Scientists find the earliest roots of Parkinson's disease in the brain
Jun 21, 2019 01:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
About 100 people have a rare mutation in a gene called SNCA that puts them at almost certain risk of getting Parkinsons disease. This makes them ideal subjects for studying the root causes of this debilitating condition....
Fitness trackers and personalised training programmes – the way to get healthier at work
Jun 19, 2019 02:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
On average, people spend over 3,500 days (or 84,000 hours) at work over a lifetime. This makes work the ideal place to encourage and support physical activity and exercise. And a new study from Germany shows that doing so...
Teenage sexting linked to increased sexual behaviour, drug use and poor mental health
Jun 19, 2019 02:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Life
You glance at your teens smartphone and see a text message light up the screen. Was that a sext you just saw? Questions flood your mind. Is this what kids are doing nowadays? Does this mean my child is having sex...
Explainer: what is fibromyalgia, the condition Lady Gaga lives with?
Jun 19, 2019 02:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
At least one in ten of us suffer some sort of troublesome, long-term (chronic) pain. But not all have fibromyalgia. People with fibromyalgia have chronic widespread pain including musculoskeletal aches, pain and...
Why the Australasian Health Star Rating needs major changes to make it work
Jun 19, 2019 02:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Unhealthy diets cause multiple physical and mental health problems. To help consumers make healthier choices, Australia and New Zealand introduced the voluntary Health Star Rating (HSR) system in 2014. The system is...
Meat is masculine: how food advertising perpetuates harmful gender stereotypes
Jun 19, 2019 02:22 am UTC| Health Business
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has introduced a new rule in its advertising code which bans adverts which feature gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or serious or widespread offence. This is a...
Want to be healthy and happy? Choose a conscientious partner
Jun 19, 2019 02:21 am UTC| Life Health
Your partners personality can influence your life in all sorts of ways. For example, studies have shown that a conscientious partner is good...
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
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