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• Design / Health

  Fresh start

  

  Issue 9

  Austria is reinvigorating its brand and stealing some of Switzerland’s reputation for being the home of Alpine modernity and great healthcare. Nowhere epitomises the trend more than the Lanserhof.

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  Edits / Health

  Soap opera

  

  Issue 52

  Ach. Brito soaps are instantly recognisable by their vintage-inspired packaging and Claus Porto label. This family-run company dates back to 1887 but still continues to innovate and appeal to new markets.

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  Business / Health

  Hard cell

  

  Issue 8

  While the West prevaricates over ethical issues about stem cell research, Chinese companies are powering ahead in a bid to find treatments for numerous life-threatening conditions. But are loosely regulated companies such…

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  Design / Health

  We bring you joy

  

  Issue 19

  Every new year needs a fresh manifesto, so while you’re kicked back, lying low, chasing the sun or even hard at it, we’ve developed a pick and mix of ideas to create your own to-do list for a happy 2009. If you’re partic…

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• Edits / Health

  Who needs the agro?

  

  Issue 24

  Everyone, it seems. From the shopping aisles of one of Europe’s most respected grocery store chains to the meadows of piedmont to the Souk el Tayeb farmers’ market in Beirut, Farmers and their four-legged friends are the…

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  Edits / Health

  Ultimate body fix

  

  Issue 58

  For a country that’s in need of more than a nip and tuck of its own, Spain is home to a clinic specialising in encouraging a perfectly balanced lifestyle. Monocle checks in.

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  Business / Health

  Health visitors

  

  Issue 14

  Affluent Arabs used to head to hospitals in the US when they needed treatment. But now, post-Iraq, they are increasingly choosing Germany’s private clinics. With the average foreign patient spending an estimated €80,000 a…

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  Business / Health

  Race to the Finnish

  

  Issue 3

  What do you need to run a great ambulance service? In our series looking at the brands that make our lives work, we visited the City of Helsinki Rescue Department to find out. It employs 570 full-time rescue and emergency…

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• Business / Health

  Road to recovery

  

  Issue 44

  Big-name French pharma was conspicuously absent at this year’s annual Pharmagora fair. But far from fading into obscurity, the Paris show has been looking to Francophone African markets and the lucrative bio-organic sector…

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  End Point / Health

  Observation

  

  Issue 58

  Staying in good health is about looking after what you have as well as thinking ahead. Speaking of which, join us soon at the new Monocle Café for an autumn pick-me-up.

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  Edits / Health

  On the tiles

  

  Issue 8

  No. 8 in our monthly series of life improvements sees us clearing out the mirrored Schneider two-door and restocking it with some new favourites and old bathroom essentials.

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  Affairs / Health

  Best of the best

  

  Issue 58

  Good medical care is about more than mending broken bones – it also fixes nations. These are the countries and people building healthier states.

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