Dutch cafes, restaurants and coffee shops are bracing themselves for a feared exodus of patrons when a public smoking ban for the hospitality industry enters into force on Tuesday.(AFP/ANP/File/Robin Utrecht)

THE HAGUE (AFP) -
Dutch cafes, restaurants and coffee shops are bracing themselves for a feared exodus of patrons when a public smoking ban for the hospitality [...]

- SUNDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — More than 98,000 Americans
are clinging to life this very second, and their only chance for survival
is a dead person's generosity.

The science of organ transplantation has improved by leaps and bounds.
But despite the advances, almost 7,200 Americans died in 2005, waiting for
a replacement organ that never arrived, according [...]

- SUNDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — As the mercury continues to
rise, people of all ages should take precautions to ward off heat-related
illness while exercising, playing or taking part in any kind of physical
activity outside.

“Many cases of heat illness are preventable and can be successfully
treated if such conditions are properly recognized and [...]

- Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Sexual Violence Rate Among NYC Teens More Than
National Average

As many as 10 percent of American teenagers experience sexual violence
at some point, surveys show, but if that adolescent is from New York City,
the percentage climbs to more than 16 percent.

This [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
A drug developed using
nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment
may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S.
researchers reported on Sunday.

The drug, called lodamin, was improved in one of the last
experiments overseen by Dr. Judah Folkman, a cancer researcher
who died in January. Folkman pioneered the idea of angiogenesis
therapy — [...]

A man opens a bottle ofsoda as he eats in San Francisco, California. Some 24 million Americans suffer from diabetes, an increase of more than three million in just the last two years, according to US government figures.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Some 24 million Americans suffer from diabetes, an increase of more than three million [...]

LONDON (Reuters) -
Scientists have linked 32 genetic
variations to Crohn's disease, a bowel disorder, highlighting
the complexity of many common diseases and the difficulties
facing researchers seeking treatments.

Scientists said on Sunday that new research had tripled the
number of genetic regions implicated in Crohn's, the most
common form of inflammatory bowel disease, and many more were
probably still undiscovered.

“These [...]

A doctor examines a patient. Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, under draft rules which the European Commission will put forward this week.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)

BRUSSELS (AFP) -
Europeans will be able to get medical treatment elsewhere in the EU without prior authorisation, and get refunded, [...]

This photo released by Kelly Perkins and Serac Adventure Films, Kelly Perkins climbs Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, Calif on Saturday June 28, 2008. Heart transplant survivor Kelly Perkins has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago — a dangerous climb up [...]

PARIS (AFP) - Plusieurs négociations, sur le stress au travail et les salaires dans la Fonction publique notamment, seront au menu de la semaine sociale, marquée également par l’examen au Parlement du projet de loi controversé sur le dialogue social et le temps de travail.
Les partenaires sociaux se retrouvent mercredi pour la dernière séance de [...]