Health & Fitness
Is peanut butter healthy?
September 2, 2017
Is peanut butter healthy?
Yes, peanut butter can be a nutritious diet staple, but some varieties are healthier than others. Peanut butter is rich…
Scores treated after mystery ‘chemical haze’ hits UK coast
August 28, 2017
Scores treated after mystery ‘chemical haze’ hits UK coast
A mysterious chemical haze that left scores of people on the English coast with streaming eyes, sore throats and breathing…
Study: 16 percent of physicians addicted to smoking in Egypt
August 27, 2017
Study: 16 percent of physicians addicted to smoking in Egypt
A study by the Egyptian General Association for Combating Smoking, Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases revealed a study that showed half…
Nepal outlaws menstruation huts, but what will take their place?
August 26, 2017
Nepal outlaws menstruation huts, but what will take their place?
Radhika Kami lives with her family of six in a traditional mud-and-brick house in a rural village in Nepal’s Kanchanpur…
Are energy bars healthy?
August 25, 2017
Are energy bars healthy?
Energy bars are a convenient source of nutrition and come in a wide variety of flavors to satisfy different palates.…
First Egyptian with down syndrome to cross English channel
August 11, 2017
First Egyptian with down syndrome to cross English channel
Mohamed al-Husseini is training to be the first Egyptian swimmer with down syndrome to cross the English channel, from the…
160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC
August 4, 2017
160 Egyptian villages to be free of FGM by 2022: NPC
The National Population Council’s (NPC) Anti-Circumcision National Program announced on Tuesday that over the next five years 160 villages will…
Thirty-million people to be screened for Hepatitis C by end of 2018: Health Minister
August 3, 2017
Thirty-million people to be screened for Hepatitis C by end of 2018: Health Minister
Egypt’s Health Minister Ahmed Emad Eddin said on Thursday that 30 million people are to be screened for the Hepatitis…
Sperm count in the western world is half what it was in the 1970s: new research
July 26, 2017
Sperm count in the western world is half what it was in the 1970s: new research
If the methodology and extrapolations are correct in a new analysis published Tuesday, and it appears they are, then the…
Only 1% of Egyptians donate blood a year
July 24, 2017
Only 1% of Egyptians donate blood a year
Currently the percentage of blood donors in Egypt is only about 1 percent of the total population, well below the…