6 steps to ensure employee well-being in your company
Employee well-being is super important for your company culture. Here are 6 steps by which you can ensure happiness among employees of your company.
Could the fourth wave of globalization help to end epidemics?
Large-scale collaboration on new technologies will be the key to finding new ways to tackle epidemics
This app can detect when someone has overdosed on opioids
The app uses sonar to send sound waves to people's chests, allowing it to read breathing patterns - and alert authorities if necessary.
We can end TB right now. Here's how
Johnson & Johnson has announced a 10-year initiative to combat TB, with a triple-track approach focused on expanding access to current therapies, increasing diagnosis rates and invest...
Three ways the world must tackle mental health
More financing, new public private partnerships to tackle brain science and a different dialogue around brain health are critical to tackling mental illness on a global scale.
How telehealth can get healthcare to more people
We have the proof that telehealth works. But for wide adoption, patients, providers, government and non-profits will have to align with the idea that healthcare should be more seamless, m...
What can America learn from Sweden about healthcare?
The US spends more than any other country on providing medical services, but access to care is just one small part of what makes us healthy. Here's how its spending could achieve greater ...
How a mosquito 'birth control' could be key in the fight against malaria
Scientists have blocked a protein found in female mosquitoes which is critical for their young to hatch.
This is the world's biggest mental health problem - and you might not have heard of it
While depression is the condition most will associate with mental health issues, and the leading cause of disability worldwide, it is not the number one mental health concern people face.
How companies in Japan are fighting sleep deprivation epidemic
An epidemic of chronic sleep deprivation in Japan has prompted businesses to wake up to the costs of the problem and the benefits of well-rested employees.
How to get the most out of precision medicine
Precision medicine uses genetic test results to inform decision-making on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. But it will fall far short of its promise if high costs make ...
This is why improving access to surgery during childbirth is vital
A study in Uganda on the cost-effectiveness of surgery for women suffering from obstetric fistula in childbirth estimated the number of years lost to disability could drop from 8.53 to 1.51.