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OathOfFeanor t1_j6rklvr wrote

Reply to Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80

were linked to extreme heat or cold. Of those, 356,000 deaths were due to heat... https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01787-6/fulltext#seccestitle280 https://www.thelancet.com/series/heat-and-health

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guarana_Jesus OP t1_itijaca wrote

Reply to [OC] Average human penis length Versus Average Human Male Height by Country by guarana_Jesus

Data source: * Height: [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31859-6/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31859-6/fulltext) * Penis Length: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886912000852](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886912000852) Tools used: [Flourish Studio](https://flourish.studio)'s [Scatter Template](https://app.flourish.studio/@flourish/scatter/17)

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Divtos t1_iu4klpm wrote

Reply to Exercise linked with increased longevity. Compared with just two minutes of vigorous activity per week, 15 minutes was associated with an 18% lower risk of death and a 15% lower likelihood of cardiovascular disease, while 12 minutes was associated with a 17% reduced risk of cancer by Wagamaga

couldn’t find the original article I read but here’s a related meta: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00302-9/fulltext

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mootcat t1_ivm721j wrote

Reply to comment by sticky_symbols in The Collapse vs. the Conclusion: two scenarios for the 21st century by camdoodlebop

demographic disparity related collapse, but here's an overview [paper](https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v66n4/v66n4p37.html) or [two](https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)30677-2/fulltext). While these make very little of the near future implications, Geopolitical experts like Peter Zeihan believe

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thekuroikenshi t1_iw3c4rf wrote

Reply to comment by petergriffin999 in Farmington child hospitalized for RSV in Maine after family cannot find NH beds by every1getslaid

referencing the editorial here? [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30514-2/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30514-2/fulltext) DOI: [https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30514-2](https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30514-2)

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Wagamaga OP t1_iyhae6i wrote

Reply to Smoking increases the risks of 56 diseases and kills more than one million adults in China each year from 22 different causes. The study included over 512,000 adults who were recruited during 2004-08 from 10 diverse urban and rural areas by Wagamaga

death and hospitalisation from a range of diseases and to examine the benefit of smoking cessation. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00227-4/fulltext

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Wagamaga OP t1_iziqnpv wrote

Reply to Healthcare workers in England experience PTSD at twice the rate of the general public. NHS staff have diagnosable mental health conditions, and are likely be functionally impaired, increasing the likelihood of poor care delivery, and other undesirable outcomes for themselves and others by Wagamaga

assessed participants against diagnostic criteria which are considered the gold standard for accurately diagnosing mental disorders. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00375-3/fulltext

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adeveloper2 t1_j27vz9u wrote

Reply to comment by lifeunderwater in Japan to require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China by EternalPinkMist

effectiveness w.r.t. infection. Third, there are later literature that indicate Sinovac still offers considerable protect, e.g.: [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00275-9/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00275-9/fulltext) What's undeniable is that mRNA vaccines are more effective than non-mRNA vaccines. However

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DetosMarxal t1_j2cjx57 wrote

Reply to Was there a decrease in other infectious diseases other than Covid due to wearing masks during the past 2 years? by [deleted]

virus infections](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7853573/). New Zealand also had [less mortality from all-causes during 2020](https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)32647-7/fulltext). Hard to say what the levels are now that public health measures have been dropped. Winter

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neuronexmachina t1_j30nhva wrote

Reply to comment by TotalWarspammer in The study concluded that post-COVID-19 syndrome was detected in 25% of the included participants. COVID-19 hospitalization, initial symptomatic COVID-19, and female sex were significant risk factors for developing post-COVID-19 syndrome. by bo_hossuin_14

Covid, and it looks like vaccination might even help treat the ongoing symptoms of long-Covid: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00354-6/fulltext

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PEVEI t1_j447pst wrote

Reply to where does epinephrine comes from? The one used for people with allergies because Google only says It comes from glands so I don't understand if it's donated or sintethized by other means. by SALAMI_21

though synthetic production of epinephrine has been ongoing, and generally involves reacting catechol and chloroacetyl chloride. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(15)00087-9/fulltext https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12806434/

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Pro-Karyote t1_j7w5lvw wrote

Reply to comment by rdizzy1223 in According to a study on 12,211 patients, aspirin is just as effective at preventing blood clots as low molecular weight heparin, but it costs less and is easier to administer by giuliomagnifico

individuals undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes (CURRENT-OASIS 7): a randomised factorial trial](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61088-4/fulltext)

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Sminada t1_j8dm659 wrote

Reply to comment by SnooPuppers1978 in Study links Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy in Africa to the use of media platforms that spread misinformation. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa was accompanied by unprecedented and recurring waves of misinformation and disinformation. by Wagamaga

100K. I'm not sure how reliable the data is. While coming from a reliable source, https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext, they themselves will have received it from the government of each country. I'm no expert

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dustymoon1 t1_j8dznsy wrote

Reply to comment by phred14 in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00512-0/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00512-0/fulltext) [https://journals.lww.com/co-rheumatology/Abstract/2021/03000/COVID\_19\_and\_autoimmune\_diseases.8.aspx](https://journals.lww.com/co-rheumatology/Abstract/2021/03000/COVID_19_and_autoimmune_diseases.8.aspx) https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/covid-19-can-trigger-self-attacking-antibodies/

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Mkwdr t1_j8eibmc wrote

Reply to comment by phred14 in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

interest… >Overall, vaccination was associated with reduced risks or odds of long-COVID, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(22)00354-6/fulltext > A new study, published today in The BMJ, suggests that COVID-19 vaccines may significantly reduce

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nexusgmail t1_j8gsia8 wrote

Reply to comment by JurassicCotyledon in A study in the US has found, compared to unvaccinated people, protection from the risk of dying from COVID during the six-month omicron wave for folks who had two doses of an mRNA vaccine was 42% for 40- to 59-year-olds; 27% for 60- to 79-year-olds; and 46% for people 80 and older. by Wagamaga

were actually pretty effective at preventing symptomatic infections prior to Delta and Omicron. [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-tra-idUKKBN2AQ1A7](https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-tra-idUKKBN2AQ1A7) [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(21)00127-7/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(21)00127-7/fulltext)

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PHealthy t1_j8jdai3 wrote

Reply to comment by MammothBobcat251 in If HIV is a retrovirus which embeds in the hosts DNA, why can a child be born without HIV if a parent has it? by scoobertsonville

usage as a proxy for viral load but it makes a huge (>90%) risk reduction. [https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(22)00289-2/fulltext](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(22)00289-2/fulltext) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hiv.12397 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00401/full

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AskScience AMA Series: I'm Dr. Mark Horowitz, and I developed a science-based method for tapering off antidepressants, based on how the drugs affect the brain. I also co-authored the recent paper that reassessed the low serotonin theory ('chemical imbalance') of depression. AMA!

Submitted by AskScienceModerator t3_yc89rq in askscience

understanding their effects on the brain - and the technique I have developed, called [hyperbolic tapering](https://www.thelancet.com/article/S2215-0366(19)30032-X/fulltext), has been adopted as [guidance](https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellbeing/stopping-antidepressants) for the public by the Royal College of Psychiatrists

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