Susan Goldstein, University of the Witwatersrand and Haroon Saloojee, University of the Witwatersrand - The two public health interventions that have had the greatest impact on the world’s health are clean water and...
Henry Goodfellow, UCL - As of March 2023, the Office for National Statistics estimated that 1.7 million people in the UK were living with self-reported long COVID. This refers to symptoms, including fatigue...
Thomas L. Cherpes, The Ohio State University
Diagnoses for sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are increasing in older adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the number of people older than 65 diagnosed with chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis in the U.S. increased about three-, five- and sevenfold, respectively, from 2010 to 2023. Data also suggests that women older than 50 are at greater risk for HIV than younger women.
Explanations for why these infections are so common in older adults include limited understanding of STIs in this age group, infrequent condom use and increased availability of medications for conditions that typically limit sexual activity in older adults, such as...
Eugene Lee Davids, University of Pretoria - Each day we make thousands of decisions, starting with what to have for breakfast and what to wear. We make so many decisions that we don’t keep...
Hannah Simba, African Population and Health Research Center - Language can give people the power to take an active part in their own healthcare, or it can create barriers.
Effective communication raises awareness about diseases and is key to delivering good care to patients.
Yet in many African settings, this aspect of care is often overlooked.
Take cancer, for example. Understanding how cancer is discussed in various languages and cultural contexts is...
Dan Denis, University of York
Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much time sleeping since at least...
Dan Denis, University of York
Twenty-six years. That is roughly how much of our lives are spent asleep. Scientists have been trying to explain why we spend so much time sleeping since at least...
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