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Finding new cures for Osteoarthritis

Researchers working together in Utrecht and London are making life-changing leaps

12 March 2018

Business Planet

One of a kind medical devices... and how to get them financed

This week Business Planet travelled to Rome where an innovative young company Echolight has developed a new way to help Europe's ageing population with the help of EU funding.

9 March 2018

World News

Belgians get free iodine pills in case of nuclear disaster

All residents within 100 kilometres of a nuclear power station are eligible, effectively covering the whole country

6 March 2018

Brazil

Neymar leaves hospital after 'successful' surgery

The world's most expensive footballer was operated on for a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle. The procedure "went perfectly," according to the Brazilian Football Confederation.

5 March 2018

United Kingdom

Thousands of vacant posts leave UK health service suffering

Official figures show 100,000 posts remain unfilled.

22 February 2018

Lithuania

The world’s biggest drinkers meet the EU’s toughest alcohol laws

What happens when you raise the drinking age and restrict opening hours in a country renowned for its heavy consumption of alcohol?

22 February 2018

Romania

Romania and Italy hit as measles makes ‘tragic’ comeback in Europe

The number of measles cases in Europe has quadrupled in a year, according to the World Health Organization.

20 February 2018

Spain

Spanish town goes on diet to lose 100,000 kilos

A community in northwestern Spain has launched a pioneering get-fit campaign involving everyone from children to the elderly.

19 February 2018

United Kingdom

Forest Green Rovers — the first vegan football club in the world

Hailed by FIFA as the "world’s greenest football club", the Forest Green Rovers' vegan diets are credited with boosting the team into League Two.

14 February 2018

USA

US woman first-ever human infected with parasitic cattle eye worms

As many as 14 of the translucent creatures were extracted from her left eye after she was left itching for over a week.

13 February 2018

World News

Low flu vaccine uptake puts Europe at risk

Half of European countries are vaccinating less than one in three older people against flu.

7 February 2018

World News

Cancer survival rates ‘improving across Europe’

A study claims larger shares of Europeans are beating cancer, even as the number of cases increases.

4 February 2018

USA

Emotional support peacock denied flight by United Airlines

United Airlines said the peacock “did not meet guidelines for a number of reasons, including its weight and size."

31 January 2018

USA

NYC sues Big Pharma over opioid crisis

The lawsuit alleges drugmakers and distributors used "deceptive marketing" that got millions of Americans hooked on potent painkillers.

24 January 2018

World News

New blood test could be game-changer in fight against cancer, say rese

CancerSEEK simultaneously looks for the presence of ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, oesophagus, bowel, lung and breast cancer.

19 January 2018

World News

Adolescence is now from 10 to 24, say experts

Scientists say popular perceptions of when adolescence ends should be changed.

19 January 2018

United Kingdom

Britain appoints ‘minister for loneliness’ to tackle social isolation

The government created the new post after research showed as many as one in 10 people felt lonely “always or often” — and that hundreds of thousands of elderly people hadn’t spoken to a friend or relative in the past month.

17 January 2018

Earth News

Food scene: what's cool to eat in 2018

A food futurologist tells us what ingredients will sold-out in supermarkets and trend in restaurant's menu.

17 January 2018

World News

Ferrero Rocher buys Nestle's confectionery business

The Swiss food group Nestle has agreed to sell its U.S. confectionery business to the Italian company Ferrero Rocher for a little over one billion euros.

17 January 2018

France

Lactalis scandal is a "tip of the iceberg"

The French company recalled 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk infected by salmonella since December. Those working for better safety in the baby food industry say such scandals are not new.

17 January 2018