Mpox Spurs Scientific Revival of Traditional African Medicine
“The mpox crisis presents both a challenge and an opportunity to demonstrate the efficacy of African-led research and development models
Exercise slows tumor growth in mice by shifting glucose uptake to muscles
exercise can increase glucose and oxygen uptake in the skeletal and cardiac muscles, instead of allowing it to “feed” tumors.
Ghana gold exports bring in more revenue, but medicinal plants are dying
Sekina Ninikai, for example, sources medicinal plant species to treat ailments ranging from fever, jaundice and hypertension from forests
Understanding how dietary fiber improves metabolic health
For example, by checking how well someone’s gut bacteria clears fructose before the body absorbs it, we can choose the right prebiotic
Does Eating Sugar Cause Diabetes? – Revisiting a Popular Question
The popular belief that “sugar causes diabetes” oversimplifies a complex metabolic condition. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) develops primarily