Electroconvulsive therapy does work – and it can be miraculous
Apr 22, 2017 01:52 am UTC| Health
The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat psychiatric disorders is on the rise in England, according to a new report in The Guardian. There was an 11% rise in the number of procedures performed on the NHS between...
A doctor's sexual advances towards a patient are never ok, even if 'consensual'
Apr 22, 2017 01:33 am UTC| Health Law
In a recent independent review, I recommended chaperones no longer be used as an interim protective measure to keep patients safe while allegations of sexual misconduct by a doctor are investigated. The review was...
Why your child still needs vaccines, even if you may not know someone with the disease
Apr 20, 2017 03:20 am UTC| Health
At the turn of the 21st century, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article about the 10 greatest public health achievements over the past 100 years, from 1900-1999. One of them was vaccination,...
Cycling to work: major new study suggests health benefits are staggering
Apr 20, 2017 02:35 am UTC| Health
Research has consistently shown that people who are less physically active are both more likely to develop health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and to die younger. Yet there is increasing evidence that...
What Netflix can teach us about treating cancer
Apr 19, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Two years ago, former President Barack Obama announced the Precision Medicine initiative in his State of the Union Address. The initiative aspired to a new era of medicine where disease treatments could be specifically...
Science or snake oil: do meds like Remifemin ease hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women?
Apr 17, 2017 01:44 am UTC| Health
If you see a female friend or colleague sitting in front of a desk fan in winter while everyone else is shivering in sweaters, chances are she is having a hot flush, courtesy of the menopause. Hot flushes and night...
How to eat chocolate without piling on the pounds this Easter
Apr 14, 2017 03:31 am UTC| Health
Easter is once again upon us and for many people it is a time when a little more chocolate than usual is consumed. Chocolate gives many of us pleasure mainly because it has physiological effects that make it moreish if...
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