Heal thyself: meet the doctors living with the conditions they treat
Bav Shergill: As a teenager I was terribly embarrassed about my skin – I had really bad acne from the age of 15. It took me until I went to medical school to find the courage and confidence to change my GP and get a hospital referral. Now, when I’m treating patients with acne I can reassure Read More...
Brain stimulation for patients with anorexia is safe and might improve symptoms
Small study in 16 people suggests technique is safe and might help improve mood, anxiety and wellbeing, while increasing weight. Deep brain stimulation might alter the brain circuits that drive anorexia nervosa symptoms and help improve patients' mental and physical health, according to a small Read More...
Dietary supplement shows promise in treatment of sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea, which causes people to briefly stop breathing while asleep, affects an estimated 5 percent of the population, not including the many more who don’t even realize they suffer from the disorder. Patients are sometimes treated with a machine that blows air into the Read More...
Red states are acting on climate change
President Donald Trump has the environmental community understandably concerned. He and members of his Cabinet have questioned the established science of climate change, and his choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has sued the EPA many Read More...
The autowende is here: electric cars are the next trillion dollar industry
In the next 60 months the automotive industry will see more change than in the last 60 years. European car manufacturers should commit to electric cars now or Europe will be in economic trouble. Once in a while a new technology comes along that profoundly changes the way humans relate to energy and Read More...
Meditation benefits ALS patients
An eight-week mindfulness-based meditation program led to improved quality of life and psychological well-being in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to new research. In a randomized, open-label, and controlled clinical trial that included 100 patients, participants who Read More...
Forget the hangover, under-25s turn to mindful drinking
Forget pub crawls – increasing numbers of young people are replacing beer and wine with “mindful drinking” – where abstinence, not alcohol, is all the rage. A fifth of British adults under-25 are teetotal, according to the Office for National Statistics, and numbers are on the rise. Read More...
Save this for last: How to spend the final hour of your workday
You know that feeling: You are staring at your screen, clicking around the web without accomplishing much. That’s the moment for your “soft projects”; projects that don’t demand much attention, investment, or effort, but they’ll still help you make some progress on your to-do list. For Read More...
Post organic? The sustainability of vertical indoor farming
Agriculture consumes 70 percent of available water globally, and over 700 million pounds of pesticides each year in the United States alone. And with a growing world population food production needs to increase in the decades ahead. That is why a New Jersey company advocates sustainable vertical Read More...
German ministry goes vegetarian to set example for climate policy
Eating less meat is a major contribution to the fight against climate change. Governments should set the example. That’s why Germany's Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks is only serving vegetarian food at official functions. The food served at official events should also be organic, Read More...