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A study led by University of Warwick Professor Jianfeng Feng has found that regularly sleeping too little is associated with depression and brain loss in emotion areas, while sleeping too long is associated with cognitive decline and degenerative diseases.

Can a drug that’s used to treat malaria be repurposed to fight cancer? Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have secured a patent for the anti-malarial drug pyronaridine to do just that. Pyronaridine has been used to treat the mosquito-borne infectious disease for over 30 years.

CITIZENS First (CF) president Harry Kalaba has reiterated his call for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the United Nations, and other regional leaders to intensify efforts to curb the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mr Kalaba expressed concern over the rising number of deaths among both innocent civilians and combatants. […]

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Upcoming spring break trips will give the current measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico a chance to grow, making it particularly important for people who are behind on their shots to catch up now, Colorado’s state epidemiologist said.

A Texas health official is warning against “measles parties” as an outbreak grows in West Texas, resulting in the death of at least one unvaccinated school-aged child.

TWO Chinese nationals have been nabbed by police on the Copperbelt for operating a suspended mine on the Mufulira, Kitwe road. On February 2, the Mines Safety Department closed Rongxing Investment Company following a fatal accident and spillage of Acid into the Luela stream among other issues. However, it has been established that the mine […]

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A smartphone’s glow is often the first and last thing we see as we wake up in the morning and go to sleep at the end of the day. It is increasingly becoming an extension of our body that we struggle to part with. In a recent study in Computers in Human Behavior, scientists observed that staying away from smartphones can even change one’s brain chemistry.

Historically, the male body has been the default in scientific studies. Lab rats? Male. Test subjects? Men. This stark gender gap was a key focus at the Empowering Women through BrainHealth conference.

According to U.S. health officials, the number of acute respiratory illnesses causing people to seek medical care remains at a high level. Seasonal influenza activity, in particular, remains elevated across the country.

Research conducted across multiple institutions, including the University of Southern California, University of Hawaii, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported that healthier lifestyle and dietary behaviors after prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis were linked to improved survival.