Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts

Jan 11, 2017 18:29 pm UTC| Health

As southeastern Australia swelters through another heatwave, how well equipped are our hospitals to cope with severe weather events? Hospitals lie at the heart of our ability to manage the significant potential health...

Schizophrenia may cause type 2 diabetes, new study finds

Jan 11, 2017 17:14 pm UTC| Health

People with schizophrenia tend to die up to 30 years earlier than the general population. Many of these untimely deaths are due to physical disorders, including heart attacks and stroke, for which diabetes is a major risk...

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...