Any 'planetary diet' must also work for the poorest and most vulnerable
Jan 27, 2019 14:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Over the past two years, 37 experts from around the world have battled to develop a diet that is both sustainable and healthy. They integrated existing knowledge on the impact of diet on diseases, including cardiovascular...
Why people born between 1966 and 1994 are at greater risk of measles – and what to do about it
Jan 27, 2019 14:35 pm UTC| Health
Australia was declared free of measles in 2014. Yet this summer weve seen nine cases of measles in New South Wales, and others in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. High vaccination rates in...
Hey foodie, do you know where your meal came from?
Jan 27, 2019 14:34 pm UTC| Health
Foodie, a term once relegated to food writers and gourmet appreciators, now encompasses a broader group. Many of these new foodies like to keep an online record of their eating habits: posting photos on Instagram or...
For younger-looking, fresher-tasting fruit, use hexanal
Jan 27, 2019 14:31 pm UTC| Health
Have you ever decided against buying fruit because it looks discoloured or brown? Or bought fruit that looks beautifully ripe, only to find its hard, tasteless or rots too quickly in your home? Globally, food waste is a...
Drinking water study raises health concerns for New Zealanders
Jan 27, 2019 14:31 pm UTC| Health
Last year, a Danish study reported a link between nitrate in drinking water and the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer. This finding could have important implications for New Zealanders. New Zealand has one of...
Jan 23, 2019 12:56 pm UTC| Health
MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly referred to as ecstasy, was manufactured as a potential pharmaceutical early last century. It had some limited use in the 1970s as a therapeutic aid in trauma treatment and in...
Australia will never be HIV-free if access to prevention requires a medicare card
Jan 23, 2019 12:56 pm UTC| Health Law
Australia aims to virtually eliminate HIV transmission by 2022, according to the health ministers new national HIV strategy. This ambitious goal has been made possible by biomedical HIV prevention, a new and highly...
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