Asia Pacific is experiencing an explosion in COPD numbers due to economic, infrastructural, and cultural factors.

Cancer takes a toll not only on the patients but also on their caretakers. Several programs are providing educational, financial, and social support for the families of childhood cancer patients.

As the world of work evolves and the workplace changes, some organisations are turning to skills-based promotion as one strategy to keep high-achieving, high-quality employees engaged and motivated. Skills-based promotion systems are being introduced…

Companies have spent billions on D&I training, but studies suggest it's not easy to get it right. Here are five tips to avoid common mistakes. Companies have spent billions on diversity and inclusion training to create work environments in which…

Companies have spent billions on diversity and inclusion training to create work environments in which employees recognise and embrace differences amongst co-workers. In 2016, an analysis of 260 studies suggested D&I programmes can work, but getting…

The humble curriculum vitae has come a long way since Leonardo da Vinci reportedly prepared the first one more than 500 years ago. Over the past decade or so, however, the CV has continued to evolve from a mere snapshot of our qualifications and past…

The past few years have been a period of transition for human resources departments as tight labour markets mean training and recruitment costs are taking up an increasing share of finance department budgets, and this year is unlikely to be an…

The advent of big data over the past two decades, along with the broader data revolution, has, in theory, made it easier than ever for corporate finance chiefs to support their financial and business strategies and decision-making processes with a…

Andrea Chipman Contributor, The Economist Intelligence Unit Andrea Chipman has been a freelance writer since 2004, covering healthcare, business and science policy topics. She is the author of several healthcare reports for The Economist Intelligence…

The economic and social effects of high levels of global depression are wide-ranging. In its most serious form, depression leads to a dramatic forestalling of human potential. Moreover, depression has a major impact on people during their most…

Getting talented women with children back into the workplace is a challenge for many professional employers. Encouraging women to "lean in" in high-powered working environments is particularly difficult if they have been "leaning out" for a number of…

When Liz Emerson's husband was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy, a degenerative brain disease, in 2006, she found herself doing more and more for him as his disability increased until her caring responsibilities consumed most of her non-working…

African countries have a huge opportunity to turn their energy infrastructure deficits into an advantage, both for the continent itself and potentially for the rest of the world. Renewable technologies that use wind and solar are the gateway to this…

A proposal to let nations opt out of growing European-approved GM varieties is under fire from all sides. Amflora potatoes are the only genetically modified crop to be approved in Europe in the past decade.B. WUESTNECK/EPA/CORBIS After a decade in…

But analysts expect effects of financial crisis to be more marked next year. Globally, corporate investment in research and development (R&D) grew more slowly in 2008 than in 2007, but remained relatively robust despite the economic crisis, according…

When Graham Blakey was thinking about leaving his research-and-development job at AstraZeneca PLC in early 2007 to set up his own consulting firm for small biotech firms, he wanted to test out his plans and network with others. He turned to one of a…

UCL’s new Director of Medicine talks about the research and business opportunities at the proposed UKCMRI, and his wider aspirations for translational medicine. Andrea Chipman Patrick Maxwell becomes the Director of University College London’s…

A new interdisciplinary institute at Imperial receives its first outside grant: to develop a snake-like surgical robot. Andrea Chipman Imperial College’s Institute for Biomedical Engineering has won a £2.1 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to…

Government backs plan to build on central site. The UK government will back the construction of a new, state-of-the-art medical research centre in central London, the Medical Research Council (MRC) announced today. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will…

The London Fire Brigade were big winners last time round. Does your workplace care about sustainability enough to follow in their footsteps? Andrea Chipman UK companies eager to promote their environmental credentials will want to mark their…