Sky News reported over the weekend how some mothers in South Africa are drinking heavily during pregnancy to damage the unborn child in order to receive disability benefits.
Apparently bath salts and other synthetic drugs are proving to be quite a big issue for the US Navy – 11 sailors were discharged for using Spice in Novemebr. Thirteen were discharged for using the drug in April. A bizarre video will fix the problem, surely?
If one is to believe new research published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), then you would need to believe that being overweight may lead to a longer life.
Professor Patrick Bouic was in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio yesterday on the Just Josie Show for the Buchulife Health Watch. He gave us some super hot tips for staying healthy, protecting our livers, and keeping the inches off during the silly season. Also in the podcast, find out what you should look out for in any restaurant meal, and […]
A recent clinical trial conducted by the National Institute of Health in the US has found that a new experimental drug may be able to treat depression symptoms within minutes, as opposed to most current prescription anti-depressants that can take weeks to have an effect.
Street children in Cape Town are a familiar sight to anyone who frequents the City. But how would you feel when you start an initiative for them, only to see the kids turn on it?
We are all quite aware that taking juice, and klapping gym mah boet, is the perfect combination for one hell of a crazy ride. But very rarely do we get an insight into just how insane this is, boet, so click through for an experience.
That’s right, in the land of opportunity, a federal judge has blocked a law banning therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of minors from gay to straight. Bizarre – read on – fascinating stuff..
The Daily Beast put together an all important report on what the various Victoria’s Secret supermodels eat before a show and what they splurge on immediately after! Great reading for image-obsessed, jealous, self-conscious women and men alike!
Releasing December 7, Breaking the Taboo is a documentary made by Sir Richard Branson’s son Sam which sets out the case for decriminalising drugs. Some big names are backing the venture, including Morgan Freeman and Kate Winslet.
Australia’s world-first laws on cigarette and tobacco plain packaging have come into full effect on Saturday. All brand logos and colours have now been replaced with generic olive green coverings, gruesome pictures of diseased body parts, or depictions of children and babies made ill by their parents’ smoking.
The Mexican drug cartels are more than just gangs. They are a combination of organised crime and military – even if a rather undisciplined one. It’s the mafia with radio towers, RPG’s and armored vehicles. They are extremely badass; in the most horrible and corrupt way possible.
Welcome to the gun show. Moustafa Ismail’s guns are so large he probably struggles to feed himself. However, these guns might be for nothing if the Guinness World Records finds he used implants.
If you’re eating on the go, you’re planning for a short life. Professor Patrick Bouic was in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio last week on the Just Josie Show, to discuss the very real health threats that fast food poses to us, and our kids. Click through for top tips on how to side step heart disease.
A new study conducted by researchers from King’s College London, and just published in the journal Age and Ageing, has found that smoking “rots” the brain by damaging memory, learning and reasoning.
I came across a hard-hitting article on my iPad from the latest issue of TIME magazine, entitled “Generation of Orphans: South Africa’s AIDS epidemic forces grandmothers to parent again. Here it is in it’s entirety.
With two American states legalising the possession and recreational use of spliff, this is becoming an important question to ask. Especially as, according to a new survey from the California Office of Traffic Safety, there are more stoned drivers on Californian roads than drunk ones.
Scientists have acknowledged that it’s not just us humans that suffer from midlife crises – apes do too. Except the apes might not go out and buy a Harley, or take up golf on their own accord.
Wow, this whole sports drugs vibe is getting out of hand. If it wasn’t enough that one of our own top cyclists was busted shortly after Lance Armstrong, we now have a problem in our schools. And apparently it’s the worst in the world.
Not bad, Pepsi, not bad. But don’t expect to find it in your local supermarket just yet, because it’s only available in Japan.
Last week, marijuana legalisation bills were successfully passed in both Colorado and Washington. Awareness surrounding the growth, distribution and consumption of weed is growing by the day and it is expected that more states will soon follow.
Are you about to become a dad for the first time? Next week will see the launch of the very first Dudes to Dads evening in Cape Town, and if you’re soon to become a dad, this is probably something you want to attend.
Spending for spooning. Coinage for canoodles. Funded fondles. OK, we’ll stop. But listen: Jackie Samuel, 29, runs a company called The Snuggery out of her Rochester, New York home. She says the non-sexual service is a way to encourage human touch and provide “a healing connection.”
The poor Greeks. With mounting financial cut-backs, Greece is dealing with – what is believed to be a first for Western Europe – the first domestic cases of malaria since 1974.
2oceansvibe has long despised the rude habit of random, unplanned phone calls. That was to do with manners, but now it is OFFICIALLY affecting our health as well. So you just carry on.. make another phone call. Click headline for story.
You could be poisoning yourself with every day food. Professor Patrick Bouic was in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio yesterday on the Just Josie Show, to discuss food intolerances. Click through for top tips on how to tell if your body is immunising itself against certain foods, and how to stop the pain!
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has warned that simply following a high-protein, high-fat and low-carbohydrate diet is not advisable.
Morocco’s government has decided that it is not going to allow the Women on Waves “abortion ship” to dock when it arrives at Moroccan shores today.
If you’re spending too much time on the Internet, you may soon be diagnosed with a medical condition. Psychologists are looking at including a new classification in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), the de facto guide to identifying and classifying mental diseases. Could you be suffering from Internet Use Disorder?
Over the past 11 years, a Women on Waves ship has visited Ireland, Poland, Portugal and Spain, sparking protests in each country from pro-life groups. Rebecca Gomperts, founder of the non-profit orginasation, and her team are sailing to a Muslim country for the first time, to raise awareness about women’s health, and specifically the drug misoprostol.