Health

Pints to pills: how New Zealand hops can fight obesity

Calocurb, a New Zealand dietary supplement made from hop flowers, has delivered impressive clinical study results, according to some weight-loss experts

PICTORIAL: Lagos shuts six steel firms over environmental violations

The Punch

PICTORIAL: Lagos shuts six steel firms over environmental violations

Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed six steel firms in Ikorodu for environmental violations, posing threats to public health. Read More…

The Punch

Vaccination a great early Christmas present, expert says

A senior doctor is urging people to get vaccinated, even if it means paying for it, as winter illnesses spread.

With rapid Ebola aid, China shows itself a reliable partner of Africa

South China Morning Post

With rapid Ebola aid, China shows itself a reliable partner of Africa

When Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), met Jiang Feng, head of China’s mission to the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in mid-July, the message was practical. They signed…

South China Morning Post

Men four times as likely to go undiagnosed with eating disorders

Men four times as likely to go undiagnosed with eating disorders

About 365,000 men across Australia are living with an eating disorder, but they face a system still dismissing them.

BBC

US mother's mental health was getting 'worse and worse' before her children's murders, ex-husband says

Prosecutors say Lindsay Clancy "knew exactly what she was doing" and made a "calculated" decision to kill the three small children.

BBC

Woman allegedly cuts boyfriend’s private organ in Kano hotel

Woman allegedly cuts boyfriend’s private organ in Kano hotel

‎ The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, Maimunatu Idris, of Maigatari Local Government Area in Jigawa State, for allegedly attacking her boyfriend and severing his manhood at Durbar Hotel, Badawa, Kano. ‎ ‎Police…

Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questions

Free Speech Union attacks reporter for asking minister questions

The Free Speech Union ‒ which exists to defend free speech ‒ has attacked a journalist for asking Health Minister Simeon Brown questions over email.

Doctor at centre of free speech row appointed to Medical Council

Doctor at centre of free speech row appointed to Medical Council

Dr Manoja Kalupahana has been appointed by Health Minister Simeon Brown to the statutory body responsible for regulating New Zealand's 20,000 doctors.

UK couple finds hidden room in century-old home, discovers £1,000+ cash in rusty tin

Times of India

UK couple finds hidden room in century-old home, discovers £1,000+ cash in rusty tin

A couple in the United Kingdom got the surprise of their lives after discovering a hidden bricked-up room in the cellar of their century-old home, only to find stacks of cash buried beneath piles of coal. Luisa, 34, and her husband Dan…

Times of India

Hunger Threatening Nigeria’s Future, monarch Tells FG

Hunger Threatening Nigeria’s Future, monarch Tells FG

The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Saka Matemilola, has said hunger among schoolchildren poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s future, blaming the failure of the Federal Government’s school feeding programme on poor implementation rather than…

Lifesaving or experimental? The fraught debate over puberty blockers

Lifesaving or experimental? The fraught debate over puberty blockers

The fierce debate over puberty blockers has become a collision of science and politics. To try to address a fractured consensus, the federal government is attempting to lay the groundwork for a national standard.