Unwanted unacceptable thoughts: most people have them and we should talk about them
Mar 01, 2019 13:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Imagine youre lying in bed when a sack of cocaine falls from a plane, crashes through your roof and lands next to you. You call the police who come round and arrest you for possession. This would be ridiculous. You are not...
How a new breast cancer biomarker could help patients identify best treatment options
Mar 01, 2019 13:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
According to the latest GLOBOCAN cancer database, New Zealands breast cancer incidence rate is among the highest in the world. It affects one in nine women in their lifetime and accounts for almost half of all cancers for...
More visits to the doctor doesn't mean better care – it's time for a Medicare shake-up
Mar 01, 2019 13:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series...
It's time to rethink what the medical profession considers a 'rare disease'
Feb 28, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
International Rare Disease Day is upon us. People around the world spend Feb. 28 raising awareness about the impact that diseases with low prevalence have on patients and their families. The day also marks the passing...
Can sitting less decrease your risk of heart disease?
Feb 26, 2019 15:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Too much sitting has long been criticized for contributing to premature mortality, Type 2 diabetes, and a host of other illnesses. In a new study of 5,638 women, we looked at how sedentary behavior was related to future...
How environmental health workers can help climate change mitigation
Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
All the evidence tells us that the worlds changing climate will affect more than the environment. It will have serious consequences for peoples health too. Southern Africa is in the eye of the climate change storm. In...
Burden of trauma and PTSD in young British people revealed – new research
Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
For most people, the terms trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) lead to thoughts of veterans haunted by battlefield atrocities. Few realise that children and adolescents can experience trauma and develop PTSD,...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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