have become commonplace. The COVID-19 pandemic reconfigured health systems towards prevention and harm reduction,…
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Mental health of migrants with pre-migration exposure to armed conflict: a systematic review and meta-analysis - 1 year(s) ago
Migrants who are exposed to armed conflict are at high risk of mental health disorders. The mental health-care needs of migrants should be assessed soon after resettlement, and adequate care should be provided, with particular attention paid to young adults.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Despite unrestricted access, almost a third of individuals with HIV–HCV remained untreated with direct-acting antivirals during follow-up, with variation in commencement rate of HCV treatment between countries and key populations. Increased efforts are required to reach the remaining individuals with HIV who are HCV-viraemic to achieve HIV–HCV micro-elimination.
Source: The Lancet Public HealthCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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