Children with disabilities risk being misdiagnosed in order to receive school funding support
Jan 27, 2016 05:33 am UTC| Health
In Australia, children with disabilities only receive additional government funding if they fall into a recognised disability category. As a result, schools and parents often come under pressure to obtain the right...
Gluten- and casein-free diet makes a meal of autism science
Jan 27, 2016 02:53 am UTC| Health
From the moment a child is diagnosed with autism, their family enters the unknown. Conference halls are lined with salespeople, letterboxes are stuffed with pamphlets, and life is transformed into a whirlwind tour of a...
From riches to riches: the effect of affluent medical students on patients
Jan 27, 2016 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Thousands of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed students recently found out whether they had been accepted into Australian medical schools. Selection is a highly competitive process, requiring an impressive combination of...
Six Fertility Centers of Illinois Physicians Named 2016 Top Doctors
Jan 26, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Health
CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2016 -- Six Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) physicians have been named2016 Top Doctorsby Castle Connolly in the field of reproductive endocrinology. FCI is the most awarded practice in the state and...
The problem with human head transplants
Jan 26, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In a 1978 essay, titled Where Am I?, the philosopher Daniel Dennett suggested that the brain was the only organ of which its better to be a transplant donor than recipient. Now Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero wants to...
How science can teach us to be more relaxed
Jan 26, 2016 01:27 am UTC| Health
After a busy and stressful year, I recently found myself physically and mentally exhausted with a very real need to relax. A last-minute holiday felt like a perfect solution and I returned feeling refreshed and recharged....
How did the mind boggling new drugs bill make it through parliament?
Jan 26, 2016 01:24 am UTC| Health
There are two things that politicians tend to be bad at: sex and drugs. Thankfully, MPs recent visits to our bedrooms have tended to be brief, and usually have left us in a more liberal place than we were before. But...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects