Study: 25% of Canadians eat too much fat
A quarter of Canadians between ages 31-50 eat too much fattening food, according to a recent study from Concordia University. Unusually, this study wasn’t put out by doctors. No, this… Read more »
Author Archives: Nick Lewandowski
Cigna taps Indian market with JV
Everyone wants a piece of India these days. Most recently, Cigna and India’s TTK Group announced a joint-venture agreement to sell a range of health and insurance products across the… Read more »
“Super” bacteria threaten European patients
Are you doing anything special for European Antibiotic Awareness Day? No? Fortunately the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has put out enough party favors for everyone: a… Read more »
E. Coli: The Good, the Bad and the Deadly
As far as we’ve seen, fun and creativity are rarities when it comes to research publications. So any study riffing on Sergio Leone was bound to catch our eye. E…. Read more »
Kuwaiti docs oppose separate expat hospitals
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 »
Air pollution a danger to 90% of EU city-dwellers
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 »
Researchers to “sniff out” tuberculosis using electronic nose
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 »
Rare flu infection could cause deadly pandemic
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 »
Scotland tackles its drinking problem with minimum prices
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 »
Dubai’s mandatory insurance law due in 2012
Dubai’s mandatory health insurance scheme, currently under review, could be implemented as early as 2012, reports Claire Ferris-Lay on Arabian Business. This would involve only the initial stages of the… Read more »