The fascinating history of boredom
Aug 16, 2019 06:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Im bored is a statement many parents dread hearing during the summer holidays. Should parents scramble to fill the unstructured time of summer for their kids so they dont complain of nothing to do (or worse, get into...
Being left-handed doesn't mean you are right-brained — so what does it mean?
Aug 15, 2019 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
There have been plenty of claims about what being left-handed means, and whether it changes the type of person someone is but the truth is something of an enigma. Myths about handedness appear year after year, but...
Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life
Aug 15, 2019 17:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
From young adults to people in their 60s, everyday functioning in todays world can place high demands on our attention and memory skills. Memory lapses such as forgetting an appointment, losing our keys, forgetting a...
Rethinking the approach to fighting Alzheimer’s disease
Aug 15, 2019 17:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The idea of seeing a loved one decline and lose their ability to recall their most treasured memories is devastating. However, it is a fact of life for an increasing number of Canadians. A group of experts on population...
Aug 12, 2019 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Care providers were alerted to a house fire involving one of their patients at 4am on May 30, 2015. The fire and rescue services discovered a 74-year-old lady who had succumbed to a blaze that developed rapidly while she...
Teens who hit puberty later could face bone health issues later in life, studies suggest
Aug 12, 2019 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Puberty is a time of dramatic development for both boys and girls. Not only are those hormones raging, but theres all the bodily changes to contend with. Puberty is driven by the activity of sex hormones and its onset...
Why women are more likely to have dodgy hip implants or other medical devices
Aug 12, 2019 06:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The past year has seen wide concern about the safety of medical implants. Some of the worst scandals have involved devices for women, such as textured breast implants with links to cancer, and transvaginal mesh implants,...
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