What's behind the huge increase in breast cancer rates in China?

Oct 10, 2017 13:36 pm UTC| Health

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in China, according to the latest data from Chinas national cancer registry. An analysis of the data reveals that the cancer has increased at a rate of around 3.5% a year...

How to avoid war and conflict – with a little help from social psychology

Oct 08, 2017 10:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The posturing of US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un give rise to a terrifying realisation: that we are moving closer to a nuclear war. The recognition that such a war could be our last raises the...

Dissociative identity disorder exists and is the result of childhood trauma

Oct 05, 2017 04:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Once known as multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder remains one of the most intriguing but poorly understood mental illnesses. Research and clinical experience indicate people diagnosed with the...

How to improve the skills of tomorrow's doctors

Oct 05, 2017 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Imagine youre inside an ambulance racing to the emergency room with the lights and sirens blaring. You and your nine-year-old daughter were in a car accident; she is unconscious and bleeding. The paramedic has initiated an...

The opioid epidemic in 6 charts

Oct 05, 2017 03:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Drug overdose deaths, once rare, are now the leading cause of accidental death in the Unites States, surpassing peak annual deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents, guns and HIV infection. As a former public health...

Drug resistance: how we keep track of whether antibiotics are being used responsibly

Oct 02, 2017 05:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

While we know increasing numbers of bacteria all over the world are becoming more resistant to existing antibiotics, we need to learn more about how antibiotics are being used in healthcare settings. We know overuse and...

How investing in public health could cure many health care problems

Oct 02, 2017 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Now that the Cassidy-Graham bill has been pulled, its a good time to think about concrete ways to improve health and health care in our country. Despite advances in medicine, U.S. health care spending grew to US$3.2...