14 ice cream brands in 9 states recalled due to Listeria contamination
Feb 15, 2022 04:22 am UTC| Economy Business Health
Ice cream products distributed in retail stores in nine American states have been recalled due to potential Listeria contamination, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration. The states involved were...
McDonald’s push into regional Australian areas battling obesity, diabetes alarms health experts
Feb 13, 2022 20:19 pm UTC| Science Economy Business Health
Health experts warned that while McDonalds expansion into regional Australia in the next two years would bode well for local economies, it would not be good for their populations health. About a third of the 100...
What's the difference in protection against Omicron between 2 doses and 3 doses of vaccine?
Feb 08, 2022 03:36 am UTC| Health
Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said last week he expects the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) to change the definition of fully vaccinated to three doses instead of two. It comes as...
How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health
Feb 02, 2022 09:24 am UTC| Health
Sweat is a biological fluid like blood, saliva and urine that contains metabolites, electrolytes, proteins and hormones. The levels of these vary depending on a persons health. Wearable sweat sensors have been developed...
COVID: WHO recommends two new treatments – here's how they work
Feb 02, 2022 09:15 am UTC| Health
Back in early 2020, if you got ill with COVID there were no proven treatments for doctors to give you it was one of the main things that made this disease so scary. Fast forward to 2021 and scientists have since uncovered...
Why do we bleed? A hematologist explains how the body prevents blood loss after injury
Feb 02, 2022 09:13 am UTC| Health
Ouch! I cried out, looking down at where my familys puppy, Hercules, had just bitten me. Two tiny dots of red started to bloom where he had sunk his canine teeth into my finger. Bad dog, I said to him. He looked up at...
There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype
Feb 02, 2022 09:10 am UTC| Health
Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term mindfulness resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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