Over many decades our food environments have relentlessly been encouraging us to make choices that are harmful to our health, through pricing, marketing and availability
Right anti-venom, given on time, can reduce snakebite deaths in India
Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?
Drug research for children lags behind that for adults; WHO steps in to change it
COVID-19 testing led to new techniques of disease diagnosis: Progress mustn’t stop now
In the past three years, focus of disease testing moved from simple detecting & understanding to incorporating speed, efficiency ...
COVID origins debate: What to make of new findings linking the virus to raccoon dogs
The latest data supports the link of COVID-19 origins to Wuhan’s animal trade, it is unlikely to provide irrefutable evidence
Alzheimer’s disease: Problems with the brain’s energy supply could be a cause
A new study has looked into damage to mitochondria, which could actually be the cause of the neurodegenerative disease
37 of 55 countries facing health worker shortages in Africa: WHO
Shortage of health workers in Africa is predicted to reach 6.1 million by 2030
3 years of pandemic: I am still dealing with the havoc COVID wreaked on my health
Down To Earth reporter recounts his harrowing experience of dealing with post-COVID illnesses
Three years into the pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. Here’s what we need to focus on next
Political frankness, avoidance of infections and adoption of new knowledge and technology can be our future respone plan
Body dysmorphic disorder is more common than eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, yet few people are aware of its dangers
Fortunately, there are effective treatments for people with body dysmorphic disorder
What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ I’m hearing about? And what similarities do they share with COVID vaccines?
Rather than preventing disease, these vaccines are a personalised treatment for cancer, to combat disease
We should only worry about bird flu making us sick when we see human-to-human transmission
There is no evidence yet that any avian flu strain has spread from human to human
Eating disorders are deadly: What are they, who’s at risk and what can be done about it
Eating disorders occur 10 times more often in females than in males
Devil in the details: Focus on US energy department’s ‘low confidence’ in COVID lab-leak theory is must
A low confidence level generally indicates that the information used in the analysis is scant, questionable, fragmented, or that ...
Cough syrup can harm children: Experts warn of contamination risks
Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the dangers of glycol poisoning
What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic
Active monitoring of wild animals, farm animals and humans will allow health officials to detect the first sign of ...
A 19-year-old is the youngest person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease — the cause is a mystery
Nearly all cases of Alzheimer’s disease in people younger than 30 are due to inherited faulty genes
Why Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere else globally
The root of the problem is a patent system that allows pharma companies to keep out competition and keep ...
Three in five long COVID patients have organ damage a year after infection
Most patients studied were not severely affected when they had COVID initially
Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia – here’s what we know about the disease
The earliest signs of the behavioural variant include changes in how a person acts, particularly in social situations
What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?
There are no approved treatments for Marburg virus but vaccines are in development
Being declared dead when you’re still alive — why these very rare events occur
Fainting might also deceive the certifying doctor; activation of the vagus nerve occurs during fainting, slowing the heart and ...
How do blood tests work? Medical laboratory scientists explain the process
There are a lot of steps in the pathway from blood draw to diagnosis and treatment
Church of England to explore gender-neutral terms for God — women clergy’s suggestions for replacing ‘Our Father’
Official Christian doctrine is that God has no gender; yet “He” is described almost exclusively in masculine terms