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Life Style / Wellness

Eating walnuts daily lowers heart disease risk 02 May 2019 - 12:16 pm
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South Africa's failing health system in spotlight ahead of vote 01 May 2019 - 08:26 pm
In this file photograph taken on April 24, 2014, a pedestrian walks by the community centre at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in the South African landmark township of Soweto. AFP/Mujahid Safodien
Sugar 'not necessary' for good cup of tea 29 Apr 2019 - 11:07 am
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Romania hoping for Brexit healthcare dividend 28 Apr 2019 - 08:24 pm
Romanian surgeons and assistant personnel are pictured inside an operation room during medical procedures at the local hospital in the eastern town of Slobozia March 27, 2019.  AFP / Daniel Mihailescu
Body can adapt to occasional short-term overeating 27 Apr 2019 - 04:17 pm
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7-second of 'Spiderman' clip can lower spider phobia 25 Apr 2019 - 10:35 am
Still from the movie Spiderman:Homecoming.
Just 16-minute sleep loss daily can hamper your job 24 Apr 2019 - 10:38 am
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Mediterranean diet prevents overeating: Study 23 Apr 2019 - 03:07 pm
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Stubbed out: Japan university stops hiring smoking professors 23 Apr 2019 - 12:11 pm
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Donkeys deliver vaccines in Mali as diseases spike with violence 19 Apr 2019 - 10:58 pm
Mamadou Kassé, a vaccinator at the Sofara community health center, travels by donkey cart with vaccines to reach Kankelena village in Mopti region, Mali, March 15, 2019. UNICEF handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war 19 Apr 2019 - 05:48 pm
A mother and her sick son wait for treatment at the Udier primary health and care center supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Udier, in the Upper Nile region, on March 7, 2019.  AFP / Simon Maina
Scientists revive brain function in dead animals; could help treat strokes, heart attacks 18 Apr 2019 - 05:38 pm
Authors of the US-based study said their research could one day be used to help treat victims of heart attacks and strokes and unravel the mysteries of brain trauma. Reuters file photo/Denis Balibouse
Easy way discovered to curb desire to smoke 17 Apr 2019 - 09:42 am
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New limbs, new life for South Sudan amputees 16 Apr 2019 - 06:50 pm
Laytol, 5, walks with the use of a new prosthetic limb at the physical rehabilitation centre run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Juba on March 12, 2019. AFP/Simon Maina
Taking short breaks may help learn new skills better 16 Apr 2019 - 02:47 pm
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Filipina domestic worker fired after cancer diagnosis gets compensation in Hong Kong 15 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
Baby Jane Allas (C), a 38-year-old mother of five Filipina domestic worker who was sacked after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer leaves with family members and supporters after a hearing at the Labour Tribunal in Hong Kong on April 15, 2019, which o
Artificial Intelligence test pinpoints more cancers targeted by Astra, Glaxo drugs 15 Apr 2019 - 09:24 pm
A cancer patient poses with CT scan images of his intestine at a hotel room where he stays near the Peking Union hospital in Beijing, April 6, 2016. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Crude oil touted as health cure in Azerbaijan 12 Apr 2019 - 06:54 pm
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres from Baku, on March 21, 2019.  AFP / Mladen Antonov