3.5m missing births:: How hospitals can close Nigeria’s registration gap
… Experts add: Register them where they are bornBy Chioma Obinna The first cry came, then the rush of hands. A newborn baby girl had just entered the world. While nurses attended to the mother and cleaned the baby, Emmanuel Joseph was already thinking beyond the excitement of fatherhood. He wanted his daughter to exist […]
Even gentle exercise helps prevent breast cancer
Walking for just an hour a day can more than halve a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, a study has shown. Women who walk regularly and take further gentle exercise for at least an hour a week are 55 per cent more likely to reduce the risk of a tumour than those who never work out.
Twin sisters joined at forehead face risky separation surgery
Joy and Joyce Magsino, 10, born as conjoined twins attached at the forehead face certain death if they are separated. But their family is desperate for them to be separated despite the risk.
Dancing can reverse signs of brain ageing
Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain — an area that controls memory, learning and balance.
Discovered: Best heart drug since statins
Thousands of lives could be saved thanks to a new heart drug hailed as the biggest breakthrough since statins.
Four coffees a day ‘cuts the risk of dying early by two thirds’
Drinking four cups of coffee a day significantly cuts the chance of an early death, research suggests. A study of 20,000 people found heavy consumption cut the risk of dying young by up to two thirds.
