[Comment] Global burden of neurological disease: what's in a name?

We are living in a rapidly changing landscape in terms of global public health. On one hand, the immense increase in and ageing of the world's population, mass migration of people from rural to urban areas, and unhealthy lifestyles —either by choice or by circumstance—are negatively affecting the overall health of the planet. On the other hand, medical advances such as vaccines, antibiotics, and new medications, and renewed emphasis on workplace safety, have benefitted global health. These balancing influences perhaps have the most effect on neurological diseases, which affect many different daily functions and therefore have a disproportionately large effect on global health.
Source: Lancet Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Comment Source Type: research