Why Switching To a Menstrual Cup Will Save You Money
Feb 27, 2020 01:00 am UTC| Health
Period poverty means many women and girls in developing countries cant afford appropriate sanitary products when they menstruate. When girls miss school because of period poverty, it has a long-term effect on their...
If you're ageing and on medication, it might be time to re-assess your alcohol intake
Feb 26, 2020 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Drinking patterns tend to change as we age. The older we get, the more likely we are to drink on a daily basis. But older adults often perceive that drinking is only a problem if a person appears drunk. Australias draft...
The online wellness industry: why it's so difficult to regulate
Feb 25, 2020 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Netflix recently released Gwyneth Paltrows new six-part series, The Goop Lab. Each episode explores an area of the wellness industry, including psychedelics, cold therapy, lifestyle interventions, female pleasure and...
Coronavirus: We need to start preparing for the next viral outbreak now
Feb 25, 2020 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis lets not waste it. Undeniably, the international community is taking the matter very seriously, as it should given that the death total from the COVID-19 epidemic already...
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Feb 25, 2020 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in Chinas Hubei province, generate headlines and attention. Meanwhile, however, Americans face a slower but much more pervasive health crisis:...
Antibiotic resistance: new discovery could change the future of treatment
Feb 25, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have become a common way of treating infections caused by bacteria, fungi and other microbes. To treat an infection, a doctor usually prescribes a course of antibiotics (such as...
What is hypnobirthing, the technique the Duchess of Cambridge used?
Feb 25, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In a new parenting podcast, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, said she used hypnobirthing techniques to help her get through severe morning sickness a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum. She also used the...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects