Tag: Research
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Women’s Health Week Must Focus On Research
Women’s health is tied directly to the health and wealth of our country, our workforce, and our economy. During Women’s Health Week 2022, Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) Founder and CEO Carolee Lee says we must make women’s health research funding matter more! Research Should be Top of Women’s Health Week Agenda This Women’s Health…
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Had Your Coffee Too Close To Bedtime…Here’s How To Fix It
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Clinical Trial Investigates Phela Plant-Based Treatment For COVID-19
South Africa, 23 March 2022: An exciting new clinical trial on a plant-based PHELA to treat COVID-19 has been announced. The Department of Pharmacology at the University of the Free State (UFS in South Africa) and FARMOVS have teamed up to conduct the trial. It will be the first South African Health Products Regulatory Authority…
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Be Careful With Your Iron Intake, It May Age You
We all know that iron is an essential element for virtually all living organisms. However, a recent research study published in Aging, suggests that controlling iron stores is important as iron may age you. Iron accumulates with aging Iron accumulates with age; it is associated with many age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s…
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The 20 Young African Women in Science You Need To Know About
It’s a stone cold hard fact that women in science are grossly underrepresented the world over, but especially in Africa. This situation has been made even more challenging by the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a recent study by the British Medical Journal has revealed that among more than 2,000 articles published since the beginning of…
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Alexandra Palt On Why Science Needs More Women
Alexandra Palt is the Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer at L’Oréal and Executive Vice-President of the Fondation L’Oréal. She spoke to Longevity’s publishing director, Gisèle Wertheim Aymés, in Kigali, Rwanda, about the recent For Women in Science Young Talents Awards 2021 and why science needs more women. The For Women in Science Awards were launched 23 years ago. In…
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For Women In Science Young Talent Awards Places African Scientists Center Stage
Kigali, 25th November 2021: Tonight the Fondation L’Oréal and UNESCO will reveal the laureates of the 12th edition of the For Women in Science Young Talents Award for Sub-Saharan Africa. This program rewards twenty young African women scientists for the excellence of their research. For the 2021 edition, the 15 PhD students and 5 postdoctoral…
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6 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Getting Plastic Surgery
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NIH Invests $470 million In A Long Covid Study
Long Covid can be extremely debilitating and long-term for sufferers. The most common symptoms of Long Covid include pain, headaches, fatigue, “brain fog,” shortness of breath, anxiety, depression, fever, chronic cough, and sleep problems. Now, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a project to get to grips with it. The NIH has…
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The Biggest South African Medicinal Cannabis Trial Is Underway
20th August 2021. South Africa. The biggest cannabis medicinal trial in South Africa is conducted by a research facility called BioData.The trial is being led by Dr. Shiksha Gallow as the principal investigator. In this week’s Business of Health Gisele Wertheim Aymes spoke to Dr. Shiksha Gallow, the Medical Director of BioData about this groundbreaking…