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A nation's fertility rate is the most used metric to measure the rate at which a nation's population increases or decreases, ranging from the most developed to the least developed countries. The fertility rate measures the average number of children women of childbearing age give birth to in the respective country.

The fertility rate is closely related to the birth rate, which counts the number of live births per 1000 people in a country yearly. It determines the replacement rate if the number of new citizens of a country born every year is higher or…

Recently, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two proposed rules to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars. The main reason behind ending the sales of flavoured cigars and menthol cigarettes is that it will help reduce tobacco product usage in youth, save lives, and reduce tobacco-related health diseases. Here, two of the five cigarettes sold in the country in 2020 are menthols.

Upon the release of new rules, products are to be removed within one year. According to the surveys, selling menthol cigarettes and flavoured…

The healthcare sector's future is looking high-tech. Telemedicine has now become a reality. More technological trends will be witnessed further in 2023 in the healthcare sector.

According to the 2021 Future of Healthcare Report, over 50 percent of surveyed patients indicated they are more comfortable with a healthcare system based on telehealth. Thus, organizations and stakeholders should adopt new technologies and tools that promise more accurate care.

New technologies have influenced the healthcare system to get more upgraded with different features…

Viagra has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat male erectile dysfunction. Initially, it was used for hypertension, high blood pressure, and chest pain associated with coronary heart disease.

According to the reports, sildenafil is the generic drug name, later marketed as Viagra. It has been found to induce penile erections sometimes during clinical trials; after that, Pfizer decided to study and sell the drug for erectile dysfunction too. As per the reports, Pfizer's drug became an instant success reaching above $1…

With an invention, people could get themselves tested and diagnosed for prostate cancer with a new test for sugars in blood even if do not have symptoms. As per the reports, prostate cancer affects one in eight men in the UK and diagnosis has also tripled over the last three years.

According to the reports by Prostate cancer UK, Wales is one of the most affected regions in the UK for late prostate cancer referrals and its diagnosis. The data says, one in every five men with prostate cancer is detected and diagnosed too late for the cure. Also, in London…

Life expectancy has increased all around the world and the gap between highly developed countries and rest of the world is gradually diminishing day by day. There are multiple factors leading to the global progress with good access to sanitation, healthcare, education and the fight against hunger. Fertility rates and the trend of nuclear families are also declining, and the rise of life expectancies globally is the main driver behind the ongoing transition.

According to the reports from the United Nations Population Division, global life expectancy at…

The European Commission (EU), along with the World Health Organization (WHO), have declared together the launch of a landmark digital health alliance in June 2023. With both organizations coming forward, this initiative will help citizens globally. 

Digital health technologies currently are an important part of our daily lives. People using technology to monitor their health significantly uplifts the tech sector in providing well-being to its users by adopting the EU system of digital COVID-19 certification, which will provide a digital system worldwide…

Artificial sweeteners are gaining more popularity due to their low sugar content, around 200 to 20,000 times less than regular table sugar. But the non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) taste the same sweeter with a tiny amount of usage. Since the NSS is used in smaller amounts, it accounts for negligible calorie count and is thus regarded as nonnutritive. The global market for artificial sweeteners in 2023 is USD 1644.5 million.

Recent studies have found that a chemical compound produced after consuming a sweetener named Splenda is responsible for DNA damage in…

Deaths from drug-resistant infections are expected to rise by 2050, according to the United Nations (UN) report in 2023. Necessary Actions should be taken, or else it can lead to a shortfall of USD 3.4 trillion in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually in the next decade from 2023 onwards and push 24 million more people into poverty.

Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are a great threat to global health, as per the new reports from the UN in 2023. According to recent estimations in 2019, 1.27 million deaths were attributed to drug-resistant…

The presence of certain metals in the environment can cause chronic effects on the health of an individual. The studies published in 2023 have proved that exposure to lead can cause death due to cardiovascular diseases.

According to the study, exposure to lead causes 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases. It says that exposure to lead is like health diseases caused by small particulates and household air pollution. Thus, health issues arising from exposure to lead can be three times more dangerous than those from unsafe drinking water, poor…

The United States has decided to cut the prices of certain medical drugs in 2023. It is due to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, recently signed by the government of the United States in 2022. The report includes specific provisions to lower the costs of drugs for people and the federal government.

Based on this act, Medicare can negotiate the prices of the prescribed drugs and lower the health care costs. This act allows Medicare to deal directly with companies to lower the prices of costly prescription drugs. The information from other sources…

The healthcare sector is advancing with new technologies in 2024. Healthcare providers and medical practitioners focus on the technologies to be incorporated into medical treatments. Therefore, various advanced companies invest in research to integrate new technologies to improve the healthcare sector. Consumers depend on multiple technologies to keep track of their health. Hence, e-commerce and technology sites are incorporating advancement in their services. Thus, companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and others have introduced digital features for…