Taking up running? Here's what you need to know to make it to February
Jan 07, 2017 01:56 am UTC| Health
If the statistics are correct, many millions of new runners in the UK and US have laced up for the first time in the last few days. If you are one of these, then, as Ive written elsewhere, you are well on your way to being...
Mediterranean diet may protect your brain in old age, new finding suggests
Jan 07, 2017 01:38 am UTC| Health
Amid the contention about diets and detoxes, sugar and fats, there is at least general agreement that a Mediterranean diet fruit, vegetables, olive oil, grains, fish is a good thing. Now, a new study based on brain...
Why is it so hard to close the racial health gap in the US?
Jan 06, 2017 05:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The racial health gap in the United States is well-documented. The gap starts with the infant mortality rate (11.1 blacks vs. 5.1 whites per 1,000) and extends to almost any health domain. Compared to whites, blacks live...
We made a lightweight trauma pack to save and change lives on rural African roads
Jan 05, 2017 13:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Its a common misconception that design is about aesthetics; its a great deal more involved than that. Sometimes good design can mean the difference between poverty and prosperity, or even life and death. For the past...
The myth of romantic love may be ruining your health
Jan 05, 2017 13:11 pm UTC| Health
Romantic love in Western societies is often portrayed in a stereotypical way: two yearning halves, who search for each other to find their complete, original state. Few find this bliss because its a myth, dating back to...
The lure of cycling: tips from a middle-aged man in Lycra
Jan 05, 2017 12:45 pm UTC| Health Sports
I confess, Im a MAMIL (Middle-Aged Male in Lycra). In fact, at my stage of life, Im a SMILEY (Senior Male in Lycra/Elastane, Yo). Like most forms of physical activity, cycling is good for you. Just two hours of easy...
Dengue virus antibodies may worsen a Zika infection
Jan 05, 2017 11:13 am UTC| Health
The World Health Organization declared in November that Zika was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. That doesnt mean concern over Zika is over, but now that a link between Zika and...
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
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight