Can you really be allergic to alcohol?
Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health
Some people get allergy-like symptoms when drinking alcohol, but can you really be allergic to alcohol? Alcohol allergies are rare, with documented cases primarily involving a rash. However, what often perplexes people...
Scabies: UK facing unusually large outbreaks – and treatment shortages appear mostly to blame
Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health
Scabies is an unpleasant skin infection thats common all around the world. Outbreaks happen regularly with an estimated 450 million cases occurring globally each year. But since the start of winter, outbreaks in the UK...
Why traditional cooking isn’t always healthier: the case of Ghanaians in Manchester and in Accra
Jan 08, 2024 22:20 pm UTC| Health
In popular discussions of healthy eating, including political rhetoric and nutrition counselling, women are often blamed for a lack of nutrition knowledge or cooking skills, leading to the assumption that a decline in...
Why are my muscles sore after exercise? Hint: it's nothing to do with lactic acid
Jan 08, 2024 22:18 pm UTC| Health
As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has been a while between workouts. A common misunderstanding...
How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards and the planet
Jan 04, 2024 04:42 am UTC| Health
The current global food and beverage system is unsustainable. In 2023, world leaders issued a declaration at the UN climate change conference COP28 acknowledging the role that more sustainable and resilient agri-food...
Jan 04, 2024 04:40 am UTC| Health
In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, that rate of decline slowed...
Jan 04, 2024 04:40 am UTC| Health
Adopting a healthier diet will probably feature prominently in many of our New Years resolutions. But its often challenging for people to live up to their intentions. But there are good reasons to persist in making...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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