Why Mark Zuckerberg was right to vaccinate his daughter
Jan 20, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Health
Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo on Facebook of his two-month-old daughter in the doctors surgery waiting to be vaccinated. It provoked a storm on social media, with millions of people commenting on the pros and...
Binging on weekends but eating healthily during the week is not OK for your gut
Jan 20, 2016 05:38 am UTC| Health
A relatively healthy but complex community is living together peacefully, until an unruly mob of hooligans begins unsettling the communitys residents and disturbing the peace every weekend. This scenario could be...
Exposure to algae toxin increases the risk of Alzheimer's-like illnesses
Jan 20, 2016 01:35 am UTC| Health
A paper published today suggests chronic exposure to an environmental toxin may increase the risk of neurodegenerative illness. For the first time, researchers have shown that feeding vervet monkeys a toxin produced by...
Parkinson's disease: waiting for the hope to cure a life sentence
Jan 18, 2016 07:35 am UTC| Health Science
My life changed on a cold, dark, rainy January morning in 2011. Worried about a modest tremor in my left hand, my doctor had referred me to a neurologist. At the appointment, I was asked to perform various motor tasks...
Anger management: why we feel rage and how to control it
Jan 17, 2016 23:52 pm UTC| Health
Youre at the park with the kids. Everyones having fun, and then a strange dog appears. Theres no owner around. Its eyeballing the kids. Immediately your threat system becomes activated. You stand alert, fully focused on...
The best way to get the health plan is to follow your body, not the pack
Jan 16, 2016 10:35 am UTC| Health
For centuries, humans have been governed by the different theories in the sciences of nutrition, physical activity, exercise and health. In modern sciences, it is challenging for one to maintain a well-rounded lifestyle...
Food allergies linked to overactive immune system at birth
Jan 15, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Health
One in every ten babies in Melbourne develops a food allergy during their first year of life. New research has found children who are born with overly active immune cells are more likely to develop allergies to milk, eggs,...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects