Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disorder that leads to disability and affects
more than 500 million population worldwide. OA was believed to be caused by the wearing …

Aims This report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas Project updates and
expands upon the widely cited 2019 report in presenting cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

This Review presents data describing the health burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
within and across the WHO European Region. CVD remains the most common cause of …

Aims The 2019 report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas provides a
contemporary analysis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) statistics across 56 member …

Background Schizophrenia is one of the most common, burdensome, and costly psychiatric
disorders in adults worldwide. Antipsychotic drugs are its treatment of choice, but there is …

Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and …

Member States recognized in World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions WHA60. 29 (2007)
and WHA67. 20 (2014) that medical devices are indispensable for health-care delivery but …

Aims This review provides an up‐to‐date curated source of information on alcohol, tobacco
and illicit drug use and their associated mortality and burden of disease. Limitations in the …

Kidney disease has been described as the most neglected chronic disease. Reliable
estimates of the global burden of kidney disease require more population-based studies, but …

Background Efforts to quantify the global burden of enteric fever are valuable for
understanding the health lost and the large-scale spatial distribution of the disease. We …