By: Dr. Peter Ikre The landmark legislation was signed into law on the 23rd of March, 2010 by the first black president of the U. S., Barack Hussein Obama. The event climaxed many years of efforts by previous administrations to establish a health insurance framework that took into consideration the interests of teeming millions of […]
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By David Longworth, MD You just waited two hours for a doctor who’s running late. Once in the office, the doctor zips through a jargon-filled speech, orders a test, writes a prescription and sends you on your way. You leave in a cloud of confusion, realizing that you never even asked a question. Don’t accept […]
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Most Americans spend at least a portion of every day trying to prevent body odor—showering, applying deodorant and even sniffing their armpits to detect any trace of an off-putting smell. For most people, body odor is completely normal; it’s the simple result of the interaction between sweat and bacteria on a person’s skin. “Body odor […]
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Slather that steak in a stout, pair that pork chop with a porter—all in the name of good health. Beer marinades are actually an effective way of reducing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a group of carcinogenic compounds that form on grilled meat when fats and juices interact with an open flame, finds a […]
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Kate Shuttleworth, Dimona, Israel The so-called African Hebrews in Jerusalem have struggled to gain acceptance in Israeli society despite the fact that many of them were born in the country. Some of their customs and practices are frowned upon. Sitting in a shared community space in Dimona, a central Israeli city in the middle of […]
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By Kwabena Opong President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on February 24 signed into law an anti-gay bill recently passed by the East African country’s law makers and President Barack Obama is riled. The bill comes in the wake of similar laws that were passed in Nigeria and Cameroon Republic among other African countries, as well […]
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Nigeria has “rebased” its gross domestic product (GDP) data, which has pushed it above South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy. Nigerian GDP now includes previously uncounted industries like telecoms, information technology, music, online sales, airlines, and film production. GDP for 2013 totalled 80.3 trillion naira (£307.6bn: $509.9bn), the Nigerian statistics office said. That compares […]
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Ghanaian Political Historian Mike Ocquaye has argued that homosexuals are “sick” people who need “psychotic” treatment. He said gays must therefore stop fighting for their “deviant” behaviour to be accepted in society as normal. “It has persistently been argued that homosexuality should be accepted because some men and women are born with hormonal and other […]
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by SETH BORENSTEIN, The Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — If the world doesn’t cut pollution of heat-trapping gases, the already noticeable harms of global warming could spiral “out of control,” the head of a United Nations scientific panel warned Monday. And he’s not alone. The Obama White House says it is taking this new […]
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A new study estimates that 12 percent of land will be subject to drought by 2100 through rainfall changes alone; but the drying will spread to 30 percent of land if higher evaporation rates are considered. An increase in evaporative drying means that even regions expected to get more rain, including important wheat, corn and […]
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