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"Millions of individuals in the USA experience poverty."

"Greater cumulative exposure to #poverty across emerging and established adulthood is associated with a greater risk for premature mortality."

via The Lancet Public Health @thelancetph.bsky.social

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Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort
Greater cumulative exposure to poverty across emerging and established adulthood is associated with a greater risk for premature mortality. To inform public health action and policy, future research s...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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We often hear that the U.S. underinvests in primary care and prevention—and that this explains why Americans live shorter, less healthy lives.

In our new @thelancetph.bsky.social, we take a closer look at this issue.

#IrenePapanicolas @Brown

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Comparing US prevention efforts to other high-income countries
Life expectancy in the USA is considerably lower than in most high-income countries, with many deaths considered preventable. The extent by which poor…
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October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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With COP30 around the corner, we interviewed the Brazilian Health Minister and his team to know what Brazil is bringing to the discussion table on this historical #healthday @ #COP30.

🎙️Listen here: bit.ly/47FNUUv
Minister Padilha, Dr. Massuda and Dr. Simão on Brazil's expectations for COP30 - The Lancet Regional Health Americas in conversation with
In this episode, our editor Taissa Vila talks to Dr. Alexandre Padilha, Brazil’s Minister of Health, Dr. Adriano Massuda, Executive Secretary of Health, and Dr. Mariângela Simão, Secretary for Health ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🌱 From pills to people: the rise of social prescribing.

Who’s being referred to walking groups, arts classes and community activities, and who’s missing out?

Two major 2025 studies explore referral trends and inequalities.

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#SocialPrescribing #PrimaryCare #HealthInequalities #MentalHealth
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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📸 We want your photos!

If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our #LancetHighlights photography competition.

Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
September 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Introducing the Clinical Resources hub 🩺

A new, easy-to-navigate platform from The Lancet Group, packed with the latest research and clinical reviews. Perfect for healthcare professionals looking to stay current and improve patient care.

Explore now: 🔗 hubs.li/Q03HKpBt0
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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NCDs affect more than 2 billion children and adolescents each year.

In a new letter, authors call for a shift from generalised #NCD strategies to specific, child-centred commitments backed by:
➡️ Global frameworks
➡️ Measurable targets
➡️ Long-term investment

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September 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050—an increase of nearly 75% from 2024, study forecasts.

Explore the data ▶️ tinyurl.com/5n7dfnws @ihmeuw.bsky.social #NCDs
September 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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🧠 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) care is entering a new era.

In our latest issue, a new Lancet Series highlights crucial next steps in diagnosis, treatment, & prevention of AD globally.

Read this & more: tinyurl.com/259664bs
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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“Experts call for public health approach to suicide prevention, with social factors addressed in addition to clinical treatment services”.

On #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, explore a 6-paper Series in @thelancetph.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ycy9yue6 #WSPD
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Editorial of The Lancet today: "The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science"

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Supporting medical science in the USA
The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Our new study on outcomes among people accessing #SaferOpioidSupply is out in @thelancetph.bsky.social. This study builds on work published previously across the country reinforcing the real-world benefits of #SOS and highlighting important comparisons with methadone. 🧵
NEW ODPRN study finds that BOTH Safer Opioid Supply (SOS) & methadone improve health outcomes and play important complementary roles in responding to Canada’s drug toxicity crisis.

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#HarmReduction #SaferSupply
April 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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We've got a new paper out today in @thelancetph.bsky.social, led by @melissaoldham.bsky.social, looking at the sharp increase in alcohol-specific deaths in England since the start of the pandemic and digging into which groups in the population have been worst affected
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Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study
Alcohol-specific deaths in England remain high and increased after the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies should aim to reduce rates of alcohol consumption at the population level. Substantial investment is ...
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April 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In our April issue,

you can read a summary of the state of public health in Germany from Pr Zeeb and colleagues

📖 Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward
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Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward
Despite Germany's robust economy, comprehensive social welfare system, and the country ranking third among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in terms of per-capita healt...
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April 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NEW editorial on what public health means under Trump 2.0

At The Lancet Public Health, it still means to stand for the communities we serve, to report, document, support researchers and practitioners, and advocate for better health for ALL.

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Public health under Trump 2.0: the first 50 days
Jan 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump took charge of the Oval Office and began by signing an array of executive orders spanning from withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement to freezing t...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Feb 2025: Our study in @thelancetph.bsky.social funded by @nihr.bsky.social finds children are nearly three-quarters more likely to develop mental health problems by the age of 18 if the firstborn child in their family experienced adversity in their first 1000 days www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns and mental health risk and health-care use in siblings: a population-based birth cohort study of half a million children in England
ACEs in firstborns during the first 1000 days were associated with increased mental health problems and health-care needs in multiple children in the same family. The findings highlight the importance...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Globally, between 1990 and 2021, there was a substantial increase not only in prevalent cases of all types of epilepsy, but also an increase in the age-standardised prevalence of secondary and combined epilepsy.

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Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Although the global trends in idiopathic epilepsy deaths and DALY rates have improved in the preceding decades, in 2021 there were almost 52 million people with active epilepsy (24 million from idiopa...
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March 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
📢Our March issue is out!

Read our editorial on #obesity environments, interesting global burden disease studies of #epilepsy #suicide
and more... all #Openaccess

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March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New podcast episode 🎧

Pr Valery Feigin talks about the global, regional, and national burden of #epilepsy, from 1990 to 2021.

Listen here:
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Read the article #openaccess
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Valery Feigin on the global burden of epilepsy - The Lancet Public Health in conversation with
Valery Feigin speaks to Pierre Nauleau about the Global Burden of Disease study on epilepsy.Read the full article, Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis f...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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New episode of The Lancet Voice podcast where I talk about the rapid expansion of the global gambling industry and its profound public health implications, drawing on our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling

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February 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Proud to have contributed to this paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social , which reports that of 16 European countries, England had the largest decline in life expectancy improvement (a fall in average annual improvement from 0.25 from 1990-2011 to 0.07 from 2011-2019

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Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
The countries that best maintained improvements in life expectancy after 2011 (Norway, Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden) did so through better maintenance of reductions in mortality from cardiova...
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February 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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"alcohol has been shown to be a leading cause of cancer with no lower threshold"

"alcohol producers have strongly opposed the introduction of mandatory cancer warning labels"

Important @thelancetph.bsky.social Comment by WHO Europe scientists

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Labels warning about alcohol-attributable cancer risks should be mandated urgently
In January, 2025, the US Surgeon General released an Advisory on alcohol consumption and cancer risk.1 He briefly summarised the evidence on alcohol and cancer, including underlying biological mechani...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In our Feb issue

Pr Fazel @ox.ac.uk conducted a SRMA of prevalence of #severementalillness among people in prison across 43 countries.

➡️Prevalence is considerable
➡️Meeting the treatment needs of these people remains a challenge
➡️More research-friendly prison services are needed

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Prevalence of severe mental illness among people in prison across 43 countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Our study indicates that the prevalence of severe mental illness in people who are incarcerated worldwide is considerable. Meeting the treatment needs of people in prison who have mental ill health re...
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February 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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We documented the various commercial practices that determine gambling in our Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling.

Investigative reporting providing further evidence: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Revealed: gambling firms secretly sharing users’ data with Facebook without permission
Betting companies secretly track visitors to their sites before sending data to parent company Meta
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February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM