Ketamine: painkiller, party drug – and possibly next-generation antidepressant
May 16, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Health
Ecstasy, methylenedioxy-methamphetamine or MDMA, is well known as a recreational drug today, but its first use was as a therapeutic aid for couples attending marriage guidance counselling. LSD, the potent psychedelic...
Supplements are an expensive and potentially toxic lucky dip
May 16, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Health
The vitamin and supplement industry is big business in Australia. An estimated 75% of the population use some form of complementary medicines, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, aromatherapy and homeopathic...
Can bad posture give you a hunchback?
May 16, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Health
The most common position of our spines throughout most of the day is a rounded or hunched one. Modern activities, such as using a smartphone, tablet or laptop, cause us to bend our neck and upper back. If you dont...
We've created a new way to look at your vagina – it might just save your life
May 16, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Health
Oh vagina, how do I name thee? Let me count the ways. From private parts to lady bits, clunge to chuff, fanny to minge, yoni to yum yum, the list of names given to female genitalia is seemingly endless and often verging on...
Advertising has the power to make children fat and this needs to stop
May 16, 2016 12:50 pm UTC| Health
More than 60% of UK adults are obese and one in five children start school already overweight rising to around one in three once children hit the ages of 10 and 11. Obese children become obese adults, and the resulting...
Separation anxiety disorder: not just for kids
May 13, 2016 11:12 am UTC| Health
Until 2013, separation anxiety disorder was confined to literature on juvenile anxiety disorders. It was omitted from the diagnostics and statistical manual on adult anxiety disorders. The disorder was reluctantly...
Good tests make children fail – here's why
May 13, 2016 10:24 am UTC| Health Life
Many parents and teachers are critical of the Standardised Assessment Tests (SATs) that have recently been taken by primary school children. One common complaint is that they are too hard. Teachers at my sons school sent...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects