The healthy awards 2019: health & wellbeing

The healthy awards 2019: beauty

The healthy awards 2019: food & drink

Biogen scraps two late-stage Alzheimer's trials

Biogen scraps two late-stage Alzheimer's trials
Reuters: Health
Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday they would abandon two late-stage trials testing their experimental treatment, elenbecestat, for patients with early Alzheimer's disease.


Russia plans excise taxes on e-cigarettes - media

Russia plans excise taxes on e-cigarettes - media
Reuters: Health
Russia's healthcare ministry has drafted a bill to introduce excise taxes on electronic cigarettes, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, citing minister Veronika Skvortsova.


Indonesia to raise cigarette prices by more than a third at start of 2020

Indonesia to raise cigarette prices by more than a third at start of 2020
Reuters: Health
Indonesia will raise the minimum price of cigarettes by more than a third from January next year, a finance ministry spokesman said on Friday, as part of the government's efforts to reduce smoking rates.


Repeated periods of poverty accelerate the aging process, suggests a new study (n=5,575). People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their adult life age significantly earlier than others, and also had higher inflammatory levels.

Repeated periods of poverty accelerate the aging process, suggests a new study (n=5,575). People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their adult life age significantly earlier than others, and also had higher inflammatory levels. submitted by /u/mvea
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