A court just made a landmark ruling for abortion rights in Northern Ireland
Nov 30, 2015 15:52 pm UTC| Health Law
Belfasts High Court has ruled that Northern Ireland can no longer withhold abortions from women who have been the victims of rape or incest, or whose pregnancies involve a fatal foetal abnormality. The judgement is...
Beijing Maintains Orange Alert For Heavy Smog
Nov 30, 2015 11:14 am UTC| Health
Beijing on Sunday issued an orange pollution alert and has maintained the alert today. Heavy smog has covered the capital and is likely to affect all activities in the region. The authorities are closing highways,...
What dictates how much pain you feel after injury?
Nov 30, 2015 05:01 am UTC| Health
A routine work day can quickly turn sour, as Michael, a mine manager, discovered in August. After securing a large boulder, he watched in dismay as one of the securing chains broke and 200kg of stone fell on his...
Norway Considers Medical Heroin Programs To Curb Heroin Mortality Rate
Nov 30, 2015 04:58 am UTC| Health
With a change in local government in Norway and in the capital, Oslo, there is an increasing desire to use drastic measures to control the alarming number of citizens who succumb to heroin overdoses each year, the...
How the health system is skewed towards harm for pill-popping pensioners
Nov 27, 2015 01:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The population of Europe is ageing rapidly. But as we add years to life, are we successfully adding life to years? A recent analysis suggests not. The concept of healthy ageing emphasising physical, social and mental...