The elderly are not a passive group any more

01/07/2008

IT USED to be the cue for collecting your free bus pass and spending more time pruning the roses. But in an era of...

From prodigies to golden oldies

01/07/2008

Factfile: different age groups: CHILDHOOD In 1761 at five years old Mozart wrote his first composition, Andante in C....

01/07/2008

CHILDHOOD obesity is said to be an "epidemic" spreading rapidly around the world and is likened to a time...

01/07/2008

THE everyday racket of life not only pollutes our soundscape, it also damages our health. Some even say that silence is...

01/07/2008

A NEW device that uses a tiny magnet can help disabled people steer a wheelchair or operate a computer using only the...

24/06/2008

COUNTRIES with huge caseloads of tuberculosis are finding it hard to cope because they do not have the laboratories to...

24/06/2008

TO LOSE weight and keep it off, eat a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates and protein, then follow a low-carb,...

24/06/2008

RESEARCHERS in the United States have discovered a new group of stem cells that can give rise to heart muscle cells,...

24/06/2008

WHILE urging parents to take action to control the weight of their children by ensuring a balanced and healthful diet...

24/06/2008

THE average person walks the equivalent of three times around the Earth in a lifetime. That is enormous wear and tear...