1 in 6 Nigerian youths faces mental health challenge, experts warn
… As YEDI, Grassroot Soccer take mental health awareness to Mushin communityBy Chioma Obinna Concerned by the growing burden of mental health challenges among young people and widespread misconceptions surrounding the condition, health experts have called for early help-seeking, community-based interventions and stronger collaboration between health professionals, families and religious institutions.They spoke during a community […]
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.
