If you are not getting enough vitamin B12 (also known as Cobalamin) then your health may be in trouble as Vitamin B12 plays a vital role in your overall health. For example vitamin B12: -Is…
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Jane Mukami’s quick tips to the perfect holiday body
Meet Jane Mukami, Kenya’s fitness sweetheart who’s changing lives one kilo at a time. After living in the US and working as an IT consultant for a good chunk of her life, Jane decided to…
Cardiac study raises questions about awareness in death
Some people may retain awareness after they have technically died, according to an unusual study published on Wednesday into hospital patients who went into deep cardiac arrest. Fifteen hospitals in Britain, Austria and the United…
Tobacco use linked to HPV, oral cancers
Cigarettes and other tobacco products increase the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted virus linked to mouth and throat cancer, according to a study released Tuesday. Oral human papillomavirus type 16, or HPV16, is found…
Jessica Alba shares fitness secret
Jessica Alba maintains her slim figure by running after her daughters. The ‘Sin City’ actress has revealed her secret to staying fit is to keep her children – Honor, six, and Haven, three – entertained…
7 Answers to your questions about breast cancer
by Professor Justus Apffelstaedt Have you recently found a lump in your breast? While it’s advisable to see a doctor, Professor Justus Apffelstaedt, Head of the Breast Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital, offers answers for the questions about…
Drinking beer ‘may be good for you’
A new study has suggested drinking beer may be good for you. Research conducted at Oregon State University has revealed Xanthohumol – which is found in beer – might actually help people in terms of…
Failing sense of smell strong predictor of death, study tells
A declining sense of smell in older people is a strong predictor of death within just five years, according to new research. Thirty-nine percent of study subjects who failed a simple smelling test died during…
Obesity risk rises if antibiotics given before age two
Kids who get treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics before age two face a higher risk of childhood obesity, said a US study on Monday. The research in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics…
Roche breast cancer drug ‘helps patients live longer’
A drug developed by Swiss giant Roche to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer has been shown to extend patients’ lives by almost 16 months, researchers said Sunday. Patients who took the new Perjeta…