Category: 6. Health

Join us for a public webinar on Social Health and Digital Play: A Conversation, Not a Conclusion where we aim to share insights from WHO’s work on social connection; reflect on the current state of the evidence on how video gameplay may…

LGB+ people are much more likely to die by taking their own lives, drug overdoses and alcohol-related disease than their straight counterparts, the first official figures of their kind show.

The 2021 census in England and Wales asked people aged…

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it’s time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid rising interest in the disorder across the country.

For instance, some op-eds, written in recent weeks by parents and…

Semaglutide in patients with established cardiovascular disease who are overweight or obese without diabetes was associated with a reduced rate of hospital admissions and shorter length of stay, according to an exploratory analysis of the…

In the control group, less than half experienced improvements in their symptoms. The improvement was likely a result of natural symptom fluctuations in Crohn’s disease and because patients continued to follow their standard care…

Lithium is an unusual mineral, so soft you can cut it with a knife, and so light it floats on water. In fact, it’s often found in drinking water and soil—­with studies linking low levels in an area’s water supply to…

Alzheimer Disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder currently affecting over 7 million people in the United States.¹ About 1 in 9 patients aged 65 and older has AD, with most patients being female. AD patients demonstrate…

Introduction

Esophageal cancer remains a major global health burden, ranking as the 11th most common malignancy and the 7th leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the predominant…

World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January, every year. In 2025, the World Leprosy Day is on 26 January. This international day is an opportunity to celebrate people who have experienced leprosy, raise awareness of the disease,…