Expats need to plan ahead as heat waves strike
According to global warming scientists, the Earth is heating up. While those expats in the UK perhaps wouldn’t agree, many parts of Europe and the United States are suffering in… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryony Ashcroft
US and western Europe are new emerging disease hotspots
A new study has mapped 20 global hotspots for animal-human diseases. Thirteen “unlucky” zoonoses (diseases transmitted from animals to humans) are responsible for 2.4 billion human illnesses and 2.2 million… Read more »
Health spending halts in many European countries
Growth in health spending slowed or fell in 2010 in almost all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. This follows a period of rapid spending increases in the 34… Read more »
Smoking costs EU countries €100 billion
Every year 695,000 Europeans die prematurely of tobacco related causes. It is estimated, in terms of economic impact, smoking costs EU countries at least €100 billion. According to a recent… Read more »
Want active children? Spend more time with them
Two studies in the U.S. have shown that children with “neglectful” parents are less active than those with engaged parents. The studies looked at different styles of parenting and whether… Read more »
Expat donations “ease blood shortage”
A report in The China Daily newspaper states blood donations from expats have helped reduce a Rh negative shortage in Beijing. It’s the first time health authorities in China have released… Read more »
Cross-contamination of dirty hotel rooms
Finding accommodation when you move abroad can be very hard. This is why many expats make the choice to stay in a hotel until they can move into more permanent… Read more »
Race and country of origin impact on your sleep
Two studies have discovered sleep patterns are affected by your racial and ethnic origins. In the first study, of 400,000 people, those born in the U.S. reported sleeping longer than… Read more »
7 ways the European crisis has hit health
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) has recently released information on how the European economic crisis is hitting areas of public health. The EPHA is a network of public health… Read more »
Cardiac risk doubles in heavily polluted areas
The risk of suffering a second heart attack increases 40 percent if you live in an area with high air pollution. Air pollution, while being bad for the environment, is… Read more »