How do our bodies balance themselves?
Nov 16, 2016 11:26 am UTC| Health
Balance is the vital sense that gives much-needed stability to our teetering, upright bodies. Good balance is usually associated with having stable posture, but it also has a lot to do with visual stability. The...
How can we prevent type 2 diabetes in children?
Nov 16, 2016 11:09 am UTC| Health
Type 2 diabetes used to be known as adult-onset diabetes because it tended to occur mainly in people over the age of 40. But as obesity levels around the world continue to soar, so has the number of young adults with the...
More GABA In Specific Brain Region Means Better Memory, Potential Antidepressant Chemical
Nov 16, 2016 10:30 am UTC| Science Health
Memory has long been one of the most elusive concepts in human history, largely because the brain can be unreliable in storing and recalling information. Now, findings indicate that higher levels of a chemical known as...
Biological vs chronological age: how old are you really?
Nov 14, 2016 21:27 pm UTC| Health
Researchers are developing tests to calculate your true biological age. They claim that such tests can measure how well your body is coping with the rigours of life. But how accurate are these tests and could they somehow...
How biotechnology could offer hope for snakebite victims
Nov 13, 2016 16:02 pm UTC| Health Science
Snakebite is a major public health burden for low-income countries in tropical parts of the world. There are around 5 million bites and 150,000 deaths every year. And about 400,000 victims become permanently disabled...
Suppressing the immune system won't improve your chances of conceiving with IVF
Nov 10, 2016 22:41 pm UTC| Health
Its common for three or more rounds of IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) treatment to be unsuccessful, that is, to not to result in a pregnancy. The frustration leads many women to seek explanations and investigate alternative...
Why repealing Obamacare may not be as easy as Trump thinks
Nov 10, 2016 22:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Health
Candidate Trump repeatedly called for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but it is unclear what President Trump will actually do about the ACA. It is not clear even with President Trump, and Republican...
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