Why sitting is not the 'new smoking'
Feb 16, 2017 00:54 am UTC| Life Health
Sitting has been branded the new smoking for its supposed public health risks, especially for people with sit-down office jobs. Over the past 15 years or so sitting has been linked with cancer, heart disease and...
Obese does not necessarily mean unhealthy
Feb 15, 2017 09:35 am UTC| Health
Self-proclaimed weight loss hypnosis master Steve Miller has announced a campaign to see all overweight NHS staff wearing badges that read Im fat, but Im losing it. He also wants all restaurant menus to carry the warning...
How best to prepare for epidemics? Strengthen primary care
Feb 15, 2017 06:30 am UTC| Health
In global public health, 2016 was a year defined by the end of two important emergencies: Ebola and Zika. But that doesnt mean the risk either of these viruses pose has gone away. Zika transmission continues despite the...
Before pregnancy even starts, healthy weight in mums and dads lowers obesity risk in children
Feb 15, 2017 06:23 am UTC| Health
Children born to obese women have double the chance of being obese themselves by age two, compared to children born to women of a recommended body mass index (BMI). Childhood obesity is also strongly linked with obesity in...
Immunity During Pregnancy Determined By Baby’s Sex, Study States
Feb 14, 2017 05:34 am UTC| Science Health
The immune system of pregnant women fluctuate throughout the course of the nine months carrying the child or children, this is an established fact. However, the sex of the baby as the factor has always been more of...
Goosebumps, tears and tenderness: what it means to be moved
Feb 09, 2017 12:52 pm UTC| Health
Emotion embodies motion. When we experience emotions were are agitated and stirred, transported and animated. Motion is at the root of the word itself: emotion comes from the Latin, meaning to move out or away. Many...
Are over-the-counter painkillers a waste of money?
Feb 06, 2017 17:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Simple painkillers (such as aspirin, paracetamol and ibuprofen) are widely bought over the counter and prescribed by doctors. But the stark truth is that most of these medicines dont work very well. Professionals cant...
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