It's perfectly legal for doctors to charge huge amounts for surgery, but should it be allowed?
Jun 07, 2019 16:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Australias Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy will investigate how to better protect patients from doctors charging really unjustifiable, excessive fees of up to A$10,000 or more for medical procedures. Murphy said it...
Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria
Jun 07, 2019 16:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Imagine a world where your odds of surviving minor surgery were one to three. A world in which a visit to the dentist could spell disaster. This is the world into which your great-grandmother was born. And if humanity...
To tackle our mental health crisis, career guidance could be surprisingly important
Jun 07, 2019 16:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Being unemployed tends to be bad for your mental heath. We know this from long-term studies which show that peoples mental health often deteriorates when they become unemployed and can improve when they get a new job. It...
Vegans and vegetarians: the history of how plant-based diets grew out of left-wing ideology
Jun 07, 2019 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The rise of the vegetarian and, more recently, the vegan diet is generally perceived to be a new phenomenon. So, too, is their association with contemporary progressive ideas, politics and lifestyles. But plant-based diets...
What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria
Jun 07, 2019 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks, has any lessons for Americans may be shocking. But as measles cases in the U.S. climb to an all-time high after the disease was...
Spiritual science: how a new perspective on consciousness could help us understand ourselves
Jun 07, 2019 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Scientists have long been trying to understand human consciousness the subjective stuff of thoughts and sensations inside our minds. There used to be an assumption that consciousness is produced by our brains, and that in...
Dogs may reflect their owners' stress levels, finds research
Jun 07, 2019 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Stress is an unavoidable component of modern life. Many people worry about the effect of a stressful lifestyle on their long-term health, but how many of us think about how our lifestyle, and our own stress levels, affect...
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