GI diets don't work – gut bacteria and dark chocolate are a better bet for losing weight
Jan 11, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Health
The GI (glycaemic index) rating score as well as its cousin the glycaemic load have been the mainstay of most of the diet regimens of the last 30 years. Famous best-selling diet books such as the G-Plan Diet, The South...
The sun goes down on Vitamin D: why I changed my mind about a celebrated supplement
Jan 11, 2016 14:50 pm UTC| Health
Everyone loves D, the sunshine vitamin. Doctors, patients and the media have been enamoured with vitamin D supplements for decades. As well as their clear benefit in curing severe vitamin D deficiencies, endless headlines...
Why e-cigarettes could be holding back your plans to quit smoking
Jan 11, 2016 14:36 pm UTC| Health
E-cigarettes could now be prescribed by doctors as a way of giving up smoking, after regulators granted one such product a drug licence for the first time. This marks a significant point in the growing popularity of...
Do public sector workers really take more sick leave?
Jan 11, 2016 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Since the coalition government was elected in 2010 the UK public sector has become a political battleground. For some, it is complacent and bloated, with a culture of entitlement, gold-plated pensions with generous early...
Why managing the health risks posed by pesticides is fraught with problems
Jan 11, 2016 04:48 am UTC| Health
Are pesticides really dangerous? Surely the government wouldnt register anything that is highly hazardous to humans? People outside the scientific community, particularly in low-and middle-income countries, often...
Why paternity tests should become cheaper and more widely accessible
Jan 11, 2016 04:44 am UTC| Life Health
South African women still experience social prejudice around pregnancy and the reproductive decisions they make. Men, on the other hand, often escape the spotlight. Women who do not know the paternity of their children are...
Health Check: is chewing gum actually good for your teeth?
Jan 11, 2016 04:13 am UTC| Health
A recent study found sugar-free products can be just as damaging to your teeth as sugar because many of them contain acid that causes tooth erosion. But what about sugar-free gum? Chewing gum can be very bad for your...
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