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People who drink a moderate amount of coffee daily are less likely to develop clogged arteries that could lead to heart attacks, reveals research published online in Heart. Researchers from South Korea found that people consuming three to five cups a day had the least risk of coronary calcium in their arteries. There has been […]

A second Texas nurse infected with Ebola alerted U.S. health officials to her elevated temperature before flying from Cleveland to Dallas on a commercial airline. The nurse’s movements after helping care for the first Ebola patient to die in the U.S. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas increased the number of people potentially exposed

More and more teens appear to be spending their high school years in a fog. According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, nearly one in five U.S. students availed themselves of a hookah in the last year. The research suggests smoking from a hookah — essentially a water pipe that uses charcoal

Written By: Darren Rose Don’t get me wrong; it’s great to be yourself when it comes to dealing with the men in your life, or people in general, for that matter. Why should you pretend to be someone else? This can’t possibly lead to anything good now, can it? Well, it all depends on the

PRESS RELEASE 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 London — The UK support to the Global Fund is helping to bring healthcare to the doorstep of rural Ethiopians through the training and deployment of health extension workers. While women continue to bear the brunt of health problems globally, many women are leading the way – inspiring improvements in

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopians continue to eat raw meat at family and festive occasions despite health risks that include exposure to tapeworms, salmonella and E-coli. While most people are taught that eating raw meat is not good for you, the tradition persists in Ethiopia. Whenever there is something to celebrate — like a wedding, or

Worku Abebe (wazeleke@yahoo.com) September is a National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the US.  In recognition of the significance of this event in a number of other countries, this year’s Recovery Month is anticipated to go international.  The overall goal is to promote the benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and

A genetic phenomenon that allows for the selection of multiple genetic mutations that all lead to a similar outcome — for instance the ability to digest milk — has been characterised for the first time in humans. The phenomenon, known as a ‘soft selective sweep’, was described in the population of Ethiopia and reveals that

Submitted by Prakash Sharma on Sat, 08/24/2013 As per recent reports, it has been found that Ethiopia has found first polio case since 2008. It has been found that an 18-month-old boy from the Warder district has been infected with polio. The area is the one that borders Somalia. It is the place where 108 polio infections

When you make coffee with breakfast, or grab a to-go cup at a cafe before work, or raid your office’s break room for a cup in the afternoon, you’re probably not thinking about how scientists are studying it. So we’ll just tell you: Many studies have looked at the health effects of coffee, even though measuring

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