About 61% of US adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, new research from the American Heart Association predicts. The biggest driver of this trend will be the large number of people who ...

Gakidou’s team reports that the number of overweight and obese adults 25 and older rose from 731 million to 2.11 billion from 1990 to 2021. It’s expected to grow to 3.8 billion by 2050.

But by 2050, that number could rise to 34 million under a moderate-emissions scenario and 43 million under a high-emissions scenario. It isn’t only disadvantaged communities that will experience ...

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the number of Alzheimer’s patients is expected to double by the year 2050, resulting in 13 million people with the affliction. Health officials said ...

The number of obese children and adults in the UK will rise substantially by 2050 – and by more than half in some age groups, figures suggest. The most comprehensive global analysis to date ...

The call for entries for The Medscape 2050 Challenge is now closed ... From the set of proposals received, a selected number of semifinalists will be chosen by Medscape to prepare a completed ...