Autistic children need the world to acknowledge the significance of the challenges they face
Sep 25, 2018 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Autistic children are increasingly being suspended or expelled from school, because of behavioural problems official figures show. Some regions in the UK have seen a 100% increase in these types of exclusions since...
Children who are picky eaters still grow up healthy -- new research
Sep 25, 2018 17:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
If a standoff over vegetables at dinner is a daily hurdle with your child then good news parents a picky toddler is still likely to grow up to be a normal weight and height. Thats according to new research from the...
Deciphering how memory works in the brain – at the level of individual cells
Sep 25, 2018 17:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Say you meet an old friend at the train station. She is standing about a metre ahead of you, and on the tracks to your right a train has just pulled into the station. Behind your friend you see a bakery. We often remember...
Broke your arm? Exercise the other one to strengthen it...
Sep 25, 2018 10:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
If you have ever broken an arm and had to wear a cast or splint for a few weeks, you will be familiar with the alarming loss of muscle and uneasy feeling of weakness experienced after removing your cast. Most people do...
I ran 100 miles in a day, this is what happened to my body
Sep 25, 2018 09:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The marathon race has long been considered the ultimate test of human endurance. But the last few decades have seen growing numbers of runners regularly tackling distances exceeding the traditional marathon. So-called...
As life expectancies rise, so are expectations for healthy aging
Sep 25, 2018 09:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The Fountain of Youth may still be a myth, but a longer life expectancy is now a reality. In fact, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. has risen by more than 30 years in barely more than a century to a current 78.6...
If privacy is increasing for My Health Record data, it should apply to all medical records
Sep 24, 2018 07:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
In response to the public outcry against the potential for My Health Record data to be shared with police and other government agencies, Health Minister Greg Hunt recently announced moves to change the legislation. The...
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