New estimate suggests a quarter of the world's population has latent tuberculosis
Oct 25, 2016 18:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In rich countries, tuberculosis is sometimes thought of as a thing of the past, the disease that claimed Keats, Poe, Chopin. But globally, TB is today the number one infectious killer, causing an estimated 1.8m deaths in...
Alcoholism research: A virus could manipulate neurons to reduce the desire to drink
Oct 25, 2016 18:34 pm UTC| Health
About 17 million adults and more than 850,000 adolescents had some problems with alcohol in the United States in 2012. Long-term alcohol misuse could harm your liver, stomach, cardiovascular system and bones, as well as...
Why requiring low-nicotine cigarettes is still ill-advised
Oct 25, 2016 18:28 pm UTC| Health
Global policymakers will soon consider a policy of requiring that only reduced-nicotine cigarettes can be manufactured or sold. This may sound good, but as someone who has studied tobacco for decades, I believe it is...
How can doctors use technology to help them diagnose?
Oct 25, 2016 18:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
In Japans first reported case of artificial intelligence saving someones life, an AI has succeeded where a team of skilled human doctors did not. A woman with a rare type of leukaemia was correctly diagnosed by the AI....
Women's alcohol consumption catching up to men: why this matters
Oct 25, 2016 18:10 pm UTC| Health
Women are catching up to men in rates of alcohol consumption and this has important implications for how we think about our community response to harmful alcohol use. Historically, men have been more likely to drink...
10 tips for eating locally and cutting the energy used to produce your food
Oct 25, 2016 17:48 pm UTC| Health
Being a locavore means choosing food that is grown locally, and is one way that you can help ensure there is more food to go around. To feed the predicted nine billion people in the world in 2050, the world will need to...
How do you get shingles and who should be vaccinated against it?
Oct 25, 2016 17:25 pm UTC| Health
From November 1, the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine will be available for free to people aged 70 to 79 years. Shingles is a dreaded and common disease of the elderly; lets look at how and why you get it, and who should...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects