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cancer – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Sun, 24 May 2015 13:30:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg cancer – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 African Healthcare: Diabetes, Cancer, Other NCDs Catch up with Malaria http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/african-healthcare-ncd-non-communicable-diseases Sun, 24 May 2015 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11728 It is no longer malaria and tuberculosis. In the past, the two diseases dominated any healthcare conversation when the subject was about Africa. Times have changed. Today, diabetes, cancer, and heart  and respiratory diseases are emerging as the top killers in Africa. Though infectious diseases remain a threat, the trendline is changing due to the …

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]]> Daily Aspirin Blocks Bowel Cancer http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/daily-aspirin-blocks-bowel-cancer Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:28:31 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=10229 A daily dose of aspirin should be given to people at high risk of bowel cancer, say scientists.

Two pills a day for two years reduced the incidence of bowel cancer by 63% in a group of 861 at-risk patients, a study reported in The Lancet said.

Newcastle University's Prof Sir John Burn, who led the study, said the evidence "seems overwhelmingly strong".

Other experts said the findings added to a growing body of proof that aspirin could be used in the fight on cancer.

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]]> Cause of Hypoglycaemia Found, Say Researchers http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/causehypoglycaemia-found-say-researchers Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:49:54 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9949 The cause of a rare and severe form of hypoglycaemia – or very low levels of sugar in the blood – is genetic, say researchers. The life-threatening condition means the body does not have enough energy to function. Scientists at the University of Cambridge say mutations in the AKT2 gene are to blame. Writing in …

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]]> Lighting Up in the Morning and Cancer http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/smoking-breakfask-and-cancer Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:00:32 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9500 People who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day, say US researchers. A study of 7,610 smokers, published in the journal Cancer, said the effect was independent of other smoking habits. Smoking in the first 30 minutes after waking …

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]]> Mobiles ‘May Cause Brain Cancer’, WHO http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/carcinogenicmobiles-may-cause-brain-cancer http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/carcinogenicmobiles-may-cause-brain-cancer#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 21:07:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8951 The World Health Organization's cancer research agency says mobile phones are "possibly carcinogenic".

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/carcinogenicmobiles-may-cause-brain-cancer/feed 1 Coffee Cuts Cancer in Men, Shut up and Sip Your Thing http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/coffee-cuts-cancer-in-men-shut-up-and-sip-your http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/coffee-cuts-cancer-in-men-shut-up-and-sip-your#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 23:36:27 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8835 Coffee has been linked to a reduced risk of dying from prostate cancer in a study of nearly 50,000 US men. Those who drank six or more cups a day were found to be 20% less likely to develop any form of the disease – which is the most common cancer in men. They were …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/coffee-cuts-cancer-in-men-shut-up-and-sip-your/feed 1 Smart Steps to Healthy Living http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/healthy-living-improving-healt http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/healthy-living-improving-healt#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:12:01 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=7475 Whether rich or poor, many people fail to see the link between their habits and their health. They may regard enjoying good health as a matter of chance or something over which they have little control. Such a fatalistic view holds many back from improving their health and leading a more productive life. In reality, …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/healthy-living-improving-healt/feed 1 Bothered by pain? Consider a trip to Zambia, say John Hopkins researchers http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/bothered-by-pain-consider-a-trip-to-zambia-say-john-hopkins-researchers http://www.talkafrique.com/science-and-technology/bothered-by-pain-consider-a-trip-to-zambia-say-john-hopkins-researchers#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:05:08 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=1428 Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, U.S, have reported on a new study that will surely gladden the heart of the Zambian Ministry of Tourism. The conclusion of the study? Simply gazing at the amazing images of Victoria Falls on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border is enough to reduce the feeling of pain for many patients …

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