A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from eastern, …
Written by Maria Yetano Roche and Temilade Sesan Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases …
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Julia Liu – Professor of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine and RaKetra Snipes Physician Assistant in Gastroenterology, Morehouse School of Medicine Clinical trial participants are predominantly white. Despite Black and Hispanic …
Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to …
One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous dimensions: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. These can manifest in stunting …
Alessandro Ossola – Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global …
Ivan Martinez – Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University Lisa D. Tinsley – KISA Public Media In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical …
Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s …
Monica Dus – Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that …