Tag: treatment access
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Eating disorders in England: 700-day wait for treatment shocks patients
Urgent concern as NAED reveals long waits for treatment Adults with eating disorders in England are waiting unprecedented lengths of time to access essential treatment, with some reports suggesting delays of up to 700 days. The findings come from the National Audit of Eating Disorders (NAED), the first comprehensive look at how people with eating…
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UNAIDS 2025 World AIDS Day Report: Resilience and Reform in the Face of Disruption
Overview: A year of disruption and resilience The 2025 World AIDS Day report from UNAIDS paints a complex picture: a funding crisis and the subsequent disruptions to HIV prevention and community-led services have strained the AIDS response worldwide. Yet the document also reveals pockets of resilience, adaptive strategies, and a clear roadmap for reform. As…
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Researchers Awarded $4 Million to Study Economics of Substance Use Disorder Treatments
New NIDA Grant Fuels Economic Study of Treatment Options A consortium led by Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine has secured a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The funding will support a comprehensive health economics study focused on the effectiveness, accessibility, and…
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Global Analysis Finds Wide Inequalities in Care for Breast, Cervical, and Ovarian Cancers
Overview: A Global Portrait of Cancer Care Gaps A sweeping study by the Cancer Survival Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine exposes persistent disparities in the way three of the most common cancers among women—breast, cervical, and ovarian cancer—are diagnosed and treated around the world. The findings highlight how geography, income…
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Global Drug Addiction Mortality Surges Despite Fewer New Cases: A Global Health Alarm
What the latest analysis reveals A sweeping epidemiological review using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 data shows a troubling paradox: global drug-use disorders (DUDs) are yielding far more deaths even as new cases decline. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, tracks trends from 1990 to 2021 and emphasizes that mortality and disability…