Jihan Abass: Kenyan woman to represent Africa at world InsureTech Connect 2020

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Jihan Abass, a 26-year-old Kenyan woman, who set up the country’s first digital car insurance agency, has been picked to represent Africa at the wor...

Griffin Insurance , Jihann Abass , Lami

PROFILE: Eugene Mbugua talks creating 11 TV shows and being a renegade

By Ian Omondi,

Eugene Mbugua studied at USIU-A where he majored in Television Production and minored in Print Media. He graduated a day after his first TV show �...

COVID-19 , Documentary & Reality TV , Eugene Mbugua , Sol Family , Young Rich

Exercising before breakfast burns more fat

By Girlie Kendi,

Exercising before breakfast burns more fat. This is because it will force the body to use the carbohydrates that were stored in the body when you w...

exercise

Ultra-processed foods are easy, cheap and could be killing you

By CNN,

"Ultra-processed" describes many foods, including pre-prepared dishes found in grocery store freezers, packaged baked goods, dehydrated soups, ice cre...

Ultra processed foods are easy, cheap and could be killing you

By CNN,

"Ultra Processed" describes many foods, including pre-prepared dishes found in grocery store freezers, packaged baked goods, dehydrated soups, ice cre...

Cardiovascular disease , Ultra Processed Foods

Morning exercise, short breaks from sitting lower high blood pressure

By Reuters,

Combining 30 minutes of morning exercise with short walking breaks throughout the day may help control blood pressure, an Australian study suggests. ...

low blood pressure

Healthy diets may not work depending on your body

By Agencies,

When two people follow the same weight-loss diet to the letter, but one fails to lose weight, the problem might be their bodies’ different responses...

body type , health , healthy diets , weight loss

Delayed newborn baths tied to higher breastfeeding rates

By Reuters,

Newborns who don’t get baths right away may be more likely to be exclusively breastfed than infants who get whisked away to be washed soon after del...

breastfeeding

Eating lots of meat tied to higher risk of liver disease

By Reuters,

People who eat a lot of animal protein may be more likely to have excessive fat in their livers and a higher risk of liver disease than individuals wh...

liver disease

Are we eating our way to disease, disability and death?

By Citizen,

There is an adage within the cancer community that any public lecture on cancer must have a generous serving of food, politics and science. Cancer ...

diet , disease , eating , food

Rotavirus vaccination tied to lower rates of type 1 diabetes

By Reuters,

Young kids who receive the rotavirus vaccine may be less likely to develop type 1 diabetes than children who don’t get this routine childhood vaccin...

intussusception. , RotaShield , Rotavirus , Type 1diabetes

New ‘planetary health diet’ can save lives and the planet, major review suggests

By CNN,

An international team of scientists has developed a diet it says can improve health while ensuring sustainable food production to reduce further damag...

Planetary health diet

Even when families have issues, eating together can improve teen diets

By Reuters,

Teens whose families eat dinner together are more likely to make healthy food choices, even when kids and parents have issues with communicating and c...

teenagers diet

The fruits and veggies that could poison you

By CNN,

Ther are some fruits and veges around the world that are natural-born killers. Here are some of the examples. Unripe lychees contain toxins that ca...

cassava , fruits , lychee , poison , potato , red kidney bean , sugarcane , VEGETABLES

Study on how to soothe babies when in distress

By Reuters,

When getting their infants vaccinated, mothers were more likely to use proven techniques to ease babies’ pain, if they had been taught on how to do ...

Anna Taddio , Hospital for Sick Children

Fertility rates cut in half since 1950-but the population is still growing

By CNN,

The world's total fertility rates has been cut in half since 1950, but the population is still rising, according to a study published Thursday in The ...

author Dr.Christopher Murray , Dr.James Kiarie , Fertility rate

Plants and extreme fitness: How one man added years to his life

By CNN,

Three years ago, Khaled Al-Suwaidi, now 35, received advice that changed his life forever. He was warned that he might not live much longer. Origin...

diet , exercise , Fitness , health , Khaled Al-Suwaidi

Diabetes drugs less affordable, less available in lower income countries

By Reuters,

People who live in low-income and middle-income countries may have a harder time finding and affording essential diabetes drugs than residents of weal...

Diabetes , insulin , metformin

Women with diabetes have higher cancer risk than men

By Reuters,

People with diabetes are more likely to develop certain cancers than those without the condition, and a new analysis suggests that the increased risk ...

cancer , Diabetes , obesity

Women’s letters to younger selves aim to boost girls’ confidence

By CNN,

How often do you think how different your life would be if you knew, when you were a teenager, what you know now? I often think of myself, leaving ...

Donna Orender , teenager , WOWsdom book