Better than DNA and the Apollo spacecraft, the x-ray was voted the top achievement in modern scientific history by over 50,000 people in a poll set up by the British Science Museum.
France is ranked top of the World Health Organization health care charts. But the French still complain. The health care system is envied by people beyond the borders of France, but puts what many critics call an excessive burden on public spending.
France is ranked top of the World Health Organization health care charts. But the French still complain. The health care system is envied by people beyond the borders of France, but puts what many critics call an excessive burden on public spending.
France starts its swine flu vaccination campaign with health professionals on Tuesday. More than 1,000 centres are also being set up to vaccinate the general public, with pregnant women and infants as priority cases for the shot.
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.
The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to three scientists to honour their breakthrough discovery of how chromosomes are copied and protected against degradation, the Nobel jury announced on Monday.
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
