Traffic emissions responsible for at least €70bn damage every year, report saysAir pollution from roads causes at least €70bn (£62bn) in health damage every year in the European Union, according to a new report, with diesel fumes responsible for three-…
Our investigation has revealed alarming failures. Regulation of devices such as pacemakers and breast implants must be reformedIt will surely have startled most readers of our joint investigation of medical implants to learn that devices such as surgic…
Global investigation finds lack of clinical oversight and failure to track long-term outcomesSerious safety concerns about breast implants given to thousands of women each year have been revealed in an investigation into the $1bn (£780m) industry.A glo…
Global investigation finds lack of clinical oversight and failure to track long-term outcomesSerious safety concerns about breast implants given to thousands of women each year have been revealed in an investigation into the $1bn (£780m) industry.A glo…
Figures suggest at least 615 cases worldwide of lymphoma related to textured implantsA type of breast implant used by millions of women around the world is under scrutiny after French surgeons were advised to stop using it because of a potential link w…
Figures suggest at least 615 cases worldwide of lymphoma related to textured implantsA type of breast implant used by millions of women around the world is under scrutiny after French surgeons were advised to stop using it because of a potential link w…
National register set up in response to lack of thorough clinical testing of devicesThe PIP breast implant scandal, in which a French company was found to have used substandard silicone, led to the setting up of a national breast devices database in Au…
At Sanderson Farms in Texas, workers report being reprimanded for bathroom breaks and increasing pressure to increase productivity“The not using the restroom thing was really the last straw for me,” said Vivian Valadez, 36, after working for less than …
Essure device turns into ‘calcified nail’ inside body and can pierce tissue, surgeon says • Revealed: how faulty implants harm patients worldwide • Why we’re examining the implants industryThousands of women have undergone invasive surgery to remove co…
Three women describe symptoms they believe were related to the contraceptive • Revealed: how faulty implants harm patients worldwide• Why we’re examining the implants industryAlison Harding, 39, from Devon, south-west England, had Essure implanted four…
Dai Greene says there should be more information so patients can weigh up risks • Revealed: how faulty implants harm patients worldwide• Why we’re examining the implants industryOne of Britain’s most successful athletes was forced to sit out an entire …
The Implant Files explore what may be going wrong in a sector that is difficult to scrutinise • Revealed: how implants harm patients worldwideIn 2014, medical regulators in Europe said they were minded to approve what they were told was a new medical d…
The Implant Files investigation reveals damage caused by poor regulation and lax testing rules• Why we’re examining the implants industryPatients around the world are suffering pain and many have died as a result of faulty medical devices that have bee…
Critics say classification as medical devices allows firms to avoid more rigorous testing • Revealed: how faulty implants harm patients worldwide• Why we’re examining the implants industryThe investigation into medical devices has uncovered all kinds o…
Half of costs to British economy related to lower employment and productivityMental ill-health is costing the UK more than £94bn every year, counting treatment, social support costs and the losses to the economy from people who cannot work, according t…
Everything from reading to swimming to cooking can now be tracked or optimised. What is this quest for perfection doing to our free time?If you spend much time mooching around the internet, you will probably have come across articles on sites such as Q…
Obesity campaigners criticise U-turn on granola ad that used sugary brand’s character Kellogg’s, the maker of Coco Pops, has beaten a junk food advert ban after lobbying to overturn a decision by the UK’s advertising regulator, in a move that has outra…
Many diabetics find the process of injecting themselves distressing. Could a strange-looking new device be the answer?Peter Bailey wasn’t sure how people would react to his invention at the culmination of the Design Council’s Spark programme. He had wo…
Two-thirds of treatments identified by WHO yet to be developed, says monitor groupThe world’s biggest pharmaceutical firms have failed to develop two-thirds of the 139 urgently needed treatments in developing countries, according to an independent repo…
Campaigners and teachers say an under-18 ban would be more effective than one set at 16Childrens’ health campaigners and teachers have joined forces to urge the government to set its proposed ban in England on the sale of energy drinks to youngsters at…
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