In 2020, We Are Close to True "Cloning" of Certain Organs

In 2020, we will also know how to build a functioning cell capable of free-living existence. Read more...

Large Increase in Cancer Up to the Year 2020
The Nordic cancer registries have carried out a larger study to calculate the cancer incidence in the Nordic countries up through the year 2020.

Genetic-based Medical and Health Care by 2020
Medical technology will originate from genetic research, giving us the ability to detect and correct genetic-based diseases before they arise-possibly even in the womb.

Global Health Situation and Trends to the Year 2025
The number of people aged over 65 will rise from 390 million now to 800 million by the year 2025 - reaching 10% of the total population.

Herpes Rates Could Explode by 2025
Nearly half of all young American women could suffer from genital herpes by the year 2025 if nothing more is done to stem the disease's spread.

Deaths from Hiv in the US Will Decline by 2030
Deaths from HIV in the US Will Decline to 4,200 - 6,700 by the year 2030.

Health Costs Could Balloon in the Future As Baby Boomers Age
The aging of the baby boom generation and other factors could drive up per capita health care spending to three-and-one-half times current levels by the year 2030.

A Diabetes Epidemic is Under Way in the Future
WHO projects Diabetes will affect 370 million people by 2030 worldwide.

Older Adults With Arthritis to Double by 2030
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of older adults with arthritis will nearly double by the year 2030.

Annual UK Rates of Deadly Skin Cancers Could Treble by 2035
Every year, more than 7,000 UK people are diagnosed with malignant melanoma and about 1,700 die from it. Diagnoses could top 20,000 in 2035.

Alzheimer's Could Infect Three Times as Many by 2050
Using Census and life expectancy information, specialists estimate that the number of Americans with Alzheimer's disease could more than triple to 16 million by 2050.