Introduction The global burden of disease (GBD) studies have derived detailed and
comparable epidemiological and burden of disease estimates for schizophrenia. We report …

Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis is a debilitating, long-term condition that can severely
affect the quality of life of affected women. No estimates of the global prevalence or lifetime …

Importance The value of early intervention in psychosis and allocation of public resources
has long been debated because outcomes in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders …

If it were needed, more evidence of the disconcerting under-treatment of headache
disorders has come from the Eurolight study [1]. The topic is not new. Twenty years ago, the …

Different neuroplastic processes can occur along the nociceptive pathways and may be
important in the transition from acute to chronic pain and for diagnosis and development of …

Age-associated disease and disability are placing a growing burden on society. However,
ageing does not affect people uniformly. Hence, markers of the underlying biological ageing …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequent form of arthritis and a leading cause of pain and
disability worldwide. OA can affect any synovial joint, although the hip, knee, hand, foot and …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, imposing a consistent burden on
health system. In recent years, prevalence of asthma symptoms became globally increased …

Background This review is one of a series on drugs used to treat chronic neuropathic pain.
Estimates of the population prevalence of chronic pain with neuropathic components range …

Biomedical approaches for diagnosing and managing disabling low back pain (LBP) have
failed to arrest the exponential increase in health care costs, with a concurrent increase in …