Abstract The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began 30 years ago with the goal of
providing timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes. Over this …

Fibrosis is characterized by the excessive extracellular matrix deposition due to
dysregulated wound and connective tissue repair response. Multiple organs can develop …

Background With the increase in the aging population worldwide, Alzheimer's disease has
become a rapidly increasing public health concern. Monitoring the dementia disease burden …

Mental health problems are associated with lower quality of life, increased unscheduled
care, high economic and social cost, and increased mortality. Nature-based interventions …

Background and purpose: Prediction of stroke impact provides essential information for
healthcare planning and priority setting. We aim to estimate 30-year projections of stroke …

Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative
condition diagnosed in North America. We recently demonstrated, using multiple …

Government and nongovernmental organizations need national and global estimates on the
descriptive epidemiology of common oral conditions for policy planning and evaluation. The …

Background: Psoriasis is a common, chronic, inflammatory, debilitating, systemic disease
with a great impact on healthcare systems worldwide. As targeted therapies have …

Schistosomiasis is a helminthiasis infecting approximately 250 million people worldwide. In
2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) 54.19 resolution defined a new global strategy for …

Abstract Objectives COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has infected hundreds of millions
and inflicted millions of deaths around the globe. Fortunately, the introduction of COVID-19 …