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South African daffodils may be a future cure for depression

South African daffodils may be a future cure for depression

Scientists have discovered that plant compounds from a South African flower may in time be used to treat diseases originating in the brain – including depression.

Tanzania’s Zanzibar Hospital To Offer Cancer Treatment

Tanzania’s Zanzibar Hospital To Offer Cancer Treatment

Tanzania’s Mnazi Mmoja General Hospital located in Zanzibar on the south side of stone town, is soon to offer citizens cancer treatment in order to save residents of the Island from travelling all the way to India for cancer treatments.

Detoxification and Its Health Benefits (Detox)

Detoxification and Its Health Benefits (Detox)

The health benefits of regular detoxification are exponential. This is because one of the foremost benefits that an individual will gain from a good detox is a dramatic increase in daily energy.

50-year cholera bacteria mystery solved by Biologists

50-year cholera bacteria mystery solved by Biologists

For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved due to a research by biologists at The University of Texas at Austin.

Top 5 Healthy Spices For Cooking (Health Benefits)

Top 5 Healthy Spices For Cooking (Health Benefits)

There are top healthy spices every cook should have in the kitchen – especially if cooking a meal with healing powers and health benefits. Here on InformAfrica, we are going to inform the world about the following top five healthy spices perfect for cooking a delicious meal.

Passive Smoking Is A Silent Baby Killer

Passive Smoking Is A Silent Baby Killer

Children who are exposed to passive smoking also known as secondhand smoke may experience the damaging effects well into adulthood, say scientists.

Antibodies that stops HIV virus found in Malawi mothers breast milk

Antibodies that stops HIV virus found in Malawi mothers breast milk

Researchers from Duke University isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi, and discovered that the B cells in breast milk can generate neutralizing antibodies that may inhibit the virus that causes AIDS. Learn more.

Fake malaria drugs common in Africa, Asia

Fake malaria drugs common in Africa, Asia

More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said Tuesday.

Benefits of Eating Fish: Omega 3 Fatty Acids Reduces Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease

Benefits of Eating Fish: Omega 3 Fatty Acids Reduces Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease

Eating fish and other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.