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Fahmy Hanna: a passion for equity
The fact that mental health was an overlooked and under-represented area of medicine was exactly what drew Dr Fahmy Hanna to it. While speaking to The Lancet Psychiatry, he said “I have a deep ...
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Reporting discrepancy of alcohol intake affecting estimated prevalence of MetALD and ALD
For several decades, the prevalence of steatotic liver disease (SLD) has been steadily increasing.1 Alterations in hepatic ...
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From social media to artificial intelligence: improving research on digital harms in youth
In this Personal View, we critically evaluate the limitations and underlying challenges of existing research into the negative mental health consequences of internet-mediated technologies on young ...
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Prevalence estimates and nature of online child sexual exploitation and abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Heterogeneity in prevalence estimates identified across studies and regions indicates that more research is required to draw stronger conclusions about the scale of OCSEA. However, the findings of ...
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Social and environmental determinants of health inequities in childhood asthma
Asthma represents a substantial health burden in childhood globally, with minoritised populations being disproportionately impacted.1 Recent literature has increasingly linked social determinants of ...
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A high-impact study and landmark achievement in the treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a disease of the upper airway presenting with exophytic wart-like lesions. These lesions are considered benign with less than a 1–5% chance of malignant ...
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Malaria vaccine introduction in Africa: progress and challenges
Africa reached a pivotal milestone in its decades-long fight against malaria, a disease that has caused 94% of global cases and 95% of related deaths in Africa.1 Although global malaria mortality has ...
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Building leadership in disability inclusion in health
There are 1·3 billion disabled people globally.1 Many of these individuals live positive lives and celebrate important achievements, but they also frequently face challenges to inclusion and achieving ...
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Chronic cough as a disease: implications for practice, research, and health care
Cough is a crucial protective reflex that helps protect the lungs and airways. However, when cough becomes chronic and ...
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Health in the age of disinformation
Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Health misinformation (false or misleading data shared unintentionally) and disinformation (deliberately deceptive ...
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The end, and what comes after
bAfter the End: Lived Experiences and Aftermaths of Diseases, Disasters and Drugs in Global Health Project, Ethox Centre, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK In March, 2024, ...
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On eugenics, disability, and dignity
Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. The Nazi regime's eugenic determination to “purify” the German “Volk” and society astonishes us to this day with ...