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Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1337 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kevin Grieve Credit: Thirdman Preamble The 2026 Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change brings the issue much closer to home. It makes a compelling case that climate change is already a major threat to human health, affecting how people live, work, eat, breathe and survive. Titled “A Decade of Escalating Health Harms and a Decisive Moment for All,” the report marks ten years since the Paris Agreement entered into force. It brings together the work of 146 researchers from more than 100 institutions across over 30 countries. Its 54 indicators examine the health consequences of climate change and the effects of actions taken to address it.  Extreme Heat is Becoming a Major Cause of Preventable Dea...

Living Longer But Not Healthier – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1328 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1328 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Marcus Aurelius Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Credit: Yaroslav Shuraev Preamble This blog post is based on a large-scale study published in The Lancet. Link to the article at the end. The difference between a long life and a healthy life What is the purpose of living longer if many of those extra years are spent dealing with illness, pain, disability, or dependence on others? Modern medicine has made remarkable progress in helping people survive diseases and live longer. Yet a troubling question remains: are we adding healthy years to life, or simply adding years in which people live with poor health? A major study published in The Lancet Public Hea...