A novel global scoring system shows Africa falling behind on health goals
Sep 25, 2016 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In September 2015 the United Nations General Assembly set the global development agenda for the next 15 years. The adoption of the new sustainable development goals included a range of targets to tackle the worlds health...
Beware of undercooked chicken livers
Sep 21, 2016 16:48 pm UTC| Health
An increasing number of food-poisoning outbreaks in Britain are being caused by undercooked chicken livers. This increase has occurred at the same time as some celebrity chefs are advocating cooking livers for only a short...
No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder
Sep 21, 2016 16:43 pm UTC| Health
The headlines say it all. From Fitness trackers dont help weight loss through to claims that fitness trackers can make users fatter and thatThat Fitness Tracker Might Actually Make Losing Weight Harder. These...
LSD - dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
Sep 21, 2016 05:55 am UTC| Health
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a synthetic chemical made from a substance found in a fungus that grows on rye and other grains, called ergot. In 1943, Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann who was interested in the...
People with 'obesity gene' can still lose weight
Sep 21, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Health
Its been one of the most astonishing changes in human anatomy. In just one generation, people all over the world have got a lot bigger. Although were also gradually getting a bit taller, the really big change has been in...
How poor NHS testing and antibiotic use is creating super-strength cystitis
Sep 20, 2016 11:50 am UTC| Health
Urinary tract infections also known as cystitis are extremely common. Around 150m people are affected worldwide each year and one in every three women is expected to suffer at least one attack before they are 24. But...
A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us
Sep 20, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Weve all had that feeling that somebody is watching us even if were not looking directly at their eyes. Sometimes we even experience a feeling of being watched by someone completely outside our field of vision. But how...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects