Medical advances increase life expectancy but make people spend far more of their lives being ill People are getting healthier, living longer – and spending more time with often debilitating illness and disability.
The gains in medical and health are masking an increasing amount of illness, disability and death from non-communicable diseases, according to a major new study.
Death rates from communicable diseases have fallen sharply, adding to a major overall increase in life expectancy. But that extra time appears to be spent more and more unhealthily. The Independent
The gains in medical and health are masking an increasing amount of illness, disability and death from non-communicable diseases, according to a major new study.
Death rates from communicable diseases have fallen sharply, adding to a major overall increase in life expectancy. But that extra time appears to be spent more and more unhealthily. The Independent
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