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Cognitive disorders are often frequently associated with chronic kidney disease. SeventyFour/Shutterstock

Kidney disease is also a brain disease. Here’s why

Kidney disease is often associated with dialysis or transplants, but it also affects memory and concentration, and increases stroke risk.
Demonstration by the Sereni association in front of Bergamo City Hall, calling for a governmental commission of inquiry. Italy, July 31, 2021. Chiara Alfieri, Author provided. Chiara Alfieri

Six years on, why lobbying success for COVID victims’ association in Italy over pandemic mismanagement matters

Six years after Italy became Europe’s COVID-19 ground-zero, successful action led by a victims’ association against health governance failings sets an encouraging precedent.
South Africa and Brazil are facing sustained declines in vaccination coverage. Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Vaccine hesitancy can’t be boiled down to a single factor: what we learnt in South Africa and Brazil

Different social realities lead to different forms of vaccine hesitancy.
A US citizen spends €12,627 (€14,669) on annual medical care compared with €6,249 ($7,259) in France. MillaF/Shuttetstock

France’s National Health system explained to US citizens in 2026

France may not have oil reserves, but it does have a well-oiled public health service comprising doctors, state-funded hospitals, strong state regulation and medical expenses that are reimbursed.

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