Health Check: do you really need carbs to recover from exercise? By Jackson Fyfe, Victoria University and Jon Bartlett, Victoria University Carbohydrate-rich diets are often recommended as p... Read more

The best cure for many ailments is always in our natural surroundings—plants. And, you would be hard-pressed to find a fruit with such a magical wand as durian. Yet it remains a mystery. A m... Read more

Explainer: what's the difference between an outbreak and an epidemic? By Arinjay Banerjee, University of Saskatchewan More than 8,000 people have died from Ebola in West Africa since Feb... Read more

Explainer: why must some medications be taken with food? By Janet Sluggett, University of South Australia Have you ever been advised to take a medicine with food? How about taking a medicine... Read more

Producing medicines in Africa will only work if they can be distributed properly By Julius Mugwagwa, The Open University A parliamentary bill proposing that the UK allocate 0.7% of its GDP f... Read more

Health Check: do ice cream and cold drinks cool us down? By Peter Poortvliet, The University of Queensland All over the world summer is synonymous with water activities, cold beverages and,... Read more

2014, the year that was: Health + Medicine By Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation 2014 was dominated by discussions about better ways of paying for health care. But for all the talk, little... Read more

Common painkillers could decrease skin cancer risk By Reema Rattan, The Conversation and Nicki Russell, The Conversation Common over-the-counter painkillers, such as ibuprofen and aspirin, c... Read more