follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA Achieving Health Equity by Design April 14, 2015 Disparities in health outcomes by race and ethnicity and by income status are persistent and difficult to reduce. For more than a decade, infant mortality rates have been 2 to 3 times higher among African American populations, rates of potentially preventable hospitalization […]
Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Medical experts have hailed a malaria vaccine that will prevent millions of young children from catching the disease, which could be available in October after trial results found that it reduces number of cases by half. Researchers say the vaccine, which has just completed the final stages of testing, could
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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork JAMA April 14, 2015 The Health of Young African American Men Deaths in Ferguson, Missouri; New York City; Sanford, Florida; and other areas have focused international attention on young African American men. In a recent campaign, young African American men draw attention to key overlooked facts that describe their demographic: 1
Follow us on Twitter@GoAfricaNetwork Around 600,000 people die from malaria every year. The vast majority of these deaths occur in Africa, where female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting malaria between people. Current mosquito control methods, which include insecticide-covered bed nets and indoor insecticide spraying, have dramatically reduced malaria transmission in many communities. But
follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork February 24, 2015 A Finnish study found daily saunas protect middle-aged men against heart attacks. Men’s Fitness MEN’S FITNESS The Finnish are clearly onto something. Though the Angry Birds ship has sailed—we feel your deep-seeded jealousy toward Rovio’s genius, too—you can jump on Finland’s health bandwagon by stepping into a
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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork MEN’S FITNESS Studies show that laughter improves memory. Laughter is great not just for your mood, but for your gray matter, says a new study out of Loma Linda U., where a group of adults who watched a funny video for 30 minutes did better on unrelated short-term-memory tests afterward than
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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork I’m always excited when an experienced team from the consumer mobile world crosses over into a complex and formidable area like healthcare or biotech. With Color Genomics, we’re getting just that. Elad Gil and Othman Laraki, who sold Mixer Labs to Twitter six years ago and went on to oversee search,
Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork A prototype of a low-cost X-ray machine designed for hospitals in developing countries has been unveiled in Switzerland. The GlobalDiagnostiX device, which will cost around US$50,000, was developed at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EFPL). This total includes maintenance costs for ten years, making it around ten times
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follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Say pilsner and black beer is most effective Can halve the amount of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which have been linked to colorectal cancer As barbecue season approaches, researchers have discovered an unlikely ingredient that could improve the safety of your meat – letting it swill in beer. They say that
follow us on twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Medical Daily Dec 10, 2014 02:21 PM Turmeric is a main spice in curry — it’s a yellow-colored, bitter-tasting ginger root that can also be quite medicinal. Turmeric has been used to treat arthritis, heartburn, stomach issues, and diarrhea, among other things throughout human history — but now researchers
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