Gut microbiome: meet Clostridium butyricum – the bacteria that helps keep us feeling our best

Apr 08, 2024 06:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we might find ourselves constantly feeling a little under the...

How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home

Apr 01, 2024 04:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now youve got to pack up their house. Its a huge job and youre dreading it. Its normal to feel grief, loss, guilt, exhaustion or even resentment at being left with this...

What your sad desk sandwich says about your working habits

Mar 28, 2024 12:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Hows that sandwich? If youre munching on a supermarket meal deal while reading this, well, I probably am too. Brits in particular are known for their obsession with sandwiches, which they eat alone while continuing to...

Honey is said to help with hay fever symptoms – here’s what the research says about this claim

Mar 28, 2024 12:06 pm UTC| Health

Honey has a long history as a revered natural remedy across many cultures. Ancient civilisations recognised its therapeutic potential, employing it for various medicinal purposes. The ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, Chinese,...

Eating some chocolate really might be good for you – here’s what the research says

Mar 28, 2024 12:05 pm UTC| Health

Although it always makes me scoff slightly to see Easter eggs making their first appearance in supermarkets at the end of December, there are few people who arent delighted to receive a bit of chocolate every year. It...

We’ve taken smoking from ‘normal’ to ‘uncommon’ and we can do the same with vaping – here’s how

Mar 25, 2024 05:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Vaping is a pressing public health issue. While adult smoking rates continue to fall, vaping rates are rising. Seven per cent of adults now vape daily, up nearly three-fold since 2019. Most alarmingly, the rate of daily...

Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

Mar 21, 2024 17:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine once every other week to manage the chemical tides that cause his depression. He says its helpful to get out of a negative frame of mind. This has...