Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence
Jun 21, 2017 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Emergency medicine is not all about life and death situations and high-tech solutions. Our study, the largest of its kind in the world, shows using acupuncture in the emergency department can relieve acute pain. The...
Is it OK to run in heat of 30℃ or more?
Jun 21, 2017 09:08 am UTC| Health Sports
Most of Britain is experiencing a heatwave, with temperatures reaching up to 32℃. The public health watchdog for England has issued an amber health warning, advising people to take care in the hotter weather. But what does...
Surprising ways to beat anxiety and become mentally strong – according to science
Jun 19, 2017 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Do you have anxiety? Have you tried just about everything to get over it, but it just keeps coming back? Perhaps you thought you had got over it, only for the symptoms to return with a vengeance? Whatever your...
Why did humans evolve such large brains? Because smarter people have more friends
Jun 19, 2017 15:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Humans are the only ultrasocial creature on the planet. We have outcompeted, interbred or even killed off all other hominin species. We cohabit in cities of tens of millions of people and, despite what the media tell us,...
Is lead in the US food supply decreasing our IQ?
Jun 16, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The environmental advocacy group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on June 15 released a study about dietary lead exposure, with a focus on food intended for babies and young children. Using a Federal Drug Administration...
How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe
Jun 16, 2017 00:06 am UTC| Health
In Africa, epidemics are associated with outbreaks like cholera and measles or HIV and tuberculosis. Mental health would possibly be the last item on anyones list of big health challenges. But mental disorders, like...
Why healthcare services have a problem with gambling
Jun 13, 2017 15:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
I have a problem with gambling. Theres not enough of it. That was the admission from billionaire Steve Wynn, a major figure in the casino industry, speaking at a recent gambling research conference in (where else?)...
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’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects