Health
-
Worst-off find it harder than well-off to access NHS care, survey finds
Poorer people find it much harder to access NHS care than the well-off and have a worse experience when they do get…
Read More » -
Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA – after researchers work out a few remaining kinks
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Li Li The Conversation Traditionally, researchers…
Read More » -
How AI could dramatically improve cancer patients’ prognosis
The figure is all the more tragic given 40% of these cancers could be prevented through early detection and lifestyle…
Read More » -
Groundwater Contamination Drives California Farmers, Residents to Court
Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get water piped…
Read More » -
As you read this, physicians are amputating childrens’ hands, arms and legs without anaesthesia
They took this step after Israeli troops deliberately attacked MSF rescue vehicles and destroyed them with tank fire. Juan Cole Pearls…
Read More » -
Immune health is all about balance – an immunologist explains why both too strong and too weak an immune response can lead to illness
Why settle for less immunity when you can have more? Aimee Pugh Bernard The Conversation Many social media posts push…
Read More » -
Domestic violence support groups call for secrecy after applications for new refuges made public in Illawarra, Hunter
Last week, Wollongong Council placed a development application for a domestic violence refuge for women and children on public exhibition.…
Read More » -
Legalising cannabis will send ‘wrong signal’ to Australian public, peak medical body says
The peak medical body in Australia says it does not support the Greens bill to legalise cannabis because of the…
Read More » -
Regulating political misinformation isn’t easy, but it’s necessary to protect democracy
The letter emphasised the damage caused by the “lies in political advertising and communication” prevalent in the recent campaign. Christopher…
Read More » -
Being bilingual slows brain ageing, and can prevent Alzheimer’s
It therefore seems obvious that bilingualism is much more common than many of us might assume. This is an increasingly visible fact…
Read More » -
Ghana: End Chaining for Mental Health Conditions
Human Rights Watch said today. HRW The government has not adequately resourced the enforcement mechanisms to monitor compliance by faith-based…
Read More » -
Disability care is still all about us without us
This phrase comes from Australia having started its European settlement period as a British penal colony, so we inherited ‘the…
Read More » -
Locked inside units and outside disability reform
That was the result of four years of hearings, submissions and reports from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect,…
Read More » -
Roxane Gay: ‘I’m trying to move further left because that’s the only way that we’re gonna achieve change’
Before the pandemic, Roxane Gay was constantly on the road. Bim Adewunmi The Guardian When the lockdowns of early 2020 came into…
Read More » -
The secrets to self-confidence, according to cognitive science
The human – and economic – cost of this illness is considerable, which is why the European Commission unveiled a…
Read More » -
The disability royal commission heard horrific stories of harm – now we must move towards repair
The final report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability follows years of advocacy from the disability…
Read More »