Are shorter, more intense workouts worth the extra sweat when trying to lose weight?
Jan 13, 2017 15:21 pm UTC| Health
Everybody knows that to lose weight you need to eat less or exercise more or ideally do both. The evidence supporting the benefits of regular exercise and eating less is overwhelming, but for people looking to lose...
Electroconvulsive therapy: A history of controversy, but also of help
Jan 13, 2017 14:51 pm UTC| Health
Carrie Fishers ashes are in an urn designed to look like a Prozac pill. Its fitting that in death she continues to be both brash and wryly funny about a treatment for depression. The public grief over Carrie Fishers...
What is heart failure? It's not as common a cause of death as reports would have us believe
Jan 13, 2017 14:49 pm UTC| Health
When George Michael died last year news reports all over the world announced the cause as heart failure. The same condition was cited as the cause of death of 61 year old Devo band member Bob Casale, 27 year old...
Are our busy doctors and nurses losing empathy for patients?
Jan 13, 2017 14:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every day, doctors, nurses and other health professionals are presented with situations that demand empathy and compassion. Whether telling a 40-year-old man with cancer he doesnt have long to live, or comforting an...
Helping universities combat depression with mobile technology
Jan 13, 2017 04:26 am UTC| Technology Health
Depression is the leading mental health issue on college campuses in the U.S. In 2015, a survey of more than 90,000 students at 108 American colleges and universities found that during the previous year, more than...
Should over 50s avoid that afternoon coffee? Maybe.
Jan 13, 2017 04:10 am UTC| Health
Sleep is good. This is one thing both experts and the person in the street can agree on about that knitter up of the unravelled sleeve of care [1]. Getting decent sleep not only leaves you feeling refreshed, but lack of...
Influenza: The search for a universal vaccine
Jan 12, 2017 13:56 pm UTC| Health
No one wants to catch the flu, and the best line of defense is the seasonal influenza vaccine. But producing an effective annual flu shot relies on accurately predicting which flu strains are most likely to infect the...
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