Six Fertility Centers of Illinois Physicians Named 2016 Top Doctors
Jan 26, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Health
CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2016 -- Six Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) physicians have been named2016 Top Doctorsby Castle Connolly in the field of reproductive endocrinology. FCI is the most awarded practice in the state and...
The problem with human head transplants
Jan 26, 2016 12:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In a 1978 essay, titled Where Am I?, the philosopher Daniel Dennett suggested that the brain was the only organ of which its better to be a transplant donor than recipient. Now Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero wants to...
How science can teach us to be more relaxed
Jan 26, 2016 01:27 am UTC| Health
After a busy and stressful year, I recently found myself physically and mentally exhausted with a very real need to relax. A last-minute holiday felt like a perfect solution and I returned feeling refreshed and recharged....
How did the mind boggling new drugs bill make it through parliament?
Jan 26, 2016 01:24 am UTC| Health
There are two things that politicians tend to be bad at: sex and drugs. Thankfully, MPs recent visits to our bedrooms have tended to be brief, and usually have left us in a more liberal place than we were before. But...
Why chess is good for young brains
Jan 26, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Health
The future of chess in Saudi Arabia is in doubt after the countrys most senior cleric, the grand mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz al-Sheikh, said it was forbidden under Islam. Al-Sheikh told a television interviewer that chess is...
Explainer: causes, symptoms and cures of typhoid fever
Jan 25, 2016 15:28 pm UTC| Health
In response to media reports about the death of a patient from typhoid fever in Johannesburg, the provincial Guateng health department put out a statement to place the incident in context. The Conversation Africas editor...
Warning: diet and vitamin supplements could seriously mess with your medication
Jan 25, 2016 11:21 am UTC| Health
Doctors typically prescribe several drugs to patients with mental health conditions in order to treat the various symptoms. For example, a person with bipolar disorder may be prescribed one drug to treat mania and another...
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