Why there are no limits to your willpower
Feb 15, 2016 09:42 am UTC| Health
Weve all experienced those moments when weve been working really hard on a task, finally finish and feel like a well-deserved break so we grab a coffee and relax for a few moments. What goes through your mind next? Do you...
6 tips for losing weight without fad diets
Feb 15, 2016 03:46 am UTC| Health
Monday start diet. Tuesday break diet! Wednesday plan to start again next Monday. If this is you, its probably time to get off the diet roller coaster and make some bigger changes to the way you eat, drink and think...
Feb 15, 2016 01:57 am UTC| Health
In the middle of the last century, popular nutrition author Adelle Davis advised people to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. Her advice stuck. Recent examination of the merits of...
How to prevent prisoners from attempting suicide
Feb 13, 2016 14:30 pm UTC| Health
Suicide is a serious public health problem for people in prison. Recent figures published by the Ministry of Justice show there were 257 deaths in prison custody in England and Wales in 2015, an increase of 14 compared to...
Facing a physician shortage, can we leave medical school grads on the sidelines?
Feb 13, 2016 11:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Dr. Heidi Schmidt cannot practice medicine. The problem is not that she lost her license or was named in too many malpractice lawsuits. To the contrary, she has never held a license to practice medicine. Yet she has earned...
What needs to happen now to get medicinal cannabis to those who need it?
Feb 12, 2016 07:42 am UTC| Health Law
This week minister for health Sussan Ley tabled amendments to our drugs act to allow growing cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes. The amendments will create two licence classes (medicine and research), limit...
What are the real risks of Zika?
Feb 11, 2016 08:46 am UTC| Health
Zika has raised alarm bells worldwide, prompting the World Health Organisations (WHO) declaration of a public health emergency, El Salvadors dramatic recommendation that women delay pregnancy for two years, and the US...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects