Ten ways that astronauts are helping you stay healthy
Jun 02, 2017 13:13 pm UTC| Health
Astronauts on the International Space Station are growing crystals that could help develop new drugs for use on Earth. Here are ten healthcare technologies that have already come from space: 1. Robots that can remove...
How our environment can induce allergies even before we're born
Jun 02, 2017 11:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Is this the worst Northern Hemisphere allergy season yet? For many people both those whove suffered before and newcomers to the annual sniffling, coughing mess that accompanies springtime it seems like there are more...
Sex and women's diseases: it's common and important to include men's perspectives
Jun 02, 2017 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Some women suffering from endometriosis, a disease that causes chronic pelvic pain, have criticised a Sydney University student for choosing to conduct research on the sexual impact of the disease on womens...
Italy has introduced mandatory vaccinations – other countries should follow its lead
Jun 02, 2017 11:20 am UTC| Health Law
In the first four months of this year, around 1,500 cases of measles were reported in Italy. As a response to the outbreak, the Italian government introduced a law making 12 vaccinations mandatory for preschool and...
As patients turn to medical crowdfunding, concerns emerge about privacy
Jun 02, 2017 03:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Law
Facebook recently announced that it is getting more involved in the personal crowdfunding business. Individual users will have the option of placing a donate button on their posts to raise funds for six categories of...
Explainer: what is chemotherapy and how does it work?
Jun 01, 2017 14:12 pm UTC| Health
Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to treat cancer in humans and animals. It is rarely used in isolation and is often paired with surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy, or a combination of these. Chemotherapy works by...
Oesophageal cancer rates are rocketing - here's what you need to know about the disease
Jun 01, 2017 12:54 pm UTC| Health
Oesophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with one of the worst survival rates of all cancers. Our latest research shows that the longer a person waits to see a doctor, the more likely they are to die from their cancer....
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