What Netflix can teach us about treating cancer
Apr 19, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Two years ago, former President Barack Obama announced the Precision Medicine initiative in his State of the Union Address. The initiative aspired to a new era of medicine where disease treatments could be specifically...
Science or snake oil: do meds like Remifemin ease hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women?
Apr 17, 2017 01:44 am UTC| Health
If you see a female friend or colleague sitting in front of a desk fan in winter while everyone else is shivering in sweaters, chances are she is having a hot flush, courtesy of the menopause. Hot flushes and night...
How to eat chocolate without piling on the pounds this Easter
Apr 14, 2017 03:31 am UTC| Health
Easter is once again upon us and for many people it is a time when a little more chocolate than usual is consumed. Chocolate gives many of us pleasure mainly because it has physiological effects that make it moreish if...
Why addressing loneliness in children can prevent a lifetime of loneliness in adults
Apr 14, 2017 01:31 am UTC| Health
The Republicans controversial effort to repeal the perhaps optimistically named Affordable Care Act because of rising premiums may be fatally stalled. But there are other ways to rein in health care costs that have been...
Does caffeine cause dehydration?
Apr 12, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Health
For a long time people have been told that caffeine is a diuretic. For some, this translates into advice to avoid or remove caffeinated beverages from the diet of people at risk of dehydration, or during periods of extreme...
Could super nurses make up for the shortfall in doctors?
Apr 12, 2017 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
You may not be aware that in the NHS there are people with roles that are like doctors and nurses, but they are neither. Depending on your view, these people can be either super nurses or sub-doctors. But do they...
James Parkinson discovered a debilitating disease 200 years ago – and did plenty more besides
Apr 12, 2017 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
He was a doctor, a political radical, a pioneering geologist, and a champion of the poor. But James Parkinson is best known for discovering the disease which bears his name. It was in 1817 that he wrote his Essay on the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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