On May 7 and 8, the Brookings Energy Security Initiative and the National Committee on American Foreign Policy co-hosted a conference on the Caspian Sea Basin Region. Recent events in the region have underscored its geopolitical importance to the United States and the European Union, in ...
Depression is now the leading cause of disability and poor health worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement Friday. By their estimates, more than 300 million people live with the condition—an 18 percent increase since 2005. But nearly half of these people don't get...
and occasionally suicidal thoughts. 1 Depression often occurs as a result of adverse life events, such as: the loss of a significant person, object, relationship or health. However, it can also occur due to no apparent cause. These problems can become chronic or recurrent and lead to substant...
Depression is a condition so common. 【1】 The World Health Organization (WHO) calls it “a leading cause of disability.” Difficulty in falling asleep, loss of appetite, and loss of ability to concentrate are just a few of the other effects of depression. While life events such as the ...
Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain according to a review of research. The disease must be treated as a global public health priority (优先),experts report in the journal PLOS Medicine. The study compared clinical depression with more than 200 other...
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that it shared data with other international researchers and helped to create the report. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the study identifies the “importance ...
• Christos Lionis, Maria van den Muijsenbergh and I presented a well-received workshop on primary health care for asylum seekers and refugees, at the RCGP annual conference in Liverpool. Adekunle Joseph Ariba from Africa region joined us there, which was a particular pleasure. ...
Health Research finds physical activity in nature helps prevent several diseases, including depression and type 2 diabetes Physical activity in natural environments prevent almost 13,000 cases of non-communicable diseases a year in England and save treatment costs of more than £100m, new research ...
However, as with many other countries, the UAE has faced some problems in getting its population to fully receive vaccine shots as per the schedules recommended by the World Health Organization. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE launched an extensive vaccination drive, aiming to achieve high...
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