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6 days ago · Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and is responsible for a high burden of hospital admission and mortality in children. RSV–LRTI is also associated with long-term respiratory sequelae. Recent advances show great promise such as RSV vaccines and monoclonal antibodies.
Growing up in a digital world: benefits and risks - The Lancet
Jan 5, 2018 · Digital technologies have profoundly changed childhood and adolescence. The internet and the means to access it, such as tablets and smartphones, along with social media platforms and messaging apps, have become integral to the lives of youth around the world. They have transformed their education and learning, the way they make and maintain friendships, how they spend their leisure time, and ...
Chronic pain: an update on burden, best practices, and new …
Chronic pain exerts an enormous personal and economic burden, affecting more than 30% of people worldwide according to some studies. Unlike acute pain, which carries survival value, chronic pain might be best considered to be a disease, with treatment (eg, to be active despite the pain) and psychological (eg, pain acceptance and optimism as goals) implications. Pain can be categorised as ...
Influenza - The Lancet
Annual seasonal influenza epidemics of variable severity caused by influenza A and B virus infections result in substantial disease burden worldwide. Seasonal influenza virus circulation declined markedly in 2020–21 after SARS-CoV-2 emerged but increased in 2021–22. Most people with influenza have abrupt onset of respiratory symptoms and myalgia with or without fever and recover within 1 ...
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Sep 20, 2024 · This Series in The Lancet Rheumatology explores the evidence on cognitive impairment and frailty in rheumatic diseases, emphasises the relevance of the geriatric 5Ms in rheumatology, and calls for rheumatologists to consider the unique needs of older adults living with rheumatic diseases in their clinical practice.
Pollution and health: a progress update - The Lancet
May 17, 2022 · The Lancet Commission on pollution and health reported that pollution was responsible for 9 million premature deaths in 2015, making it the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death. We have now updated this estimate using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuriaes, and Risk Factors Study 2019. We find that pollution remains responsible for approximately ...
Time to take academic pressure seriously - The Lancet Child ...
Sep 6, 2023 · September marks the beginning of a new academic year in many countries. School is a place for learning, development, and friendship; yet, for many children and adolescents, school—and academic pressure in particular—can also be a source of stress and unhappiness. In the UK, the Good Childhood Report showed that 12% and 11% of adolescents were unhappy with school and schoolwork ...
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eClinicalMedicine Home Page - The Lancet
Sep 21, 2024 · eClinicalMedicine, together with eBioMedicine, is part of The Lancet Discovery Science — a suite of open access journals that span basic, translational, clinical, and health systems research. They publish essential, early evidence that helps researchers and clinicians alike to identify new opportunities with the potential to improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.
The 2023 WHO World malaria report - The Lancet Microbe
Jan 31, 2024 · The estimated number of global malaria cases in 2022 exceeded pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in 2019, according to WHO’s 2023 World malaria report. Several threats to the malaria global response are highlighted in the report, including climate change. The report, an annual assessment of global trends in malaria control and elimination, noted ...