Why aren't we curing the world's most curable diseases?
Oct 25, 2017 02:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Once upon a time, the world suffered. In 1987, 20 million people across the world were plagued by a debilitating, painful and potentially blinding disease called river blindness. This parasitic infection caused pain,...
More teenage girls are self harming than ever before – here's why
Oct 23, 2017 15:51 pm UTC| Health
A recent storyline on TV soap Hollyoaks has been praised as a masterpiece of televion after focusing on the issue of self harm in young people. The show, which worked with charities Samaritans and Mind on the episode,...
The burger apocalypse: low carbon eating and avoiding food waste
Oct 23, 2017 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
More than 95% of people still eat meat and dont like being told that it is wrong and bad for the planet to do so. But it is now well established that meat production is responsible for a substantial proportion of human...
How doctors are taught to deal with death
Oct 23, 2017 01:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
As a society were pretty removed from death. We dont really talk about it. Yet when medical students start their training, it suddenly becomes something theyre intimately acquainted with. So how are young doctors taught to...
Our laws don't do enough to protect our health data
Oct 23, 2017 01:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
Have you ever wondered why your computer often shows you ads that seem tailor-made for your interests? The answer is big data. By combing through extremely large datasets, analysts can reveal patterns in your...
Will Obamacare marketplaces suffer as open enrollment begins?
Oct 23, 2017 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
The Trump administrations executive order to some elements of the Affordable Care Acts administration is creating uncertainty as open enrollment for the health insurance marketplaces is set to start Nov. 1. How will the...
Insurance changes not enough to drive real mental health reform
Oct 18, 2017 08:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Recent changes to private mental health insurance offer the prospect of lower premiums and reduced waiting periods, though the magnitude of these benefits is disputed. Travel and accommodation assistance will now be...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects