People with 'obesity gene' can still lose weight

Sep 21, 2016 05:23 am UTC| Health

Its been one of the most astonishing changes in human anatomy. In just one generation, people all over the world have got a lot bigger. Although were also gradually getting a bit taller, the really big change has been in...

How poor NHS testing and antibiotic use is creating super-strength cystitis

Sep 20, 2016 11:50 am UTC| Health

Urinary tract infections also known as cystitis are extremely common. Around 150m people are affected worldwide each year and one in every three women is expected to suffer at least one attack before they are 24. But...

A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us

Sep 20, 2016 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Weve all had that feeling that somebody is watching us even if were not looking directly at their eyes. Sometimes we even experience a feeling of being watched by someone completely outside our field of vision. But how...

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Delhi has been hit by a chikungunya epidemic – what is this disease?

Sep 20, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Health

Chikungunya is not a name that rolls easily off the tongue. It is a Swahili word meaning that which bends up. It describes the symptoms of this crippling arthritic disease, a disease which is currently gripping Delhi in...

If you love me, don’t feed me bacon

Sep 20, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Health

A friend reckons he has it good. His partner cooks a bacon-hash-brown-fry-up for breakfast every day. Are you sure? I said. Cause thats exactly what I would feed my partner if I wanted to bump him off! It is easy to...

Explainer: what are cataracts?

Sep 20, 2016 00:15 am UTC| Health

Nearly one-third of Australians aged 55 or over (or around 1.5 million people) have an untreated cataract. In 2013-14, there were 229,693 hospital admissions for cataract surgeries, making cataracts one of the most...

Banning kratom won't stop users or solve the drugs health crisis – so why continue this losing war?

Sep 15, 2016 15:52 pm UTC| Health

While we have seen a surge in new psychoactive substances in recent years, there has also been a rediscovery in the West of old herbal narcotics that have traditionally been used in different parts of the world. One...