Can good fat boost your fitness level?

Jan 18, 2017 14:05 pm UTC| Health

Fish oil supplements may seem like a relatively recent health fad but they have actually been produced in the UK on a large scale since 1935 by the company Seven Seas Ltd. Since then, the fish oil supplement market has...

Why hospitals have got it wrong when it comes to antibiotic resistance

Jan 18, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Health

As mathematicians, it came as a big surprise when we learned that mathematical models had predicted the way to stop antibiotic resistance was to give pills to patients almost at random. Doctors call this antibiotic mixing....

What does Donald Trump think about drugs?

Jan 18, 2017 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

In recent years, many countries with the conspicuous exception of Indonesia and the Philippines have been rethinking the international war on drugs. The world, it seems, has grown tired of mass incarceration, militarised...

Can marijuana treat MS symptoms? It's hard for researchers to find out

Jan 17, 2017 15:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

An estimated 400,000 Americans are currently living with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease where the bodys immune cells attack a fatty substance called myelin in the nerves. Common symptoms are gait and balance...

Less pain, more gain – improving health and fitness with minimal exercise

Jan 17, 2017 14:44 pm UTC| Health

When it comes to exercise, if there was a way to get more health benefits by doing less, then its likely a lot of people would be interested. This is probably the reason that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) gets a...

Eating standing up – is it really bad for you?

Jan 17, 2017 14:18 pm UTC| Health

These days, many of us are flooded with advice on what to eat, when to eat and how much to eat. Alongside this calorie and nutrient-based advice you may even have heard that you should avoid eating while standing up or...

Scientists Found A Way To Make Pacemaker Batteries Obsolete

Jan 17, 2017 13:42 pm UTC| Technology Health

Pacemakers have saved a lot of lives over the years by helping to regulate the heartbeats of those with arrhythmia. The problem, however, is that those pacemakers run on batteries that have a tendency to run out of juice...