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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) a major predictor, and NAFLD can range from simple steatosis (non-alcoholic fatty...

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Dementia due to brain diseases such as Alzheimer's affects 55 million people, and in the year 2019 alone, represented a cost of US $1.3 trillion globally. This is cited by Daly (2023), who focuses in...

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that adults perform ≥150min/week of moderate-intensity equivalent aerobic physical activity and ≥2 episodes/week of muscle-strengthening activities....

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Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes functional, psychological, and socioeconomic losses, with long-term secondary complications such as bowel management playing an important role in the maintenance of...

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Worldwide, the annual costs of mental health disorders are an estimated $2.5 trillion (USD), a sum which is projected to rise to $6 trillion by 2030. This is cited by Singh et al (2023), who note that...

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There has been an increase in the number of adolescents encountering and consuming pornography, and this exposure is concerning for parents, teachers and the public. In this American paper, Jhe et al...

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Globally, diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) is the leading cause of the diabetes disability burden, with some 20 million people worldwide estimated to have DFD, and another 130 million people having...

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Annually, among under-fives in Europe, rotavirus gastroenteritis is responsible for 75 000 to 150 000 hospitalisations and up to some 600 000 medical encounters in emergency departments or outpatient...

Urban planning encouraging detours could be beneficial for older people

Dementia affects some 50 million people worldwide, and prevalence data show that an estimated 12.5% of people above the age of 60, and 17.3% of those aged over 85 years are affected by severe...

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Globally, 85% of cardiovascular disease deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes. This is cited by Wang et al (2022) who state that there is limited evidence on the relationship between a...

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Chan et al (2022) note that cervical cancer is not only the most common type of cancer amongst women globally, with an age-standardised incidence rate of 13.1 per 100 000 women, it is also one of...

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Although regular exercise and a healthy diet are central to the prevention of several chronic diseases, there is debate over whether one can ‘outrun a bad diet’ through high levels of physical...

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