American-neuroscientists from the University of Southern California, and North Carolina’s Wake Forest University believe that the restoration of lost long term memory could be achieved through brain implants within the next few years.
Fruit juice is the healthy option, right? Of course it is. Or is it? This infographic goes so far as to call fruit juice the “evil twin” of fizzy soft drinks. Check out how fruit juice could be wreaking havoc on your health.
Michael Montgomery, a glorified pot reporter, got a rude awakening when he ate brownies he didn’t know contained a high dose of medical marijuana. This animated video uses Montgomery’s hairy experience as subtext to explore the growth of marijuana into a mainstream recreational and medicinal substance in California.
Babies ultrasounds will never be the same with this amazing technology. Have a look at your baby in colour, smile and all.
Sam Parnia is the head of the intensive care unit at Stony Brook University Hospital, New York. Sam can resurrect you from the dead. In fact, he’s done it a few times.
Professor Patrick Bouic was in the 2oceansvibe Radio studio recently on the Just Josie Show for the Buchulife Health Watch. He shed some light on a common problem that you may well be experiencing yourself – you adhere to a stringent exercise regime, and cannot budge an inch of fat from your body. So what’s to blame? Metabolic syndrome. […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.”
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!
An American ad agency, together with the Centre for Science in the Public Interest, have thrown down the gauntlet to the giants of the soft drink industry with a controversial new three-and-a-half minute video that looks at the health risks of the overconsumption of sugary, carbonated drinks.
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.
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.
Professor Tim Noakes has said in a letter published in the Cape Times today that the theory that blood cholesterol and a high-fat diet are the causes of heart disease will be one of the greatest errors in the history of medicine.
World-first technology has allowed a blind woman to start seeing light after she was implanted with an early prototype bionic eye.
A new study suggests that not enough exercise is causing as many deaths as smoking across the world. This is especially chilling news for smokers who do not excercise, as they are expected to drop dead at any moment.
Glow sticks burned brightly all over Canada yesterday as optimistic ravers partied at the thought of being able to pick up doses of MDMA at their local government run ecstasy shops. Dr Perry Kendall said that pure MDMA is “safe” when consumed responsibly by adults.
Let’s be honest, no one enjoys commuting. It’s a frustrating, time-consuming, anger-inducing practice which has become an unfortunate fact of life for some. Even more concerning however, are the actual negative effects it has on your physical and mental health. Click through for an insightful infographic breakdown.
Less than a week after Helen Zille’s latest Twitter-storm about comments she made about the state of education here in the Western Cape versus the same in our neighbours – she called students from the Eastern Cape who attend school here “refugees” – she has gotten all up in the ANC’s grille once more with fresh comments regarding the state of health here versus there.
The Twittosphere went a little gaga earlier this week over pictures of a supposed line of Louis Vuitton condoms that the luxury French fashion house was planning to unleash on their highbrow clientele.
Just in time to save our flagging New Years resolutions to get in shape, here is some February oomph courtesy of an unfortunate Pretoria man who was so obese at time of death, that it might not be possible to bury him.
A question for all those hyper-nice, socially aware, dream dinner party guests out there – have you ever considered that your people-pleasing tendencies may be making you fat?
An advertising campaign addressing anti-obesity among children has come under fire in America. Many parents feel Strong4Life and their “Stop Sugarcoating” campaign blames the victims. One advert sees a chubby, young girl who stands with her arms crossed facing the camera. The tagline reads: “WARNING: It’s hard to be a little girl if you’re not.”
Peace and quiet can come at a premium, especially if you live and work in a busy urban environment. However, a new study shows that the biggest actual threat to our hearing is one we deliberately expose ourselves to every day.
From security guard, to dodgy taxi boss, to even dodgier mine boss – Khulubuse Zuma’s weight has exploded upwards recently. Nouveau riche, and all that. The connection isn’t very subtle – in large parts of South Africa, the way we choose to display wealth is by being overweight. Body fat is our bling.
The University of Washington has finally found a way to make us of the mental energy expended by online gamers – recruiting them to decipher the structure of monomeric enzymes, found in retroviruses like HIV, by playing an online game called Foldit. Researchers had been working on it for the past decade; the collective gamers did it in three weeks.