Big Pharma Starts Using Cannabis For Making Drugs In Earnest
Jan 20, 2017 10:01 am UTC| Health Law
For decades, cannabis or marijuana as it is more commonly known has been treated as an illegal substance that could land offenders in prison for a long time. After the movement to make marijuana legal gained steam, several...
Society actually does want policies that benefit future generations
Jan 19, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Health Nature
Rich societies like the UK are changing the planet for the worse. Human life is taking a heavy toll on the Earth, its climate and its various ecosystems. This generation is consuming the planet, but it is future...
Many household products contain antimicrobial chemicals banned from soaps by the FDA
Jan 19, 2017 12:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business Health
This year marks 20 years since Hasbro was fined for false advertising, claiming their Playskool toys laden with the antimicrobial chemical triclosan would keep kids healthier. It is also the year when soap manufacturers...
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...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects