EU moves to “extinguish” cigarette fires
You don’t have to smoke a cigarette for it to kill you. Unattended cigarettes started 30,000 fires between 2003 and 2008, according to EU data, killing 1,000 people and injuring… Read more »
You don’t have to smoke a cigarette for it to kill you. Unattended cigarettes started 30,000 fires between 2003 and 2008, according to EU data, killing 1,000 people and injuring… Read more »
The Kuwaiti doctors union has rejected a plan to create separate hospitals for expats, according to a report by Habib Toumi on gulfnews.com. The doctors said separate hospitals would not… Read more »
As it turns out, location has a major impact on peoples’ drinking habits. A new study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research shows people from northern Europe are… Read more »
Environment-wise, Europe is a pretty healthy place. Europeans don’t blink at acknowledging climate change (unlike Americans), and the continent is home to a number of countries, such as Germany, that… Read more »
Every day you eat poison. We’re talking about dioxin, a deadly family of chemicals present in many of the meat, fish and dairy products we eat every day. While normally… Read more »
It may sound like something out of a cartoon, but rest assured it’s true: two Indian researchers have been awarded a USD 950,000 grant to develop an “electronic nose” capable… Read more »
What makes men happy? If you thought it was all about grilling and beer, well… you wouldn’t be entirely wrong. MSN Health recently conducted an informal poll of men, a… Read more »
Two recent videos are proof the EU Health Commission is still working hard to woo opponents of cross-border healthcare. We’ve written before about the EU’s Cross-Border Healthcare Directive. For those… Read more »
For years people have been writing about the potential for an apocalyptic flu outbreak. In fact, just this year we got a new apocalyptic flu movie: Contagion. One of the reasons… Read more »
Scottish doctors are fighting hard for a law putting a minimum price on alcohol. They say higher prices will curb a national drinking problem that costs the public health system… Read more »