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Public health is the medical discipline concerned with the prevention and control of disease through population surveillance and the promotion of healthy behaviours. Strategies used to promote public health include patient education, the administration of vaccines, and other components of preventive medicine.
The authors present findings of more than 350 million primary-care visits over 14 years in the Norwegian healthcare system, indicating that 1 in 9 encounters involved a mental-health condition and peaking at age 40 years (18.7%).
The severe disease of the face has finally been recognized as a neglected tropical disease. A heightened focus could help to unravel the mystery of what causes it.
Although lecanemab has been licensed for use in the UK, the systems to deliver this or similar disease-modifying therapies do not exist. These systems need to be developed urgently, but not at the expense of post-diagnostic care.