Principles of sustainable healthcare in pharmacy practice The impact of the changing climate is becoming increasingly prevalent in our daily lives. How does the climate crisis relate to pharmacy practice and what can we do about it?…
Efficacy is not highest priority for sunscreen buyers Healthcare professionals should advise consumers on adequate photoprotection, new study concludes.…
Exposure to summer sun as a teenager could delay MS-onset In a Danish study of people with multiple sclerosis, researchers found that the disease started later in people who had spent time in the sun every day as a teenager.…
Melatonin levels may explain seasonal variation in MS relapses Researchers looked at how seasonal factors affect patients with relapsing-remitting mutliple sclerosis and found a correlation between higher melatonin levels and fewer relapses…
A cheap and easy arsenic filter for drinking water Arsenic is among the world’s most common environmental pollutants, but the methods for removing it are often too expensive for use. A research team at the University of Florida may have the answer.…
The next step for the UN’s Millennium Development Goals The UN Millennium Development Goals may have fallen short of their aims, but they have created a strong foundation for ending health inequality.…
Low levels of antibiotics and heavy metals in the environment select for resistant bacteria In vitro experiments have shown that very low, sublethal levels of antibiotics and heavy metals can select for bacteria carrying multidrug-resistant plasmids.…
Efforts to counter climate change-related health risks need to be put centre stage, says WHO President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim calls for action on climate change, saying most serious impacts will be on public health.…
WHO calls on health sector to promote policies that will reduce climate changeThe health sector needs to act quickly and assertively to promote policies that will reduce climate change and its consequences, says the World Health Organization.…
