In the UK, Biobank has been operating - the most extensive and detailed database, which includes medical and genetic data, as well as information on the lifestyle of 500,000 islanders aged 40 to 69 years.
The US government is launching a new large-scale campaign to combat smoking, using photographs of people who have serious health problems due to this addiction.
The world is on the verge of a crisis caused by the resistance of microbes to antibiotics, Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, said at a conference in Copenhagen on Friday.
Almost 1 300 000 citizens of the European Union states will die from various cancers in 2012. Nevertheless, the death rate from oncology in Europe will continue to decline.
An international team of researchers concluded that misuse of condoms is extremely common in all regions of the world and is a serious public health problem.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine" concerning restrictions in the use of assisted reproductive technologies.
