Health

Imagine designing a society without knowing your role in it. Would you still choose the inequality we live with today? Eve Irvine welcomes Kate Pickett, Author and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York. Her work as a social epidemiologist concludes that inequality is not just unfair, it has real-life, even deadly, consequences. It erodes trust, wellbeing, education, and even the length of our lives. We already have the answers. What we lack is the will to act. This book, The Good Society, is a call to collective courage, to choose policies that prioritize human flourishing, over GDP, a focus on designing equity. ]

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled TrumpRx, a website aimed at helping Americans access discounted prescription drugs directly from manufacturers. The initiative, part of broader efforts to tackle rising health care costs, includes weight-loss and fertility medications. ]

As FRANCE 24 marks World Cancer Day, François Picard welcomes Lars Henning Milman Engelholm, Associate Professor and Group Leader at the Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet / Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen. From his lab in Copenhagen, Professor Engelholm describes a seismic shift underway in pancreatic cancer research, the result of a decade-long commitment to the steady evolution of translational science. ]

The Trump administration unveiled TrumpRx on Thursday, a website aimed at helping Americans access discounted prescription drugs directly from manufacturers. The initiative, part of broader efforts to tackle rising health care costs, includes weight-loss and fertility medications. ]

As growing numbers of younger people are being diagnosed with bowel cancer, researchers in the UK are hoping an archive dating back more than 100 years could provide answers. In a study which began in January, researchers are using cutting-edge technology to compare archived tumours with ones from the present day. ]

As France 24 marks World Cancer Day, Carys Garland welcomes Dr. Pinar Uysal Onganer to explore the inner workings and complexities of modern cancer research, treatment, screening, and prevention. While AI holds great promise, it is no substitute for a collective, human-centred approach. “We do have the technology, we do have the knowledge but we do need to work together,” she affirms. 'Cancer is an extremely complicated disease', and so Dr. Onganer calls for a united effort where education and awareness take centre stage: “Prevention brings huge power.” ]

Nearly four out of every 10 cancer cases could be prevented if people avoided a range of risk factors including smoking, drinking, air pollution and certain infections, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Hanna Fink, Doctor in Epidemiology and researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. ]

Nearly four out of every 10 cancer cases could be prevented if people avoided a range of risk factors including smoking, drinking, air pollution and certain infections, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Hanna Fink, Doctor in Epidemiology and researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. ]

"It's not if there will be another pandemic, but when it will happen." Dr Christian Happi and his team have just won a $100 million grant that enables them to expand their vital work to try to identify threats to provide the world with an early warning system for future pandemics. His project comes as many of his colleagues are facing huge funding cuts, with money being withdrawn from global health funding. The renowned professor of molecular biology and genomics spoke to us in Perspective. ]