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Over 12% of South African adults have diabetes - education is critical to achieve good outcomes
Type 2 diabetes mostly affects adults of a certain age. Shutterstock Patrick Ngassa Piotie, University of Pretoria Over 12% of…
Nigerians with vitiligo face stigma – a skin doctor calls for better support
Getty Images Umar Abdullahi, Ahmadu Bello University Vitiligo – a disease which causes pale patches to develop on the skin…
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund
shutterstock. Kaushik Ramaiya, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41…
Female genital mutilation rates peak in Kenya during school holidays – an alternative option offers a solution
A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Tammary Esho, Amref International University (AMIU)…
Cannabis: how it affects our cognition and psychology – new research
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Drug addiction in South Africa: what was learned from six young men recovering from opioids
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Why does the Alzheimer’s brain become insulin-resistant?
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How to prevent missing person incidents for seniors living with dementia
Missing person calls involving an individual with dementia increased by between 10 and 50 per cent across all Ontario regions…
Chronic pain: An invisible disease whose sufferers are unfairly stigmatized
Even though chronic pain is recognized by scientists as a disease in its own right, it remains largely under-recognized, under-diagnosed…
Beyond vaccine hesitancy: Understanding systemic barriers to getting vaccinated
Throughout the pandemic, much discussion about COVID-19 transmission focused on individual-level decisions, making it easy to blame the unvaccinated. (Pixabay)…
