Substantial health gains and healthcare cost savings can be achieved by switching short car trips to walking and cycling, according to a new study published on 17 July in PLOS
Archive for July 2019
While in France, the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn has just confirmed that the rate of reimbursement of homoeopathic treatments will gradually decrease to arrive at a non-reimbursement in 2021,
Scientists suggest generating more snowfall — trillions of tonnes of the white stuff — could help prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic glacier and would also reduce the long-term
The large appetites and feeding habits of African forest elephants may actually lead to more plant mass which stores more carbon to help mitigate climate change, according to a new
A new analysis published on 11 July in Nature Energy reveals increasing ‘energy cost’ associated with fossil fuels, which means renewables may be quickly catching up (1). The authors suggest
Feeding severely malnourished infants a diet rich in bananas, chickpeas and peanuts may boost healthy gut bacteria and help children grow, according to two studies published on 12 July in
Almost 80 per cent of the world’s major cities will experience drastic changes as a result of global warming, according to a new report entitled Cities of the future: visualising
Outdoor air pollution is directly linked to decreased lung function and increased prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new paper published on 9 July in the
Climate patterns like the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) have been responsible for widespread, simultaneous crop failures in recent history, according to a recent paper published on 3 July in the
In the search for effective antibiotic alternatives that do not trigger antibiotic resistance, Nicolas and colleagues report two novel molecules that effective against Gram-positive and negative multi-resistant bacteria. And importantly,