Articles

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The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Volume 2, August 2021

An article on dementia risk factors, in the context of SDG 3, focusing specifically on the association between blood lipid levels and dementia.
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American Journal of Medicine, Volume 134, August 2021

Clinicians increasingly face the challenge of caring for patients who say that they would prefer death to life with advanced dementia.
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The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 4, 2021, 100033

A study to evaluate medical student perceptions on the intersection of climate change and health in medical education.
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AJOG Global Reports, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2021, 100017,

These 5 professional virtues can be used to provide a practical framework for the professionally responsible design and implementation of medical missions.
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The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 3, August 2021, 100028

Sea level rise (SLR) has and will continue to impact coastal communities in the coming decades. Despite the widespread availability of data on SLR projections, little is known about the differential impact of SLR on minority or economically disadvantaged populations. In this study, we aim to identify the geographic areas in which low-income and communities of color along the North and South Carolina coastline in the United States will experience the most severe effects of SLR.
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Veterinary Parasitology, Volume 295, July 2021

Discusses the influence of parasite prevalance in pig heards where there are better animal welfare standards.
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Advances in Nutrition, Volume 12, July 2021

In this paper the authors conclude that clear trends emerged in measuring pathways between agriculture, food systems, and nutrition. There were many innovations combining measurement across domains, such as mixing and matching from water, food production, ecology, nutrition, health, and others to capture complexity and new levels of impact.
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Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 5, 1 July 2021

Even though a significant improvement in growth and nutrition was not noted among the integrated interventions, the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and addressing it in reducing undernutrition is of the utmost importance
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Advances in Nutrition, Volume 12, July 2021

The authors demonstrate that water security is a powerful concept that is still in its early days in the nutrition literature. Water security also likely plays critical roles in outcomes upon which the public health community has broadly agreed as important: nutritional, mental, physical, and economic well-being. Increased attention to the benefits of ensuring water security and best practices for doing so are therefore needed
Elsevier, Immunity, Volume 54, 13 July 2021
Development COVID-19 vaccines in a record time has been an unprecedented global scientific achievement. However, the world has failed to ensure equitable access to what should have been a global public good. What options remain available to African countries to ensure immunization of their populations and ultimately overcome the pandemic?

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