As a global patient advocate, I would say yes. But the reality is that it’s not. At least not today. I’m talking about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. And it’s time to make it a global priority. COPD kills more people yearly than lung and breast cancer combined and is predicted to cost the … Read more
Avoiding incompatible and contradictory policy initiatives as well as creating an environment that will lead to a healthier, more resilient Europe should be central to any EU life sciences strategy. The start of a new mandate is a good moment for reflection. Last month, EFPIA published a Competitiveness Strategy for European Life Sciences, which included … Read more
PARIS: Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far.The debilitating condition, which progressively robs people of their memories, cognitive abilities, language and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Managing gestational diabetes in the earlier stages of pregnancy could help prevent complications and improve delivery outcomes, according to researchers. Among the most common pregnancy complication around the world, gestational diabetes cases are on the rise and becoming more complex because of increasing obesity, said the authors of a new series published in … Read more
Vigilant coexistence Musumeci, the civil protection minister, acknowledged that the state has been slow to act, but claims the government is now preparing to do everything it can to mitigate the risks. Authorities have so far removed 250 people from their homes as they carry out safety checks on buildings. | Alberto Pizzoli/Getty Images “We … Read more
“Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for the black market today,” he added. Until the very end, government representatives from the federal states had discussed whether they should use their right in the Bundesrat to convene a “mediation committee” to resolve disagreements about the law with the Bundestag, the chamber of federal representatives. … Read more
In an unprecedented era of medical breakthroughs, we now have the possibility to eliminate cervical cancer in Europe. The ‘Advancing Cervical CancEr ScreeningS’ (ACCESS) International Consensus Group on Cervical Cancer, a multidisciplinary coalition at the forefront of this battle, is calling for urgent political action to ensure that this historic opportunity is not lost. Cervical … Read more
We can no longer afford to diddle around like this! And rarely has anything hammered home just how much we remain stuck in the harsh reality of centuries past as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is, however, far from the only recent wake-up call as to just how far opponents of our liberal democratic order … Read more
BANGKOK: As industries, governments and law enforcement agencies all over the world struggle to keep up with the vast and ever-evolving cybercrime ecosystem, specialist cyber defenders building and upgrading firewalls, say that sensitisation and prevention are always better than cure. And it is the Generative AI itself that can do the saving.Much like what Dutch … Read more
In a tiny village along the Peruvian Amazon, women line up on a warm, rainy August morning to protect themselves against cervical cancer, a disease that claims the lives of six women in Peru every day. News had spread throughout nearby villages of a pilot screening project for human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus responsible … Read more
