People pay thousands of dollars to this Russian firm to store their brain when they die.. in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring them back to life.
When Alexei Voronenkov’s 70-year-old mother passed away,...
A team comprising of 78 medics in Nigeria has successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins. The sisters – Goodness and Mercy Martins – are now well enough to return home.
The team consisting of pharmacists, perioperative, anaesthetics dermatologists, paediatricians, plastic surgeons,...
People with high financial stress are 13 times more likely to suffer a heart attack, while the odds are nearly six times greater for people dealing with work stress, a new study finds.
To conduct their study, Researchers at the...
A new study has found some rather disturbing links between hair dyes, relaxers and breast cancer in black women.
According to the research published by the Journal of Cancer, hair dyes and chemical straighteners have hormone-disrupting compounds and carcinogens which...
HIV/AIDS remains a major public health concern and the main cause of death in the world despite efforts to control the disease.
What is also worrying is that since the epidemic’s beginning, Africans have been disproportionately affected by the disease...
The world's first Ebola vaccine has been approved, a critical move that opens the door for its use in African countries at high risk for the infectious disease.
The drug called, Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals had until now...
Shorter people are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study published Tuesday.
Each additional 10 centimetres in height translates into a 41 percent smaller chance of contracting the disease in men and a 33 percent...
A large scientific study into the biological basis of sexual behavior has confirmed there is no single “gay gene” but that a complex mix of genetics and environment affects whether a person has same-sex sexual partners.
The research, conducted at...
The ongoing Ebola epidemic in Central Africa is the second worst outbreak of the virus in human history. First appearing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018, the virus has proved difficult to contain due to continuing...
Data released recently by the World Health Organization shows that South African consumers of alcohol are some of the heaviest drinkers in the world, despite relatively high levels of abstinence in the population.
The WHO’s most recent data tracked levels...
