health

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Mona, 17, used to manage intense period pain by making hot drinks, swaddling herself in blankets and knocking back painkillers. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Patients with aggressive, incurable cancers saw their tumours stop growing after they began taking a twice-a-day tablet.  Read More  

Reading Time: < 1 minute High levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene were detected in several acne treatments from brands including Clinique and Clearasil, independent lab experts found. …

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yulia Navalnaya shared a handwritten letter from the parents of the late Alexei Navalny. They expressed their gratitude to everyone who paid…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Young people are more likely to be out of work because of ill health than people in their early 40s, a report…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hundreds of primary schools could be forced to close by the end of the decade because of a dramatic fall in the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Middle-aged adults are six times more likely to be obese if both their parents were at the same time in life, a…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Njeri Migwi’s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women seeking help to escape life-threatening situations.  Read More