From diarrhoea to heart damage, ultra endurance sports put a huge strain on the body

Aug 29, 2017 14:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

From The Race Across America, a 3,000-mile 12-day cycle demanding more than 20 hours per day in the saddle, to the Iditarod Trail Invitational, where participants run, bike, sled, or ski their way across 1,000 miles of...

HIV is still taboo in the DRC: chronicles from Kinshasa

Aug 29, 2017 14:00 pm UTC| Health

In 2016 I conducted in-depth interviews with patients at a 42-bed AIDS unit run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Centre Hospitalier Kabinda in Kinshasa, as well as caregivers and health staff. My research,...

Expansion of cashless welfare card shows shock tactics speak louder than evidence

Aug 28, 2017 15:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The federal government last week passed legislation to expand the trial of the cashless welfare card to other areas of Australia. The controversial policy quarantines 80% of welfare payments to Indigenous Australians...

Getting rid of junk health insurance policies is just tinkering at the margins of a much bigger issue

Aug 28, 2017 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In media interviews and his speech at the National Press Club this week, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) president, Michael Gannon, has spoken out against junk health-insurance policies. He said these are worth...

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end – here's why

Aug 28, 2017 14:19 pm UTC| Health

The concept of schizophrenia is dying. Harried for decades by psychology, it now appears to have been fatally wounded by psychiatry, the very profession that once sustained it. Its passing will not be mourned. Today,...

Five things that reduce the risk of cognitive decline with age

Aug 27, 2017 14:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Research into how we can keep our brains healthy as we age has gained momentum in recent years. There is now an increased focus on the changes that we can makes to our health and lifestyle, which may prevent...

Some nerves: How loud noise may change hearing

Aug 22, 2017 15:01 pm UTC| Health

Our modern world is loud. Just sitting in a car, or an airplane, or watching movie previews, we are bombarded with sound. Even when those noises arent damaging to the sensitive microphone that is our ear, our auditory...