Food system transformation needed for human and planetary health
Nearly a billion people around the world are going hungry, and nearly two billion are undermining their health by eating too much of the...
For disease risk, is it genes or the environment? Probably both
It’s a question that has long intrigued epidemiologists: How much of a role do genes play in the onset of diseases and how much...
A look back at Nigeria’s success in battling AIDS
Nigeria is home to one of the world’s largest populations of people living with HIV. And while health care workers in the country are often...
A lifesaving therapy—and the researcher who helped launch it
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT)—a mixture of water, sugar, and salt that is remarkably effective at rehydrating people with cholera or other diarrheal diseases—is credited with saving...
Smoking, excessive intake of alcohol increase risk of colon cancer – Expert warns
Dr Ehiatamah Ehinomem, an Oncologist with National Hospital, Abuja, has advised Nigerians to avoid smoking and indulging in excessive intake of alcohol to reduce...
