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Health Check: three reasons why sleep is important for your health
Many of us don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis. It might be due to a sleep disorder, busy…
Silicosis: why African miners' fight for compensation is a just one
Mining giants Anglo American South Africa and AngloGold Ashanti have agreed to pay R464 million to more than 4400 miners…
Scans and DNA tests reveal the secrets of a rare African mummy
He lay alone in a shallow grave at the base of a cliff for hundreds of years. Then, in 2008,…
Why I Fear Some of Africa’s New Medical Graduates
Early this year as I was returning from Makurdi to Gboko in Nigeria, I met a new medical and anatomy…
Antony Nganga Needs your help for his liver transplant
Mr Nganga needs Sh8 million to undergo a liver transplant in India. He narrated on Facebook how his woes…
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Marijuana May Help Cancer Patients, But Questions Remain
Marijuana could potentially help cancer patients who have nausea or pain, and could possibly even be used as a treatment…
Marijuana May Help Cancer Patients, But Questions Remain
Marijuana could potentially help cancer patients who have nausea or pain, and could possibly even be used as a treatment…
Open verdict at inquest into pregnant woman's death
The jury in the inquest into the death of a pregnant mother-of-two, who was maintained on life support for…
Interactive body map: what really gives you cancer?
There’s abundant advice out there on what you should or shouldn’t eat, drink, swallow, or stand next to, to avoid…
'Epilepsy Not Contagious'
Contrary to the general belief that epilepsy is contagious, the Medical Director of Federal Neuropsychiatric hospital in Kaduna, Dr. Taiwo…
