How digital tech can help people with asthma manage their meds and reduce the risk of attacks
Jun 23, 2022 16:32 pm UTC| Health
Modern medical science has made remarkable progress in the treatment of asthma. Inhalers containing steroids are particularly effective in preventing an asthma attack. But getting people to take these preventive medicines...
Vegan cheese: what you should know
Jun 23, 2022 16:17 pm UTC| Health
For many people who go vegan, one of the hardest things to give up is cheese. Fortunately, thanks to the increasing popularity of veganism, food manufacturers have begun producing a greater variety of vegan cheeses with...
At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat? Here's the answer
Jun 23, 2022 16:17 pm UTC| Health
Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world such as monkeypox it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it constitutes a public...
Jun 22, 2022 23:35 pm UTC| Business Economy Health
Daewoo Engineering Construction Co. will develop wearable robots that can be worn by construction workers that could help prevent musculoskeletal disorders and maintain productivity. The wearable robots consist of a...
Canadian meat retailers seek exemption of ground beef from health warning label law
Jun 21, 2022 23:55 pm UTC| Law Economy Business Health
Canadian ground beef processors and retailers are requesting authorities not to flag their products under a health warning label law against food and beverages with over 15 percent of the recommended daily allowance for...
How monkeypox epidemic is likely to play out – in four graphs
Jun 21, 2022 21:51 pm UTC| Health
The first case of monkeypox in a human was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, there have been many monkeypox outbreaks, but they have been self-limiting, with chains of human transmission...
S. Korean scientists develop robot skin that senses tactile stimuli, self heals
Jun 14, 2022 08:51 am UTC| Science Health Economy Business
A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a robot skin that can sense external tactile stimuli and recover from injury when damaged. The newly developed robot skin...
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