E-cigarettes: smoking cessation aid or a dangerous habit?

A recent study with adult smokers who had approached the NHS Stop Smoking Services compared e-cigarettes with nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) as part of a smoking cessation service. After a year, 18% of e-cigarette users had stopped smoking tobacco compared with…

Human-animal embryo experiments

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. According to researchers, the goal of the experiment is to create organs viable for transplant into…

European heatwaves and health risks

Although many of us enjoy the sunshine, as a result of climate change we are increasingly likely to experience extreme summer temperatures. Britain had its second hottest day ever recorded during the heatwave the 25th of July 2019, with temperatures…

European migrant crisis and health systems

According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 65 million people are estimated to be displaced worldwide, with European countries registering over two million asylum applications since January 2015. The number of people moving for economic reasons has also grown…

Food as Medicine: two scenarios

What might happen if Medicare and Medicaid covered 30% of healthy food purchases? A team of researches from Tufts University, lead by Yujin Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy modeled two different scenarios.The…