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...But the warming of the planet is delivering another equally alarming threat to human health and wellbeing....
...According to the Fifth National Climate Assessment produced last year by the US Global Change Research Program, “climate change has profound negative effects on human health” — ranging from the harmful impact...
...However, private health providers say that by outsourcing their facilities to the NHS for routine operations they are helping to alleviate pressure on the health service....
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...Deforestation “is a really big problem” for human health worldwide, Fornace stresses. “It has been identified as a major driver of human infections and diseases.”...
...The state of the health service is one of the most important issues for voters, with 45 per cent of people listing it as one of their top three concerns, just behind the economy on 51 per cent, according...
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...The first invasive implant in a human took place in the late 1990s. Dozens of patients have received implants since then....
...The move has big implications for the nascent category of psychedelic-based treatments for mental health problems — as a number of other biotechs conduct late-stage trials into psychedelic-based mental health...
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...A review of mental health services in 2016 found that these placements tend to be more costly and harmful to patients than using local NHS services....
...The pan-continental study offers a surprising account of how some prominent public health scourges have evolved — and possible clues on how to manage these risks in the modern era....
...Industrial action over pay across the health service since December 2022 has also compounded pressures, with more than 1.4mn operations and appointments cancelled in England since walkouts began....
...The FT Special Report “Health and Climate Change” (April 29) identifies how climate change can foster a number of health issues like superbugs, disease transfer from animals to humans, fungal growth, increased...
...Not far behind are the shocking lack of dental care and mental health services, particularly for children and young adults....
...“Climate change will exert a huge toll on human health, via direct fatalities from extreme weather events as well as adverse effects on morbidity,” the paper warned....
...These surveys of the state of the art give the impression that breakthroughs for human longevity are not inevitable....
...The evidence is clear, and the gender health gap’s impact — both financially and in terms of human suffering — is shocking....
...It was one of the first times the mental health impacts of climate change had been brought before the court, legal experts said....
...Andrew Gwynne, Labour’s shadow health minister, said: “Pull back the cover and the crisis in the NHS is even worse than it appeared....
...Humanity relies on the health of the rest of the natural world, yet how easy it is to forget that....
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