Is social media making people depressed?

Apr 27, 2016 22:22 pm UTC| Health

Anyone who regularly uses social media will have had the experience of feeling envious of the fun their friends all seem to be having. This might especially be the case if youre are sitting at home on a cold wet evening,...

Is the end near for the chiropractic profession as we know it?

Apr 27, 2016 21:48 pm UTC| Health

There has been a rising tide of demands from Governmental and other regulatory bodies targeting two related but distinct problems within the chiropractic profession. The first is the push from COAG Health Ministers, the...

Disease evolution: the origins of anorexia and how it's shaped by culture and time

Apr 27, 2016 21:17 pm UTC| Health

There are fashions in diseases, as in anything else. Its understandable that a new, infectious and life-threatening malady could preoccupy us, such as cholera in the 19th century or Ebola in recent times. It is harder...

Supplements including fish oil and vitamin D can boost effects of antidepressant medications

Apr 27, 2016 09:46 am UTC| Health

Taking some nutrient supplements together with antidepressants can enhance the medications effects, our research has found. Published this week in the American Journal of Psychiatry, our review of the evidence found...

Disease evolution: our long history of fighting viruses

Apr 27, 2016 08:01 am UTC| Health

A virus is essentially an information system (encoded in DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protective coat and shaped by evolution to ensure its own replication and survival. Viruses grow only in living cells. But they infect...

Your lungs are full of microorganisms ... and that's a good thing

Apr 27, 2016 07:25 am UTC| Health

When were born, our lungs are thought to be sterile. But from the moment we take our first breath, our pristine lungs are exposed to all the bugs that are in the air. It has become clear in the last 10 years that the lungs...

Unexplained lower back pain? It could be ankylosing spondylitis

Apr 26, 2016 06:58 am UTC| Health

Lower back pain is common and many of those who have suffered it can identify, or at least guess, the event that led to their back injury. Perhaps it was weekend sport or a garden project. Often a trip to the GP or...