Precarious housing is still taboo. Black mould on walls, poor ventilation, confined space is a reality for many. How is daily life like when one lives with no access to a shower, in a caravan or as a ...

Is burn-out to the twenty-first century what consumption was to the nineteenth? It affects all occupations and jobs, with almost one in four employees feeling stressed at work and exhausted at a cost ...

Will we ever live to be 150? And in good health? What do scientists at the forefront of anti-aging research promise us? Will the elixir of youth sought by all pharmaceutical laboratories come from ...

What if male gynaecologists were becoming a thing of the past? The question may come as a surprise, but the statistics are crystal clear: only a handful of young male doctors are still choosing to ...

Losing a loved one inevitably brings pain. Even more so when the countdown is related to assisted suicide. In Switzerland, assisted dying has more than tripled in ten years. Chantal chose it almost ...

How much would you pay to live six months longer? Once a taboo subject, the soaring cost of endof-life health care and treatment has become amatter for urgent discussion - the last year of life costs ...

Despite more than a century of feminism and the Me Too movement, machismo is making a comeback among young people. A major study by the University of Zurich reveals that teens today are much more ...

5 x 45' - The pediatric ward at Lausanne University Hospital treats everything from minor ailments to serious chronic illnesses. Medical teams and families work together to offer hope and comfort ...

They heal burns, eczema and warts, cure shingles and allergies. They're swamped by demand for their services, from patients who have often exhausted the possibilities afforded by conventional ...

It is estimated that one in five people will experience a depressive episode in their lifetime. If no one is safe, women are twice as affected as men. Women and men agreed to talk openly about the ...