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Our work is divided into public health program area and Environment program area.
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174. All about functional medicine
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.
173. Salmon fishing, berry picking and unnecessary regulations
Fredrik Kopsch, chief economist at Timbro, talks about his newly written cookbook and about the regulations that complicate Swedish food production.
172. Frozen after death
We meet futurologist Anders Sandberg who explains why his head should be kept frozen after his death and then hopefully brought back to life.
171. Nationalization of health care
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.
170. Have more children for the sake of the climate
Editorialist and economist John Norell explains why we should be concerned about low birth rates and what policy can do about it.
169. All about stem cells
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.
168. Preventive care in the United States
We travel to New York to learn about the US healthcare system. In this episode, we meet cardiologist Jeffrey S Berger, who runs NYU Langone's Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
167. Finding meaning in life
Psychologist Siri Helle tells us how to be happier and find meaning in our lives.
166. should women menstruate?
Helena Kopp Kallner, consultant at Danderyd Hospital's women's clinic, believes that women do not need to bleed. Kopp Kallner explains why she is skeptical of the argument that natural is always best.
165. Political parenthood
Maja Larsson has written the book Föräldrarnas födelse (The Birth of Parents), about Swedish child rearing over the last 250 years. In the podcast, we go through how politics affects the view of children, and why it seems more difficult than ever to be a parent today.
Ephi Europe
EPHI was initially founded by former EU parliamentarian Christofer Fjellner (M) with the aim of working on sustainability and public health issues at the EU level.
We do this at EPHI, both from Stockholm and from our office in Brussels, where we have our representative, Adam Schlüssler.
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