What pill is that? Cheap and easy pill testing could soon be in your own hands
Mar 09, 2019 06:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Almost nine out of ten Australians take some form of medication, according to a recent poll. Much of that will be in tablet form, either prescribed or bought over the counter. But in the rush of daily life it can be...
A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realized
Mar 09, 2019 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
This week a team of scientists and physicians from the U.K. published news of a second HIV positive man, in London, who is in long-term (18-month) HIV remission after undergoing treatment for Hodgkins lymphoma. The...
A prison program in Connecticut seeks to find out what happens when prisoners are treated as victims
Mar 09, 2019 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Prisons are full of people who were once victims of violence and abuse. As many as 75 percent of people who are in prison have experienced violence or childhood neglect, according to data from the Department of...
11 things you can do to adjust to losing that 1 hour of sleep this weekend
Mar 09, 2019 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
As clocks march ahead of time on March 10, 2019 and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change. Usually an hour seems like an insignificant...
Mar 09, 2019 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Violent crime among young people has reached a worrying high in parts of the UK over recent years. Theres been a year-on-year increase in knife offences committed by young people since March 2014. In 2017/18 alone, there...
Blame wood-burning stoves for winter air pollution and health threats
Mar 09, 2019 05:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
It may be natural, but theres nothing safe or environmentally sound about heating your home with wood. The World Health Organization has ranked air pollution and climate change as the top health threat for 2019. One in...
Doctors may be prescribing antibotics for longer than needed
Mar 06, 2019 14:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
For most infections, the long-standing advice is to take a full course of antibiotics. The rationale for not simply stopping antibiotics as soon as you start to feel better is that antibiotics dont kill the bacteria...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects