Obesity puts more strain on health services than smoking
A new study shows obese people visit the doctor more often than smokerswho are a healthy weight. One in four Canadians is obese, a trend that has been increasing over… Read more »
Category: Healthcare
Are you suffering from hiccups or a heart attack?
As expats one of the main challenges of relocating abroad is healthcare. Navigating a foreign system, struggling with the language and even finding a doctor you like are all common… Read more »
New malaria treatment helps prevent brain damage
Malaria is a global problem which affects 300-500 million people annually and kills more than 1 million. With more companies sending employees abroad, particularly to developing regions such as India,… Read more »
Developed countries to spend 57% less on medicine by 2016
As large numbers of low-cost generic drugs flood the market in the United States and other developed countries, the amount spent on medication is set to slow in the coming… Read more »
Expats who enjoy a glass of wine may have healthier bones
Many people extol the virtues of a glass of red wine a day. It’s a staple of the mediterranean diet, purported to be one of the world’s healthiest. It has… Read more »
Air pollution still above agreed limits in many EU countries
Air pollution from traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in many European countries. According to recently released data, 12 EU states had pollution levels above the… Read more »
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 »
Universal healthcare around the globe
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that healthcare reforms, known as The Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act, are constitutional. In particular the core requirement that means Americans must… Read more »
Expat medical evacuation doesn’t come cheap
When 31 year old British man, Matthew Taylor, moved to Bali to teach English he didn’t suspect his family would have to raise nearly £200,000 to fly him home after… Read more »