Cancer cure: Combination treatment for advanced melanoma shows promising results
Oct 02, 2019 09:50 am UTC| Health
The world is still waiting to see a complete cure for the various types of cancer. On the bright side, scientists have achieved major strides in developing much-improved treatment strategies to increase survival rates...
HIV cure: Identifying ‘kill switch’ to dormant virus reservoirs sparks hope
Oct 02, 2019 08:12 am UTC| Health
A recently published study sparks hope that the world is getting closer to developing a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Scientists reported finding the kill switch to dormant reservoirs of the virus in a...
Low blood pressure could be a culprit in dementia, studies suggest
Oct 02, 2019 03:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Decline in brain function often occurs as people age. People often worry that declining brain function is an inevitable part of growing old and will lead to dementia, but it is not. Many people do not experience...
Placebos: what they're made of matters
Oct 02, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Placebo controls are a gold standard against which new treatments are often measured. If a new treatment consistently proves to be better than a placebo and safe, it can be marketed, sold and prescribed. Otherwise, it cant...
Sugary drinks tax is working – now it's time to target cakes, biscuits and snacks
Oct 02, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
A sugar tax on soft drinks has now been in operation in the UK for more than a year and results so far seem to indicate its working. But campaigners say more still needs to be done and that the next target should be...
Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat
Oct 02, 2019 02:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
If youve caught a long haul flight recently, you generated more carbon emissions than a person living in some developing countries emits in an entire year. If that fact doesnt ruffle you, consider this: worldwide, 7.8...
Does your mental state affect recovery from illness and disease? We asked five experts
Oct 02, 2019 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Many of those whove suffered from illness or disease would have received the advice to stay positive. Is this sage advice that can truly have a positive effect on health, or an added burden for someone who is already...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects