Forewarned is forearmed: Modeling the spread of COVID-19

How fast could COVID-19 spread in Australia? And how many people could potentially be infected? We can’t of course know for sure, but we have enough data to make some rough forecasts; and being forewarned is to be forearmed. So we’ve developed an interactive website that gives a ten-day forecast, by country, on likely numbers […]

Most washing hands, but only half social distancing following coronavirus advice

The vast majority of the UK public are washing their hands more regularly, but only half avoided crowded areas and social events over the past week. The findings come in a report from the Imperial College London COVID-19 response team based on a YouGov survey of 2,108 UK adults on 17-18 March, commissioned by Imperial’s […]

Best supplements for weight loss: Three supplements proven to help burn fat

Weight loss can be a challenging task. Whether you want to do it for health reasons, or to fit into your clothes better, or both, supplements may be able to help. Which three supplements have been proven to help burn fat? Researchers from King’s College, the University of London, found that caffeine boosts the resting […]

Taking a stroll through a city

While walking across the city streets in such times may well be fraught with danger, experts, however, are of the opinion that if one is not within about six feet of somebody, in almost every case one is not taking much risk, and it will also help us “save our own sanity” In a bygone […]

Dementia prevention: Nutritional Therapist reveals 10 ways to reduce your dementia risk

Dementia is set to affect 152 million people by 2050, says the World Alzheimer’s Report. Don’t be part of that statistic. Try to reduce your risk of dementia by following 10 recommendations from Nutritional Therapist Natalie Lamb. Inside the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, researchers state approximately 20 percent of people without dementia show significant signs […]