In this edition HEALTH travels to a hub of nanotechnology in Grenoble and visits a laboratory where size matters and it’s the smaller the better, as miniaturization means more targeted treatment.
According to the WHO every five seconds someone in the world goes blind; one child goes blind every minute. The UN body says that 80% of blindness could be avoided or treated, if people had the right access to care and facilities. In honor of world
There's a chance in a million that a patient on a bone marrow waiting list finds someone compatible. HEALTH looks into the different donating techniques and sees the disparities in Europe and the Middle East.
This week HEALTH saw how men and machines work together for medical purposes.
Technology enables spectacular breakthroughs in the medical field, helping patients who are physically disabled and those suffering from psychological disorders.
HEALTH visits an emergency shelter camp on the outskirts of the French capital where the association “Medecins du Monde” stepped in to offer shelter and medical assistance to a group of Roma who had nowhere to go.
Addictions cost Europe 57 billion euros every year. Some countries have come up with innovative ways of dealing with the problem HEALTH travels to Switzerland and visits a welcome and injection centre for drug users in the heart of Geneva.
In the UK a 22 year old death raises the debate on organ transplants and HEALTH looks at how life expectancy changes depending on whom you are and where you live.
