What could a My Health Record data breach look like?
Jul 24, 2018 17:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Last week marked the start of a three-month period in which Australians can opt out of the My Health Record scheme before having an automatically generated electronic health record. Some Australians have already opted...
Alcohol: why we should call time on airport drinking
Jul 24, 2018 16:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
As the alcohol industry continues to make healthy profits, Britain is left counting the increasing cost of its unhealthy relationship with booze. From overstretched accident and emergency departments to a steady incidence...
Diabetes: the good news and the bad news – and what next for the future
Jul 24, 2018 16:45 pm UTC| Health
Alarming stories about the diabetes epidemic that threatens millions of lives and the NHS itself have become commonplace, and with good reason. Around 4.6m people in the UK are living with diabetes while a further 12.3m...
Norovirus: a summer outbreak could lead to a winter crisis
Jul 24, 2018 16:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Apparently there is a bug going around. Local and national press are reporting unusually high numbers of people suffering with diarrhoea and vomiting in Britain this summer. The reports suggest that this is a short-lived...
U.S. support of formula over breastfeeding is a race issue
Jul 24, 2018 15:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When the United States threatened Ecuador with trade and aid restrictions if it did not withdraw a World Health Assembly breastfeeding promotion resolution that most people considered benign, if not banal, reactions ranged...
Debunking the myths about a Canadian pharmacare program
Jul 24, 2018 15:47 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Recently in Canada, there has been increasing public discussion of universal public drug insurance, or pharmacare. The federal governments Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare is consulting with...
How culture influences children's development
Jul 20, 2018 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
From educational toys to governmental guidelines and detailed nursery progress reports, there are lots of resources available to help parents track and facilitate their childrens development. But while there are tricks we...
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