Weight stigma – a negative response to someone based on their weight – is the fourth most common form of social discrimination amongst adults – after age, gender and race.

The Conversation 16 Oct 2018

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Future of Health and Healthcare

Could a vaccine one day protect us from malaria?

A transmission-blocking vaccine could one day help in the fight against malaria.

Cory Nealon · Futurity 16 Oct 2018

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

It will take the Earth 3 million years to recover from the species going extinct in the near future

The Earth is undergoing a mass extinction, which is caused by human activity, according to a new study.

Business Insider 16 Oct 2018

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Sustainable Development

Tobacco is harming the planet, not just our health, says new study

The total annual carbon footprint of tobacco is almost as high as the greenhouse gas emissions of Peru or Israel, according to a new study commissioned by the World Health Organization.

Johnny Wood 15 Oct 2018

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Global Health

One of the world's largest banks has issued an alarming warning about antibiotic resistance

As our resistance to antibiotics grows, the financial gains of using antibiotics in meat production could soon become irrelevant, say the global research team at HSBC.

Business Insider 15 Oct 2018

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Global Health

Doctors in Scotland can now prescribe nature

Since October 5, doctors in Shetland, Scotland have been authorized to prescribe nature to their patients.

Evan Fleischer · Big Think 15 Oct 2018

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Global Health

15 things most people get wrong about Alzheimer's and dementia

Despite the massive impact dementia has on the economy and people's livelihoods, there are still many misconceptions around it.

Lindsay Dodgson · Business Insider 12 Oct 2018

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Mental Health

These forms of exercise are best for your mental health

A wide-ranging study shows how exercise can improve your mental health. Here’s how different forms of exercise compare...

Emma Charlton 10 Oct 2018

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United Kingdom

Half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14

This year’s World Mental Health Day focuses on young people, with the aim of helping them to build mental resilience.

Briony Harris 10 Oct 2018

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Future of Health and Healthcare

Your body is full of trillions of viruses. Here's why that's good news

Your body is covered in and full of bacteria and viruses - many of which are vital to our health.

The Conversation 10 Oct 2018

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Mental Health

How TV has brought mental health issues into the light – and helped to banish stigma

Depression affects 300 million people globally, yet stigma around mental illness is still widespread. Television's role in reversing this is growing.

Dan Ariely and Murali Doraiswamy 09 Oct 2018

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Global Health

What we can learn about humanity from the history of smallpox

International co-operation and resilience allowed us to stop a global epidemic.

Jason M. Opal and Steven M. Opal · The Conversation 08 Oct 2018

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Latin America

Paraguay is the most positive country in the world

Gallup surveyed 154,000 adults in 145 countries to create a snapshot of the world’s emotions.

Johnny Wood 08 Oct 2018

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Future of Food

France's tastes are changing from fine food to fast food

Admired the world over for the quality of their cooking and a culture that places huge significance on the role of food in people’s lives, the eating habits of people in France are changi...

Sean Fleming 03 Oct 2018

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Human Enhancement

2018 Nobel Prize for physics goes to tools made from light beams - a particle physicist explains

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work with light manipulation.

Todd Adams · The Conversation 03 Oct 2018

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