Data & Numbers
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UK’s Healthy Life Expectancy Falls: Is the NHS Struggling to Keep People Well?
The UK's healthy life expectancy has stalled or declined, with people living longer but spending more years with chronic disease…
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Trace Lithium in Drinking Water Linked to Lower Suicide and Dementia Rates Across Decades of Research
Fifty years of epidemiological evidence, spanning the United States, Japan, Europe, and Scandinavia, suggests that naturally occurring trace lithium in…
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England’s weekly death toll falls below historical average as summer conditions ease pressure on health system
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance in England for the week ending 12 July 2026 fell within…
India’s Double Malnutrition Crisis: Thinness and Obesity Coexist in School-Age Children
A longitudinal birth cohort study of 251 children in Vellore reveals India's emerging nutrition paradox:…
South Asian populations in UK show distinct multimorbidity patterns linked to genes and socioeconomic factors
A 10-year study of 23,554 British Bangladeshi and Pakistani adults found that 13.4% developed combined…
Popular obesity drugs deliver weight loss but fail to improve quality of life or heart health, meta-analysis reveals
A meta-analysis published in The BMJ found that popular obesity drugs such as semaglutide and…
US Chronic Kidney Disease Profile Shifts: Diabetes-Linked Cases Rise While Overall Rate Plateaus
Chronic kidney disease prevalence in US adults remained stable at approximately 15% between 2013 and…