How games can hook students with short attention spans
Mar 23, 2016 17:00 pm UTC| Health Life
Modern human beings have a shorter attention span than goldfish: ours is, on average, below eight seconds while the little fish can focus for nine seconds. These decreasing attention levels are driven by peoples...
The fight against TB shifts to fixing the immune system, not the bacteria
Mar 23, 2016 16:58 pm UTC| Health
Tuberculosis (TB) has managed to remain a major global health problem, despite 100 years of research and more than 50 years of treatment being available. It still claims up to 1.5 million lives each year. Although there...
Memory loss: it's not all amnesia
Mar 23, 2016 16:45 pm UTC| Health
Short-term memory, long-term memory, amnesia, dementia, Alzheimers people often use these terms incorrectly. The reason is partly because memory is one of the most complex mental abilities. It involves experiencing the...
Why taking vitamin D pills could help the fight against TB and HIV
Mar 23, 2016 16:11 pm UTC| Health
Clinical trials have shown that adding vitamin D supplements to the antibiotic treatment regimes for TB patients improves their chances of recovering from the disease. The supplement reduces inflammation in the body much...
Illusion or reality? Does SMS messaging really help the medicine go down?
Mar 23, 2016 15:47 pm UTC| Health Technology
Mobile health solutions or mHealth encompasses all of the technology and software that combined with mainly smartphones, provide individuals to measure, record, monitor, analyse and report the state of their health. The...
Text message medication reminders can save the lives of those with chronic illness
Mar 23, 2016 02:41 am UTC| Health
If you are diagnosed with a chronic disease, chances are youll have to manage it for the rest of your life. This means changing your lifestyle and taking medications as directed. Many find this challenging. In fact,...
The lowdown on laughter: from boosting immunity to releasing tension
Mar 23, 2016 02:35 am UTC| Health
Laughter is supposedly the best medicine which is lucky because Im planning on staying up late, drinking, smoking and eating like mad throughout the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Id better choose my shows...
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