The recent report by the Health Council of Canada puts Canada in last place among OECD countries for healthcare wait times with major concerns regarding access to care. With only 31 per cent of Canadians getting a same-day or next-day ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Council
NPS MedicineWise is urging all health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance after new research shows that making a public commitment leads to significant improvements in antibiotic prescribing. The study, ...
The use of biomaterials and more benign chemicals in coatings in Europe is accelerating as whole supply chains give greater priority to sustainablity, particularly as a means of protecting the environment. At the same time, however, ...
Tags: standards for biomaterials, sustainability of products
Switzerland leads a study of 34 nations for life expectancy at 82.8 years, followed by Japan at 82.7, Italy at 82.7, Spain at 82.7 and Iceland at 82.4. Health at a Glance, a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and ...
PARIS, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Almost 14 percent of Australians take statins -- cholesterol-lowering medications -- while 13 percent of Britons and Slovakians take statins, researchers says. Britain, the "statins capital" of Europe, prescribes ...
Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area were unchanged in the third quarter of 2013 from the previous quarter, with growth in labour productivity (0.4%) only slightly outpacing a rise in labour compensation (0.3%). The pattern of ULCs ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.9% in the third quarter of 2013, up from 0.8% recorded in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates. Among G20 economies, China recorded the strongest growth ...
With the defeat of the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this vast blighted country is poised for a brighter future. But a new US law designed to help the region escape its poverty looks set to do just the opposite. ...
Tags: Democratic Republic of the Congo, M23 rebels, conflict minerals
In October this year, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries remained stable at 7.9 percent, unchanged from the previous two months, according to new figures published ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Rate Stable
At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held recently in Paris, Alacero, the Latin American steel association, said the current situation in the steel industry is becoming critical ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
In the five-day MC9 and on the extension of December 7 of the Doha Round Negotiations, it is surprisingly reached an early harvest at the last minute. If the Doha Round agreement can be implemented early, it will promote trade facilitation, ...
Tags: China's Exports, Doha Round, economy
Oil demand growth in the US this year is likely to exceed that of China's for the first time since the 1990s, skewing overall global demand in favor of developed markets, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a new report released Friday. ...
Tags: US, China, oil demand
At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris on December 5-6, the participants discussed the slow growth prospects in the global steel market, exchanged views on the effect ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy, OECD
According to a release Wednesday by Statistics Canada, the country's merchandise imports declined 1.2 percent and exports decreased 0.3 percent in October. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $303 ...