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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared vaccine hesitancy one of the ten biggest threats to global health in 2019, along with air pollution and climate change. The declaration followed several measles outbreaks in Europe and the US, but most cases were in a country where the health system had broken down: Ukraine. Nothing suggests

One in ten children feel lonely, with youngsters who get free school meals, and live in big cities more likely to be unhappy, study finds Other triggers for loneliness include moving school, bullying and illness The study follows Theresa May’s campaign to ‘end loneliness in our lifetimes’ Schools were warned that punishments like detention can

Nine in ten English adults have at least one unhealthy trait linked to an early death, such as drinking too much alcohol, smoking, or eating a poor diet, reveals NHS survey Almost 90 per cent of adults in England have an unhealthy lifestyle which is increasing their risk of dying young. A survey found just

Boy, 10, whose heart could be seen ‘pumping out of his chest’ has one of the fastest heartbeats in the world Jack Searle went to A&E with a heart rate of 301 beats per minute  Doctors initially thought the machine that tested his heart rate must be broken In adults, a heart rate of over

Genomic screening of more than 50,000 people shows that more than 80% of those who carry an identifiable genetic risk for breast, ovarian, prostate, and pancreatic cancer don’t know it despite frequent interaction with the healthcare system. The findings were published Sept. 21 in the journal JAMA Network Open. In the absence of routine screening,

More than 90 percent of people caring for a family member with dementia experience poor sleep, according to new research by the University at Buffalo School of Nursing. The study found that most participants got less than six hours of sleep each night, accompanied by frequent awakenings as often as four times per hour. These

A new CAMH and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) study shows that people with schizophrenia account for more than 1 in 10 cases of suicide in Ontario, and that young people are disproportionately affected. “Among people who died by suicide, having a diagnosis of schizophrenia is clearly over-represented,” says Dr. Juveria Zaheer, first author