How changing drug patent rules will affect developing nations
Nov 22, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
After years of legal battles, a global agreement has been reached for developing countries to buy and for drug manufacturers to produce or import generic medicines without breaching patent rules. The Conversation Africas...
Why it is useful to understand the role of genetics in behaviour
Nov 22, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Health
Scientists have studied twins for many years to understand how genes and environments influence differences among individuals, spanning conditions such as cancer and mental health to characteristics such as intelligence...
Health literacy can be a matter of life or death
Nov 19, 2016 22:00 pm UTC| Health
The basic ability to read is essential in looking after ones health, especially when managing a chronic illness that requires various treatments and medications. It is estimated that patients with low health literacy cost...
How the brain changes in Alzheimer's Disease: a new view
Nov 19, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Health
Most people have heard of Alzheimers disease, the most common form of dementia. The disease has no cure and few, but inefficient, treatments. Despite their best efforts, doctors and researchers still dont know the sequence...
Why nurses should undertake more research
Nov 19, 2016 08:00 am UTC| Health
Nursing research is becoming ever more important in UK healthcare due to an increasing ageing population which means that more people are living with long-term conditions and chronic illnesses. Nursing research can help...
What is taurine and how can it improve psychosis?
Nov 19, 2016 03:54 am UTC| Health
A compound found in many foods and energy drinks can decrease symptoms of depression and psychosis, which is where the person loses contact with reality. In our recent study, published in the Journal of Clinical...
Drug rehab and group therapy: do they work?
Nov 18, 2016 19:58 pm UTC| Health
Rehab is the short name for residential rehabilitation, the best known treatment for drug and alcohol problems. It involves living with a group of people with the shared goal of changing drinking or drug habits. There...
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