by Sara Moraca | Oct 21, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Maternal and developmental health, Neurological diseases, Tumors
On a sunny day in Clearwater, Florida, more than a dozen people gathered in a United Way resource center parking lot, eager to receive free weekly meals offered by the 360 Eats food truck. This truck cooks dishes from food that would otherwise go to waste. That day,...
by Sara Moraca | Oct 12, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Neurological diseases, Tumors
In 2022 in Tuscany, lung cancer caused 195 and 541 years of life lived with disability (YLD) in women and men, respectively, corresponding to about 9 and 25 YLD per 100,000 people. Of these, about 53% in women and 66% in men were caused by smoking. These data come...
by Sara Moraca | Oct 11, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Maternal and developmental health, Neurological diseases, Tumors
Smoking is the leading behavioral risk factor for mortality globally, responsible for more than 175 million deaths and nearly 4.30 billion years of life lost (YLL) from 1990 to 2021. The pace of decline in smoking prevalence has slowed in recent years for many...
by Sara Moraca | Oct 4, 2024 | Cardiovascular disease, Environmental exposures, Global Burden of Diseaase Project, Italian GBD Initiative, Neurological diseases
Between 1990 and 2021, globally, the number of people per year who suffered a new stroke increased by 70 percent, deaths caused by stroke increased by 44 percent, and stroke-related health loss, measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), increased by 32...
by admin | Nov 29, 2022 | Neurological diseases
Neurological diseases constitute a heterogeneous group of conditions that, at the population level, are widespread and disabling. Some of them have their onset after the age of 60-65, and considering the aging of the Italian population, it is highly likely that there...
