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Eating too much sugar can make you dumb, study says

Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup -- a common ingredient in processed foods -- as drinking water for six weeks.…

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The happier, the healthier – How happy are Kenyans?

For decades, researchers and health experts have pursued the connection between happiness and health. Emerging research has begun to validate what many wise communities have intuitively known - that… More

Social media rewards are like food and sex, study says

Posting views on Facebook and other social media sites delivers a powerful reward to the brain similar to the pleasure from food and sex, a Harvard study concludes. The study led by two neuroscientists… More

Blood clot risks to some birth control labels

US health authorities on Tuesday ordered revised labels on some types of birth control including German pharmaceutical giant Bayer's Yaz pills to advise of a possibly higher risk of blood clots. … More

Watch out for that Nairobi Fly

(AON) The rainy season has gifted Kenyans with the Nairobi Fly, aka the paederus eximius beetle, once again. The fact that the toxin they release is worse than a cobra’s venom, should convince you to… More

Watch out for that Nairobi Fly

(AON) The rainy season has gifted Kenyans with the Nairobi Fly, aka the paederus eximius beetle, once again. The fact that the toxin they release is worse…... More

Naturopathic methods of enhancing one’s fertility

(Ameet Aggarwal) - Boosting fertility is a common goal of many couples today. There are many naturopathic methods of enhancing fertility which also make…... More

Early signs of malaria drug resistance in Africa

Africa's deadliest malaria parasite has shown resistance in lab tests to one of the most powerful drugs on the market -- a warning of possible resistance…... More

Gabon research centre says antimalarial drug within reach

A scientist at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital's medical research unit said Wednesday that trials of a new antimalarial drug were encouraging and paved…... More

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