health

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThey may be quick and easy to use. But self-service check-outs — now a staple of modern supermarkets and convivence stores — are…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe major diseases contribute to the isolation and alienation of millions of people every year. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost as many overseas nurses are coming to work in the UK compared with the number trained here, new figures show.  Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlmost a million stillbirths a year can be attributed to air pollution, according to the first global study. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe world is going through its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlobal warming is bringing back ancient viruses from the dead as frozen ‘zombie viruses’ are making their way back into the earth…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the day Nigeria celebrated the anniversary of its independence from British rule, Chisom Chuba said farewell to her family Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s has been heralded as momentous. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCholesterol has been demonised over the years for its damaging effect on our cardiovascular health — but it’s not all bad:  in…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA tobacco plant relative called Nicotiana benthamiana has been genetically modified to produce cocaine in its leaves. Read More