What's the point of sex? It's communication at a biological level
Jan 16, 2017 03:58 am UTC| Health
The act of penetrative sex has evolved over millions of years as a mechanism to deliver sperm to eggs and initiate pregnancy. But theres more to sex than just the meeting of two sets of genes. The Whats the point of sex?...
The mosquito-borne Zika virus can also be transmitted by sexual activity
Jan 16, 2017 02:34 am UTC| Health
The Zika virus (ZIKV) dominated global public health concerns during 2016. Affecting over 60 countries, this primarily mosquito-borne disease has been associated with serious birth defects including microcephaly, and...
Is snoring anything to worry about?
Jan 16, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Health
Theres nothing quite like the sound of snoring as the ultimate sleep interrupter. But snoring can be more than just a frustration to those in your vicinity. Sometimes snoring is linked to more serious health problems,...
Struggling to stay healthy in 2017? Bad marketing could be to blame
Jan 14, 2017 05:00 am UTC| Health
Are you trying to lose the weight that you put on over the holiday period? You may have already been bombarded with articles on willpower, exercise regimes and dieting to help shift those extra pounds. A big problem...
Are shorter, more intense workouts worth the extra sweat when trying to lose weight?
Jan 13, 2017 15:21 pm UTC| Health
Everybody knows that to lose weight you need to eat less or exercise more or ideally do both. The evidence supporting the benefits of regular exercise and eating less is overwhelming, but for people looking to lose...
Electroconvulsive therapy: A history of controversy, but also of help
Jan 13, 2017 14:51 pm UTC| Health
Carrie Fishers ashes are in an urn designed to look like a Prozac pill. Its fitting that in death she continues to be both brash and wryly funny about a treatment for depression. The public grief over Carrie Fishers...
What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
Jan 13, 2017 14:49 pm UTC| Health
When George Michael died last year news reports all over the world announced the cause as heart failure. The same condition was cited as the cause of death of 61 year old Devo band member Bob Casale, 27 year old...
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
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
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