Global Health
Global rates of short-sightedness are rising rapidly, study shows
A study has found that rates of short-sightedness (myopia) are rising dramatically, with estimates that half of the world will be short-sighted by 2050.
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Healthy Futures
Health and Healthcare
Antimicrobial resistance now causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide – new study
Antimicrobial resistance is when infection-causing microbes evolve to become resistant to the drug designed to kill them, a threat accelerating faster than previous worst-case scenarios.
Health and Healthcare
Driving a global effort against Alzheimer’s
The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative is a global initiative to progress the discovery, testing and delivery of precision interventions for Alzheimer’s disease.
Health and Healthcare
Clues for cancer can now be found in a drop of blood, experts reveal
A new predictive model paves the way for early-stage lung cancer screening - and could be applied in future to the early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
Health and Healthcare
3 ways Asia-Pacific healthcare can become patient-centric
New diagnostic capabilities promise to make healthcare more personalized and pre-emptive – if the right technology and incentives are put into place
Global Health
Year in review: 2021's key global health moments, according to the WHO
The pandemic might have dominated health headlines this year, but there have been lots of other stories on the World Health Organization’s global health agenda.
COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis may feel endless - but it's time to plan for your post-pandemic future
Throughout COVID-19, people have been focused on getting by day by day. However, having a long-term strategy and well-defined goals is still important to be successful.
Global Health
How to keep your brain in tip-top condition and prevent 'cognitive decline'
Researchers studied the risk factors associated with a decline in cognitive health linked to dementia - and found they include education and exercise.
Global Health
Have global tobacco sales passed their peak?
According to WHO estimates, 22.3 percent of all people aged 15 and older used tobacco in 2020, down from 32.7 percent at the turn of the millennium.
Mental Health
Online gaming can be good for your mental health - here’s how
Mental health practitioners are suggesting online gaming to treat stress and other disorders, letting patients play independently or join them for treatment on platforms such as Minecraft...
Health and Healthcare
COVID-19 has hurt our brain health. Here's how you can help protect it
COVID-19 is impacting brain health. Isolation and changing behavioral patterns during lockdown put brain health at risk. But eating better, exercise and puzzles can stem the decline.
COVID-19
The Omicron variant is here - what comes next? Here are 5 possibilities
Leaders can build on the emergence of the Omicron variant to redouble collaborative efforts to defeat COVID globally.
Healthy Futures
Here's what Omicron can tell us about how COVID-19 variants are discovered
Scientists from the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa named the B.1.1.529 variant Omicron, classified as a variant of concern by the WHO.
COVID-19
7 steps to ensure your COVID-19 rapid antigen test is as accurate as possible
Rapid antigen tests are now more accessible than ever in supermarkets and pharmacies, so it is important that everyone knows how to use them correctly.
Global Health
Lung cancer is more deadly in poorer nations. This is how to level the burden of this disease
As people live longer the risk of cancer (and lung cancer) increases, with over 70% of cases occurring in people over 50.
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