Second A/H1N1 death in Switzerland
GenevaLunch News Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Switzerland’s second death from A/H1N1 flu has taken place just a week after the first, but doctors point out that the patient, a woman over 50 with...
View ArticleVinegar sauces are both tasty and healthy
GenevaLunch News Creative ways to use vinegar in cooking, in place of fats I’m a vinegar collector. I have orange vinegar, walnut vinegar, grapefruit vinegar, a long list of Balsamic vinegars of...
View ArticlePacific islanders’ obesity problem balloons: imported food main culprit
GenevaLunch News WHO says over 50% population obese in 10 Pacific islands, causing host of health problems Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Three Pacific Island regions, Melanesia, Micronesia...
View ArticleDiabetes brings young athletes together
GenevaLunch News Sports event for juvenile diabetics grows in popularity Click on images to view larger Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - The international football Junior Cup Diabetes ended...
View Article“I wanna be louder than the silent killer”
GenevaLunch News South AfricanKwaito star Howza sings a tale of diabetes Here’s the blurb from the official “I choose to live” music video, out 9 November for World Diabetes Day 14 November: “Written...
View ArticleUS diabetes budget to balloon to $3.35 trillion, says insurer
GenevaLunch News The cost of diabetes in the US could soar to $3.35 trillion from 2010-2020, with the government footing 60 percent, the bulk of the bill, if Americans don’t start to take off pounds,...
View ArticleSwiss health insurance to drop eyeglasses coverage in 2011 (update)
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Opticians in Switzerland are unusually busy this week, reports 24 Heures, but it’s not thanks to Christmas shoppers: this is the last chance to get...
View ArticleDiabetes, obesity treatments getting new attention
GenevaLunch News Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A group of universities, including EPFL in Lausanne, is behind one of the latest encouraging signs of new treatments for diabetes,...
View ArticleTomatoes for glorious skin and red wine to keep diabetes away from the kids
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It is a heartening week in the research news corner, as seen from Canada. Researchers in Lausanne have measured the long-term metabolism in humans of lycopene,...
View ArticleNestle’s new Lausanne research centre to focus on help for aging
GenevaLunch News LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Nestlé 2 November inaugurated its new research centre at EPFL, the federal polytechnic institute in Lausanne. The Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences “is...
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