From travel bans to alternative facts: the dangerous descent into irrationality

Mar 06, 2017 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Much has been written about US President Donald Trumps proposed travel ban, which, when it was signed, prevented nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States an order that affected more the...

New ways to treat depression in teenagers

Mar 06, 2017 13:19 pm UTC| Health

Around one in 20 teenagers suffers from depression. Episodes can last for several months. Unfortunately, about 50% of teenagers who have a depressive episode are at risk of falling ill again, increasing the likelihood of...

Telecare is more than just technology – it has the power to create care networks for older people

Mar 06, 2017 13:13 pm UTC| Technology Health

Over the next 25 years, the percentage of people aged over 85 is set to more than double, with one in four in this age group already counting as frail. In the over 65s, this is estimated at one in ten. At the same time,...

How diets high in sugar and saturated fat could be harming your brain

Mar 06, 2017 13:09 pm UTC| Health

A lot of research has been conducted to establish the risks that a high energy diet high in saturated fat and sugar poses to our health. The most common known results of such diets include obesity, heart disease and...

Please don't do your own research on immunisation; you'll get it wrong

Mar 06, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics

Pauline Hanson has become the latest politician to flirt with the fringe view of immunisation denial. Of course, like all thoroughly modern anti-vaxers, she claims to be about choice and empowerment rather than denial of...

The Victorians are to blame for assumptions that self-harm is just attention-seeking

Mar 06, 2017 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

As I know from bitter experience, self-harm is often linked to a desire to seek attention. Whats the point in referring you? a GP once said to me, with obvious irritation, when I asked him for referral to a free, charity...

How traditional medicine can play a key role in Latino health care

Mar 06, 2017 02:31 am UTC| Health

In the U.S., many undocumented individuals and other vulnerable groups in the Latino immigrant population, such as indigenous language speakers, are already marginalized from mainstream health services. Increased scrutiny...