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493 results for health

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Written diagnosis

17 October 2012

‘The Lancet’ has been in existence for 189 years and is considered an institution in the publishing industry. Monocle meets the staff of the British medical weekly that is always authoritative and occasionally controversial…

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Inventory No. 58

17 October 2012

Stay fighting fit with this month's pick of new-generation exercise gear. For post-workout we have toiletries and refreshing craft beer.

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Best of the best

17 October 2012

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

Opinion

Health shouldn’t be a drag

31 January 2013

Smoking is an issue we're all aware of but are we being told enough about alternatives?

We are the people who are looking over your shoulder while you talk to us. We have darting eyes and busy fingers. We sigh more than we used to and we drink too fast. Yes, we are the New-Year quitters and by this point it…

Opinion

Cigarette branding up in smoke

2 September 2011

Smokers looking to buy a pack of Marlboro Lights in Sydney or Winfield Blues in Perth will soon have a hard time telling the difference at the cash register.

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Expo 58: Don't stop moving

17 October 2012

In Japan, if you’re not doing ‘rajio taiso’ you’re either dead or you’ve slept in. Millions of Japanese rise early every morning to get together and do radio exercises – the rest do them at work.

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Flying patients

17 November 2011

Consumers are increasingly looking beyond their native borders for low-cost, quality healthcare – and if there’s a safari thrown into the package, all the better. Monocle looks at the global hotspots attracting patients…

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Road to recovery

17 May 2011

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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Fresh start

17 November 2007

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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Inventory No. 6

17 August 2007

Wooden toys for the boys, skin treats and feel the Sap rising with some Scandinavian fizz.

Opinion

Why giving up is hard to do

7 June 2010

Japanese cigarette taxes go up in October, and I wish I could gloat.

Japanese cigarette taxes go up in October, and I wish I could gloat. Now into week three of quitting a 30-year habit, I visualise taking all the dough I’ve saved and rewarding myself with an exotic holiday or perhaps a new…

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Liquid Gold

17 October 2012

‘Genki’ drinks – nutrition and energy beverages – have flooded the Japanese market yet manufacturers are now targeting female consumers and soaking up foreign customers. Is saturation imminent?

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Health visitors

17 May 2008

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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Saint Charles

17 March 2008

The popularity of ‘natural’ cosmetics and remedies has burgeoned, and Austria is one of Europe’s top markets. In Vienna a group of friends with a passion for botany and herbal medicine are championing the use of local…

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Hard cell

17 October 2007

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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Race to the Finnish

17 March 2007

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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