Archive: 01/11/2017
Air pollution associated with cancer mortality beyond lung cancer
Air pollution is classified as carcinogenic to humans given its association with lung cancer, but there is little evidence for its association with cancer at other body sites. In a new large-scale prospective study led by ...
Nov 1, 2017
Singaporeans with appetite for destruction get 'rage room' relief
Bad day at the office? In high-pressured Singapore there is now a solution—a "rage room" that lets stressed-out people take a baseball bat to items ranging from glass bottles to televisions.
Nov 1, 2017
Time off for good behaviour: Japan firm rewards non-smokers
Non-smoking employees at one Japanese firm are getting six additional days' holiday to compensate for the time their colleagues spend puffing away at work.
Nov 1, 2017
UK elimination of hepatitis C in jeopardy unless more patients found
Just one in three people with hepatitis C in the UK have been diagnosed according to the latest estimates released at this year's World Hepatitis Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1-3 November).
Nov 1, 2017