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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate new
Global heat-related mortality rose by 29% in very strong El Niño years
Estimated heat-related mortality rose 29% in very strong El Niño years, most in low- and medium-Human Development Index regions.
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Health todayFrailty and multimorbidity refines
Intrinsic capacity and disability and mortality risk in Japanese adults aged 85 to 89
In two Japanese cohorts aged 85 to 89, higher intrinsic capacity was linked to lower risks of disability and death.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate new
West Nile virus activity in Arizona linked to drought-monsoon cycles in modelling study
Models built on Arizona mosquito surveillance explained 65.3% of weekly variation in county-level human West Nile cases, one week ahead.
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Tomorrow's worldMedicine at a distance refines
Digital interventions for low back pain compared across 84 randomised trials
Virtual reality cut pain intensity most against control at the end of treatment, rated with moderate confidence.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
ICU admissions in Germany and atmospheric factors across eleven bioclimatic regions
Air pressure and heat were the atmospheric factors most often linked to German intensive care admissions over 15 years.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate new
Temperature-attributable deaths in South Korea split by avoidable and non-avoidable cause
Nearly one-third of temperature-attributable deaths in South Korea in 1990-2023 fell in preventable or treatable causes.
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Tomorrow's worldSlowing ageing itself refines
MIND diet adherence and later epigenetic ageing in the Health and Retirement Study
In 1,740 older US adults, higher 2013 MIND diet scores were associated with lower epigenetic ageing in 2016.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health refines
UK food tax designs modelled for effects on diet, health, NHS costs and inequality
Modelled UK food taxes cut 25 to 58 kcal a day; only the sugar and salt tax narrowed health inequalities.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Heatwave exposure of infants and older adults rose in Australia and New Zealand, 2016–2025
In 2021–2025, climate change accounted for 65% of heatwave days in Australia and 73% in New Zealand.
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Tomorrow's worldA changing climate refines
Indoor heat and mortality: a model mapping outdoor exposure-response curves indoors
Because indoor temperature rises less than outdoor temperature, a 1°C rise indoors may be linked to a larger mortality change than a 1°C rise outdoors.
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Tomorrow's worldInnovation in treatment new
Individualised mRNA melanoma vaccine with pembrolizumab cuts recurrence or death by 42%
Adding intismeran autogene to pembrolizumab after melanoma was removed reduced recurrence or death risk by 42% in phase III INTerpath-0001.
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Data, models and systemsValue in health new
Capivasertib with abiraterone: modelled $3,120,720 per QALY in PTEN-deficient mHSPC
In a US payer model, capivasertib plus abiraterone for PTEN-deficient mHSPC cost $3,120,720 per QALY gained.
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