Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains
Feb 02, 2022 08:40 am UTC| Health
One-fifth. Nearly 20% of cancers worldwide are caused by a virus. These viruses dont cause cancer until long after they initially infect a person. Rather, the viruses teach the cells they take over how to escape the...
The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?
Feb 02, 2022 08:38 am UTC| Health
There is a growing global body positivity movement to combat the stigma and prejudice that overweight and obese individuals face. Some of this stigma arises from the perception that obese individuals are...
Cannabis: increased schizophrenia risk in young people linked to both low and high use
Jan 26, 2022 04:48 am UTC| Health
An estimated 200 million people use cannabis across the world. Next to alcohol and tobacco, its the most widely used drug in many countries. But while many may no longer see cannabis as a risky or harmful substance, there...
Cracking joints isn't bad for you and could even serve a useful purpose
Jan 26, 2022 04:33 am UTC| Health
Some people habitually crack their joints, others cant, and many are irritated by those who do. So whats going on? Why do people do it, is it harmful, what makes the noises, and what would happen if our joints werent...
What is the best mask for COVID-19? A mechanical engineer explains.
Jan 26, 2022 04:29 am UTC| Health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022. The update states that cloth...
Omicron: Vaccines remain the best defence against this COVID-19 variant and others
Jan 10, 2022 13:06 pm UTC| Health
We have made it through another pandemic winter holiday. Fortunately, COVID-19 fatalities have decreased since the year before, however, the numbers still werent ideal. Using Dec. 25 as a reference date, the death rate...
Jan 10, 2022 13:06 pm UTC| Health
The Omicron wave seemed to come like a rising tide slowly, then suddenly, in all directions and all at once. Inside the health-care system, skeleton crews face impossible workloads and moral distress. Outside of it,...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects