Cancer survivors urgently need funded rehabilitation care
Feb 26, 2019 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
There are now more than 17 million cancer survivors in North America and this number is expected to increase to close to 30 million by 2040. This is without doubt a good news story, reflecting an impressive 27 per cent...
Health check: will eating nuts make you gain weight?
Feb 19, 2019 17:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommend we eat 30g of nuts a small handful each day. But many of us know nuts are high in calories and fat. So should we be eating nuts or will they make us gain weight? In...
Feb 19, 2019 16:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The term smiling depression appearing happy to others while internally suffering depressive symptoms has become increasingly popular. Articles on the topic have crept up in the popular literature, and the number of...
What we risk as humans if we allow gene-edited babies: a philosopher's view
Feb 19, 2019 16:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
A second woman is said to be pregnant with a gene-edited baby in China, according to reports this year. It follows revelations last November that gene-edited twins had been born, which caused much debate. One of the...
How Canadians are buying cannabis and getting high now that it's legal
Feb 19, 2019 16:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
There was much speculation throughout 2018 about Canadas soon-to-be-legal cannabis market. But only recently has data become available that shows what cannabis consumers really want and actually buy. For example,...
Mindful eating: the Victorian food trend that could help you lose weight and transform your health
Feb 10, 2019 10:51 am UTC| Health
In recent years, mindfulness defined as a mental state or attitude in which one focuses ones awareness on the present moment has become embedded into our everyday language. Mindfulness has helped many people to develop...
Vegan or Mediterranean diet – which is better for heart health?
Feb 10, 2019 10:45 am UTC| Health
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for more than 30% of the total number of deaths worldwide, and every year more people are being diagnosed with the condition. In 2015, more than 85m people in Europe were living with...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects