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Bone and muscle disorders are on alarming rise and in the coming three decades, the musculoskeletal disorder cases are expected to more than double. In the next 30 years, disorders of joints, muscles and bones will see an increase of 115 per cent, says a new study published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal. More than a billion people around the …

Abstract Background: Food insecurity is a serious public health problem and is linked to the mental health of children and adolescents; however, its relationship with mental health service use is unknown. We sought to estimate the association between household food insecurity and contact with health services for mental or substance use disorders among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada. Methods: …

Mari, Jd. J. & Oquendo, M. A. Mental health consequences of COVID-19: the next global pandemic. Trend. Psychiatry Psychother. 42, 219–220 (2020). Article  Google Scholar  Nochaiwong, S. et al. Global prevalence of mental health issues among the general population during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci. Rep. 11, 10173 (2021). Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google …

This article is the next in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of insomnia during industrialisation to sleep apps today. Read other articles in the series here. The 2004 movie The Machinist gives us a striking depiction, albeit a fictional one, of the psychological effects of chronic insomnia. When people don’t have enough sleep, their memory …

Mental health disorders increase mortality from cervical cancer | Image Credit: © motortion – © motortion – stock.adobe.com. The presence of a mental health disorder lowers the odds of survival in patients with cervical cancer, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide. Prevention methods include papanicolaou test screening, …