Financial links between corporations and health research invariably lead to conflicts of interest.
- Professor in the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University
The health and rights of children and adolescents, particularly the most marginalised and vulnerable, are under immediate threat from climate change, corporate actors and growing inequities.
People with the same condition can respond differently to the same treatment. This is why personalised treatment is so important in all fields of medicine, including psychology.
Conventional health interventions for men in poor communities who engage in risky behaviour are not effective. The solution may lie with soccer.
This research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: show them picture books.
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