Placebos: what they're made of matters
Oct 02, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Placebo controls are a gold standard against which new treatments are often measured. If a new treatment consistently proves to be better than a placebo and safe, it can be marketed, sold and prescribed. Otherwise, it cant...
Sugary drinks tax is working – now it's time to target cakes, biscuits and snacks
Oct 02, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
A sugar tax on soft drinks has now been in operation in the UK for more than a year and results so far seem to indicate its working. But campaigners say more still needs to be done and that the next target should be...
Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat
Oct 02, 2019 02:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
If youve caught a long haul flight recently, you generated more carbon emissions than a person living in some developing countries emits in an entire year. If that fact doesnt ruffle you, consider this: worldwide, 7.8...
Does your mental state affect recovery from illness and disease? We asked five experts
Oct 02, 2019 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Many of those whove suffered from illness or disease would have received the advice to stay positive. Is this sage advice that can truly have a positive effect on health, or an added burden for someone who is already...
Shopping addiction is a real disorder
Sep 28, 2019 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
UK-based healthcare group the Priory is well-known for treating gambling, sex, drug, alcohol and computing addictions especially of the rich and famous. Now it has added a new condition to its list: shopping...
University student mental health care is at the tipping point
Sep 28, 2019 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
As a new crop of students enter university, the sense of hope and promise is tangible. While students are at an exciting developmental stage, as a researcher and practising clinical consultant to university student health...
Home grown cannabis to be legal in the ACT. Now what?
Sep 28, 2019 13:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
The Australian Capital Territory took the next step towards regulation of the illicit drug market yesterday with new legislation passing through parliament. The legislation, which wont come into effect until January 31,...
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
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