Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the National ... out against a backdrop of frightening social unrest. Rates of depression, however, vary considerably from ...

Globally, depression is a major contributor to disability, with the World Health Organization estimating that over 280 ...

Lucius Lamar, the U.S. senator from Mississippi, was only nine years old when his namesake father, a prominent Georgia judge, ...

For years now, policymakers have sought an explanation for the mental health crisis among young people. Suicide attempts and psychiatric hospitalizations were rising even before the pandemic. Then the ...

It's the largest, most digitally-connected generation in history. How might they navigate some of the world’s biggest ...

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GENEVA, Switzerland – Tobacco use is declining in 150 countries, 56 of which are on track to achieve the global target of reducing tobacco use by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) Results ...

GENEVA, May 3 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month ...

The analysis by US biotech Circular Genomics focuses on an assay that looks for a circular RNA (circRNA) blood biomarker that ...

More than 6 million Americans, and millions more worldwide, have Alzheimer’s. A handful of genes are known to cause rare ...

A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression ... premature deaths worldwide in 2019.