Podcast: Health for the unhealthy

White snus is under threat on three fronts, says Sweden's Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa. He tells us what the government will do to stop tax increases and bans.

Journalist Erik Galli answers whether cosmetic surgery can improve well-being, and whether being able to move your forehead is really desirable. 

VAT is not a left-right issue, says Patrick Krassén, tax policy expert at Företagarna. Can the reduced VAT on food get rid of inflation? Or is it just election pork that risks leading to an even fatter population? We find out in today's...

Sex hormones affect both strength and endurance. Therefore, athletes who have gone through male puberty should never compete with women, says Tommy Lundberg, associate professor of physiology at Karolinska Institutet.

Peter Martin, CEO of FunMed, talks about how functional medicine can help patients get to the bottom of their health problems, while publicly funded healthcare could cut costs. 

Fredrik Kopsch, chief economist at Timbro, talks about his newly written cookbook and about the regulations that complicate Swedish food production.

We meet futurologist Anders Sandberg who explains why his head should be kept frozen after his death and then hopefully brought back to life. 

Jean-Luc Af Geijerstam, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis, explains the advantages and disadvantages of a state-run healthcare system compared to today's regionally run system. 

Editorialist and economist John Norell explains why we should be concerned about low birth rates and what policy can do about it. 

Pain specialist Torbjörn Ogéus treats osteoarthritis using stem cells. In this episode, he talks about the potential of this new technology, but also about the policies that are holding it back.