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Why quitting smoking may not be a safe alternative to harm reduction
Last year saw the 50th anniversary of the US Surgeon General’s Report Smoking and Health and triggered global efforts to prevent tobacco use. Over those 5 decades, US smoking prevalence has fallen dramatically from around 45%1 to just over 18%2. Europe has seen similar falls, but there remain a...
Musculoskeletal disorders in the working population
Vern Putz Anderson from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details the risk factors, symptoms and prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace
Aches and pains are a part of life, but musculoskeletal disorders, or MSDs, such as back...
Health in Europe: A matter of good economics
Open Access Government details the priorities and intentions of the new European Health Commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis
Born in 1951, Vytenis Andriukaitis holds degrees in medicine and history and started his political career just after high school. He is one of the authors of the Lithuanian Constitution of 1992 and a...
Extreme events in deterministic systems
Prof Dr Henk W Broer and Dr Alef E Sterk from the University of Groningen discuss how mathematical modelling offers a fruitful approach towards understanding climatic extremes
Dynamical systems are mathematical models for everything that evolves in time. For example springs and pendulum clocks. More complicated examples are the atmosphere...
Homelessness figures do not give a true picture
According to new research, official figures do not paint a true picture of the number of people at risk of homelessness.
High rents, cuts to housing benefits, and increasing debts are some of the difficulties pushing many people across the UK into abject poverty. It is unsurprising that the group...
The need for special education in biobanking
Tanja Macheiner, Berthold Huppertz & Karine Sargsyan from Biobank Graz explain the importance of knowledge transfer and education for the future of biobanking.
Human biospecimens in combination with their associated data derived from certified biobanks serve medical research in a pivotal way, leading to a better understanding of diseases and...
A strong focus on internationalisation
Studying abroad can have great benefits to students, and here the Danish Agency for Higher Education details how the Danish government has launched an action plan to increase internationalisation.
More and more Danish students are choosing to participate in an exchange or internship programme in Europe. In the 2012/13 academic...
Eradicating cardiovascular diseases for good
Professor Joep Perk of Linnaeus University, and a member of the European Society of Cardiology, speaks to Editor Laura Evans about the importance of reducing cardiovascular diseases in Europe and how this can be achieved.
In Europe, cardiovascular diseases cause over 4 million deaths and over 1.9 million deaths in the European...
Council leading the way in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire Country Council details how it is recruiting leaders of tomorrow and its success in training and retraining staff.
Alison Bulman is living proof that Buckinghamshire County Council acts on its proud declaration that it is passionate about recruiting the ‘Leaders of Tomorrow’.
For she is now a key member of...
The importance of maritime safety throughout Europe
Markku Mylly, Executive Director at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) details how they work with the European Commission to maintain safety and implement EU legislation.
For Europe, maritime transport has been a catalyst of economic development and prosperity throughout its history. Maritime transport enables trade and contacts between all the...
Forest engineering, the backbone of timber and fiber supply
Forests and some of the services they provide have been prominently on the international agenda, gaining considerable public attention: conservation, biodiversity, carbon storage, recreation or wilderness are the most notable issues thereof. Although those services only came on the public agenda from the 1960s, they have dominated the set...
Volunteering: developing key employment skills
Volunteering can help young people develop essential skills they need for the world of work, here Fiona Blacke, CEO of the National Youth Agency details why.
It is a very difficult time to be young. The recession has hit young people particularly hard, with youth unemployment hovering just below a...
UK unemployment rates have fallen
Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that unemployment figures are at the lowest rate since 2008.
Unemployment rates fell to 6.4 per cent in the three months leading up to the end of June. The figures, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), represent the lowest...
Weather extremes
Extreme weather events may cause severe damage to our society. Examples include hurricane Sandy in 2012 (the second-costliest hurricane in United States history), European windstorms Lothar and Martin in 1999, and, more recently, the exceptional sequence of floods in southern England in the winter of 2014. Insurance companies need...
Council may cut funding for abuse helpline
Oxfordshire County Council has announced it is reviewing whether or not to scrap funding for a number of services, including a domestic abuse helpline.
Oxfordshire County Council's announcement that it may cut grants that fund a number of services including a domestic abuse helpline has been met with criticism.
In February,...
Empower, support and encourage action
Emma Greenwood, head of policy development at Cancer Research UK explains the importance of early diagnosis for cancer within local communities.
Cancer remains a major focus for the health service in England and, after the Health and Social Care Act came into force earlier this year, local authorities have an even...
Men outliving women in areas of UK
In some areas of the UK men are beginning to outlive females by as much of 13 years.
Figures published by Public Health England reveal that due to changes in lifestyles and dropping unhealthy habits men are living longer than women in areas of the UK.
Experts believe that men are...
