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Life science in Sweden – a success story
Sweden is fast making a name for itself as a leading life science nation. Helena Strigård, vice-president and policy director at SwedenBIO, tells Health...
WHO and UNICEF promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally
This week, WHO and UNICEF have issued a new ten-step guide to boost support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn...
Denmark hosts WHO’s global dialogue on noncommunicable diseases
Denmark co-hosts the WHO Global Dialogue on partnerships for sustainable financing of noncommunicable diseases prevention and control.
Globally, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 40...
Leading experts raise awareness for World Health Day 2018
For World Health Day 2018, experts from political and technological backgrounds are helping to promote a healthier lifestyle, as well as creating a greater...
Medical Cannabis Bike Tour funds glioblastoma clinical trial
Tim Lay and Dr Jonathan Newman explain how a European bike tour is boosting research, challenging assumptions and winning support in the journey towards...
NHS England introduces rapid diagnostic and assessment centres
The rapid diagnostic and assessment centres are being introduced across England with the aim of catching cancer earlier and preventing patients from being referred...
The Werther effect – the handling of suicide in the media
Vivien Kogler and Alexander Noyon from Mannheim University of Applied Sciences investigate suicidality as an important social subject and the role of medial presentation...
Two genes that trigger leukaemia development discovered
An international group of researchers have made a breakthrough in the understanding of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, finding two cancer genes working together to trigger...
A centre of excellence for medical cannabis research
The Czech Republic-based International Cannabis and Cannabinoids Institute is making an invaluable contribution to medical cannabis research worldwide, as Dr Ethan Russo tells Health...
Ageing research and the VELUX FONDEN
Ane Hendriksen sets out the VELUX FONDEN’s commitment to supporting ageing research projects that contribute to improving the quality of life for elderly people.
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CRUK research does not support concern that e-cigarettes trigger smoking
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has responded to the media’s misinterpretation that e-cigarettes influence young people to try cigarette smoking, saying the study did not...
Questionable obesity paradox challenged in new study
The idea that it might be possible to be overweight or obese but not at increased risk of heart disease, also known as the...
European journal calls for medical cannabis to be mainstream
In a new special issue of the European Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers are calling for medical cannabis to be properly established in the...
Teenage obesity risk doubles with exposure to junk food adverts
The risk of teenage obesity doubles if the individual remembers seeing a junk food advert every day compared to those who couldn’t recall any...
UK government invests £210m into precision medicine programme
The UK government is set to invest £210m (~€237m) into precision medicine and healthy ageing programmes as part of its landmark Ageing Society Grand...
New biomarkers discovered for neuroblastoma
Two new biomarkers have been discovered for neuroblastoma, a type of cancer in children. The findings are expected to have immediate significance for disease...
Defying the odds – my journey to becoming a Highly Cited Researcher
Professor Eun-Jung Park chronicles her path from a ‘young child from a poor family in South Korea’ to a celebrated scientist and Highly Cited...
Does drug effectiveness depend on the individual?
Researchers at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have demonstrated that there is no definitive reason as to why drug effectiveness varies between people, but rather many...
UK government to cut 20% of calories in popular foods
In a bid to tackle childhood and adult obesity, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are taking...
Toxic substances affecting health found in carpets sold in the EU
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) have warned that toxic substances linked to a variety of long...