For our country to have a sustainable future, we need to ensure all Australians have access to quality education and healthcare and take steps to reduce inequality.
Does it seem like everyone you know drinks apple cider vinegar, mainly in hopes of losing weight? Vinegar has a long history of high hopes attached to it. A doctor who loves vinegar explains.
You’ve heard the adage, you are what you eat. But a new study suggests that you are ‘when’ you eat may be more accurate. Restricting eating times can keep chronic diseases at bay and ward off obesity.
The government’s new exercise campaign encourages us to get 30 minutes of physical activity a day. But while ads can get us to change our attitudes, they’re unlikely to change our behaviour.
Scientists have long thought that regions of DNA called telomeres control how long you live. We are now learning that it is your diet and lifestyle that shape your telomeres, not the other way around.
Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand