Psoriasis: Eating oily fish can help alleviate the condition
Jan 10, 2020 17:40 pm UTC| Health
Psoriasis is a skin condition that affects many people in the world. A way to alleviate the symptoms, according to a new report, is by including fish in the diet, specifically, oily fish. Psoriasis is a skin condition...
In defence of ‘imprecise’ medicine: the benefits of routine treatments for common diseases
Jan 10, 2020 10:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The NHS states that it will be the world-leading healthcare system in its use of cutting-edge genomic technologies to predict and diagnose inherited and acquired disease, and to personalise treatments and interventions. As...
Tweets about cannabis' health benefits are full of mistruths
Jan 10, 2020 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
There has been a lot of talk in the U.S. about legalizing recreational cannabis, and about cannabis potential to help with health issues. Scientists working in medicine may have a lot to discover about cannabis ability...
Apocalypse Cow: documentary's vision for the future of food could leave farming in the past
Jan 10, 2020 10:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
On the Channel 4 documentary Apocalyse Cow: How meat killed the planet, British environmentalist and vegan George Monbiot presented the UK as stripped of woodland by grass-eating sheep, crowded with the agricultural sprawl...
Cancer cure: A new organelle discovered may be the cure to the disease
Jan 09, 2020 09:13 am UTC| Health
There has yet to be a definitive cure for cancer in all its forms and stages and advancements in technology and medical discoveries have brought us a step closer. A report reveals that a mystery organelle may hold the...
HIV/AIDS: Cameroon offers free HIV/AIDS services in hospitals
Jan 09, 2020 09:13 am UTC| Health
As the epidemic that is HIV or AIDS continues to plague many people in the world today, even more in recent years, scientists are doing all they can to develop a cure. Recently, Cameroon has implemented free HIV/AIDS...
Prostate cancer: A yellowish tinge in skin and whites of eyes may be a symptom
Jan 09, 2020 09:13 am UTC| Health
Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that affects a lot of men, and as there is no cure for cancer yet, spotting the symptoms is important. One of the possible indicators of the disease is through another condition,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight