Here is what's needed to kickstart a fairer social care system

Mar 27, 2017 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Economy

As soon as Philip Hammond, Britains chancellor of the exchequer, announced an extra 2 billion for social care in his first budget in March, jostling began on how the money would be spent. Care providers suggested that...

Subsidies for healthy foods are a price worth paying to tackle obesity

Mar 27, 2017 13:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The heavy costs of an increasingly obese population are well known. Physical problems associated with a Body Mass Index over 30 include type 2 diabetes, strokes, and certain types of cancer. Psychological issues include...

How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma

Mar 23, 2017 05:09 am UTC| Health

The public relies on scientists to report their findings accurately and completely, but that does not always happen. Too often, researchers announce only their most favorable outcomes, while keeping more disappointing...

Research suggests motherhood has changed my brain

Mar 23, 2017 05:01 am UTC| Health

Mum is it winter soon? Yesterday this simple question sent my brain into meltdown. As I tried to work out if summer was over yet, I realised I couldnt even remember if we should be entering Spring or Autumn. Feeling...

Despite escalating prescriptions, nerve pain drug offers no relief for sciatica

Mar 23, 2017 02:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Sciatica is a disabling condition characterised by pain in the leg along the distribution of the sciatic nerve. It can be accompanied by back pain, tingling, numbness, reduced strength and reflex changes in the...

What we may think are the healthiest bread and wrap options actually have the most salt

Mar 21, 2017 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Some of the most common breads we see in the supermarket contain almost half the recommended days worth of salt in just two slices. Thats before youve even added any Vegemite. Our new analysis looked at the salt content...

Apocalypse now: wifi and radiation sickness sweeping the world

Mar 21, 2017 00:06 am UTC| Health

In 2006, two researchers, Hallberg and Oberfeld, published a terrifying forecast in the journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine asking Will we all become electrosensitive?. The researchers extrapolated figures from...