People with dementia can become agitated or distressed when the temperature isn’t right, but some aged-care facilities aren’t designed or operated to keep them comfortable.
Several studies on locavores – people who go out of their way to buy foods and other products from local sources – explore the beliefs and values that makes them tick.
In the hunt for the next Messi, conventional wisdom favours football players with lots of experience at an early age. Research and England’s example may advocate a different approach.
Part of yoga’s appeal is that it is seen as a mystical, ancient tradition. The truth is, the practice of yoga today is profoundly different from those ancient ways.
Indonesia has the region’s highest rate of smoking among youths – one in five between the ages of 13 and 15 smoke. What should the government should do to stop youth from smoking?
New Zealand’s coalition government in its first budget has treated public policies as investments, with the goal of improving social and environmental outcomes.
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University