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Two energy drinks a day can harm your heart, study finds

Two energy drinks a day can harm your heart, study finds

New research, presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association, has highlighted the negative effects of energy drinks on…
New range of serious fetal abnormalities linked to Zika: study

New range of serious fetal abnormalities linked to Zika: study

Fetuses in 29 percent of pregnant women with Zika virus infection were found to have a range of severe abnormalities,…
Floating school in Lagos lagoon brings hope to Nigerian slum-on-stilts

Floating school in Lagos lagoon brings hope to Nigerian slum-on-stilts

Makoko, a vast slum of houses on stilts in a Lagos lagoon, now boasts a new school — pyramid-shaped, floating…
‘Miss or Madam’: Tackling societal discrimination against unmarried women

‘Miss or Madam’: Tackling societal discrimination against unmarried women

“We don’t have girls who live alone,” these are words consistently uttered to unmarried women, usually followed by the phrase,…
Children’s council running anti-school violence campaign

Children’s council running anti-school violence campaign

The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood has launched a campaign to raise awareness against violence at schools, its general…
From street food to fine dining in Lagos

From street food to fine dining in Lagos

An ambitious restaurant in Lagos is setting out to elevate Nigerian street food staples to fine dining, tapping into a…
Self-heating coat, one giant step for fashion-kind

Self-heating coat, one giant step for fashion-kind

On the day an astronaut returned to Earth after 340 days in space, Paris fashion took another small step for…
Happiness can break your heart, doctors say

Happiness can break your heart, doctors say

Joyful events – the birth of a child, a big win by your team – can trigger a dangerous condition…
A cup of tea a day could keep heart disease at bay

A cup of tea a day could keep heart disease at bay

A US study has found that tea drinkers enjoying a daily cuppa could be 35 percent less likely to suffer…
More evidence that aspirin lowers cancer risk: study

More evidence that aspirin lowers cancer risk: study

​People who take aspirin regularly have a significantly lower risk of cancer, particularly involving the colon and gastrointestinal tract, according…
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