A diet that includes three daily servings of whole grains appears to help people live longer, including by reducing the rates of death from heart disease and cancer, according to findings released Monday. For…
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Zebrafish offers hope for spinal cord repair
The Zebrafish, which can completely regenerate its severed spinal cord, might hold promise for research into tissue repair in humans, researchers said Thursday. Scientists are looking at one protein in particular that is key to…
A Sh12,000 condom has been helping couples have children
A £100 (Sh12,000) condom has been developed to help couples have children. The device – called The Stork – uses a condom-like sheath to collect sperm which is then transferred into the female by using…
WHO urges curbs on online food marketing to children
Governments must do more to protect children from sophisticated online methods used to market unhealthy foods to them, the World Health Organization in Europe said in a report released Friday. By using digital analytics and…
Explosion in cancer deaths among women forecast
Two reports have warned of an explosion in cancer deaths among women, with a toll, mainly from breast cancer, of some 5.5 million per year by 2030 — roughly the population of Denmark. This represented…
Alcohol’s cancer toll revealed
Alcohol consumption caused more than 700,000 new cancer cases and around 366,000 cancer deaths in 2012, mainly in rich countries, according to data reported Wednesday to the World Cancer Congress in Paris. Comparing the cancer…
Cancer ‘to kill 5.5 million women a year by 2030’
Cancer will kill 5.5 million women — about the population of Denmark — per year by 2030, a near 60-percent increase in less than two decades, a report said Tuesday. As the global population grows…
5 Tips on Dieting and Working Out | Our2Cents
Let’s face it, working out and dieting may not always be the most exciting thing you’ve got on your to-do list but we can’t deny its importance in our lives. In this episode, Sharon and…
#Mythbuster: No carbs at night? Think again
Originally published on NutriEats.com The ‘Carbs at Night’ Myth keeps cropping up and NutriEats is laying it to bed forever! Some people are under the impression that eating carbs at night will lead to…
Some breastfeeding advice worth ditching: US task force
A review of scientific evidence on breastfeeding out Tuesday found that some long-held advice is worth ditching, including that babies should avoid pacifiers and moms should breastfeed exclusively in the first days after birth. Individual…