How much protein do you really need?

Jan 10, 2017 14:50 pm UTC| Health

Andrew Taylor has eaten only potatoes for a whole year. Well, almost. He made his diet more nutritious by including sweet potatoes, and adding nut or soya milk to mashed potatoes. He also avoided vitamin B12 deficiency by...

How GPS devices can help find people with dementia when they get lost

Jan 10, 2017 14:17 pm UTC| Technology Health

Twenty-four satellites circle the Earth twice a day and transmit signals to global positioning system (GPS) receivers. The system is owned by the US military, but anyone in the world can use it to get their bearings and...

What happens to your gut if you eat a gold pizza?

Jan 10, 2017 12:03 pm UTC| Health

A restaurant in the New York financial district is offering customers a pizza priced at US$2,000 (1,623). It is topped with caviar, stilton cheese and gold leaf, with each bite costing around US$50. New York is usually...

Heart attacks are more common in January – here's why

Jan 10, 2017 00:07 am UTC| Health

Cardiovascular deaths around the world, such as heart attacks and strokes, peak in January. Why this is the case has baffled scientists for some time, but new evidence is starting to unravel the mystery. Scientists...

Uncertainty in blood supply chains creating challenges for industry

Jan 09, 2017 06:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

When we talk about supply chains, we may conjure up images of manufacturing plants, warehouses, trucks and shipping docks. There is another, truly unique supply chain for a product vitally important to health care and...

Is it safe to microwave your food?

Jan 09, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Health

Today every kitchen would seem under-equipped without a microwave, with its efficient ability to cook, defrost and reheat a variety of different foods. The handy appliance uses microwave radiation to do so. This is a type...

Slum health is not urban health: why we must distinguish between the two

Jan 08, 2017 03:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the worlds population of eight billion will be urban. Most of the...