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Health todayMental health refines
Severe mental illness costs Norwegian men 1.5 to 19.9 life-years depending on subgroup
In a Norwegian registry cohort of 2,486,836 adults followed from 2008 to 2023, excess life-years lost from age 30 in men ranged from 1.50 for depression with non-inpatient care and university education to 19.86 for schizophrenia with inpatient care and less than high school education.
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Behavioural scienceAdherence and persistence new
Most adults starting semaglutide or tirzepatide did not continue for a year
Among 743,153 US adults starting semaglutide or tirzepatide for obesity in 2024, 29.9% and 35.9% respectively were still being prescribed the drug at 12 months.
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Data, models and systemsHealth systems and access new
Twelve-hour emergency stays carry 1.95 times the hospitalisation risk over two years
Among 3,347,008 working-age adults attending emergency departments in England, stays of 12 hours or more carried 1.95 times the hospitalisation risk over two years, compared with stays under two hours.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Summer heat in Italy raises deaths from nervous system and mental illness
Across 7,864 Italian municipalities over 20 summers, heat-attributable fractions were highest for nervous system diseases at 14.93% and mental and behavioural disorders at 14.47%.
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Health todayCancer new
Menopausal hormone therapy users had higher breast cancer incidence but lower mortality
In 78,209 women in the PLCO screening trial, ever use of menopausal hormone therapy was associated with higher breast cancer incidence (aHR 1.17) and lower breast cancer mortality (0.72).
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Behavioural scienceSmoking and vaping new
Nicotine pouch take-up is higher among US adults using other tobacco products
In the PATH study of 24,640 US adults, those using smokeless tobacco only took up oral nicotine pouches at 42.4 times the rate of adults using no other tobacco product.
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Behavioural scienceDiet, exercise and sleep refines
Swapping sleep for activity relates to mortality differently in short sleepers
Among UK Biobank adults meeting sleep duration guidelines, moving 30 minutes from sleep to moderate or vigorous activity carried an all-cause mortality hazard ratio of 0.80.
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Tomorrow's worldChanging behaviour at scale refines
Dutch infant vaccination uptake fell during the pandemic and again after it
Children in the Netherlands due their first diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio dose after the pandemic had a fifth the odds of vaccination by six months of their pre-pandemic siblings.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Modelled extra HPV doses for women with HIV averted cervical cancer
A Markov model of 13 African countries found that extra HPV doses for women living with HIV averted cervical cancer beyond routine vaccination at 14, at added programme cost.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
Modelled early pandemic costs rise more from too little control than from too much
In models fitted to first-year COVID-19 cases in 110 countries, controlling transmission five points below the cost-optimal level carried excess costs above 400%, against 10-80% five points above.
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Health todayDementia new
Dementia mortality is higher where outdoor ultrafine particle levels are higher
In 2.1 million adults in Montreal and Toronto, each 10,000 particle/cm3 increase in outdoor ultrafine particle concentration was associated with a 22% higher rate of dementia mortality.
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Data, models and systemsRevisions and new sources new
Real cigarette prices rose 2.9% a year across 195 countries
Inflation-adjusted cigarette prices across 195 countries rose 2.9% a year between 2008 and 2024, with over a fifth of nominal prices unchanged between successive periods.
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