Living

This is the story of how the smallpox vaccine was developed. Mary Montagu played a leading role in its invention and use.

The rise in temperature and the loss of biodiversity could cause 'catastrophic damage to health that will be impossible to reverse'.

I know the story of a mother who, after giving birth, asked her husband not to lose sight of her newborn baby for a second, out of fear that it might be changed. Of course, this woman, my mother, gave birth more than 40 years ago and the procedures were different.

The recently published study states that this danger is associated with adults under 45 years of age.

Having children (or not having them) is a decision that corresponds solely to the couple. However, it can happen that both family and friends insist on asking when they will have children, without stopping to think before speaking.

Rejection is one of the big problems in organ transplants.

Exercise in pregnancy has great benefits, not only for the mother who practices it, but also for the baby that is on the way. Research presented at the International Congress of the European Respiratory Society showed, for the first time, a link between lower lung function in babies born to physically inactive mothers compared to those born to active mothers.

Maintaining regular physical activity throughout life has important benefits for our health.