Archive: 12/09/2016
School sex education often negative, heterosexist, and out of touch
School sex education is often negative, heterosexist, and out of touch, and taught by poorly trained, embarrassed teachers, finds a synthesis of the views and experiences of young people in different countries, published ...
Sep 12, 2016
BMJ Case Reports: Parasitic cyst, parrot fever, flatworms
Removal of parasitic cyst from boy's brain
Sep 12, 2016
Time to outsource key tasks of WHO to better-placed and capable agencies, say experts
Melinda Gates Foundation, The World Bank and The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that are better placed and qualified to execute the WHO's remit, experts argue in today's British Medical Journal - Global Health.
Sep 12, 2016
Study analyses reducing consumption of discretionary (unhealthy) foods and replacing them with core foods
New research presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Munich, Germany (12-16 Sept) shows the impact that substituting energy intake from discretionary foods (including sugar-sweetened ...
Sep 12, 2016