High cost of living online: Social media use is associated with high risk of anxiety and depression
To be online is to be constantly exposed. While it may seem normal, it’s a level of exposure we’ve never dealt with before as human beings. We’re posting on Twitter, and people we’ve never met are responding with their thoughts and criticisms. People are looking at your latest Instagram selfie....
United Kingdom doctors discover new blood group after baby dies of brain haemorrhage
The unborn baby was in trouble. Its mother’s doctors, at a UK hospital, knew there was something wrong with the foetus’s blood, so they decided to perform an emergency C-section many weeks before the baby was due. But despite this, and subsequent blood transfusions, the baby suffered a brain haemorrhage...
‘Lonely, married men with low education are more prone to type 2 diabetes than women’
Researchers from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences have found that feelings of loneliness are linked to a significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The 20-year follow-up study, published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes , used data from the Trøndelag...
Contrary to common belief, medical research now shows daily intake of coffee reduces cardiovascular risks
A new study has found that drinking mild-to-moderate daily coffee may help lower the risk of arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease risk and all-cause mortality. Researchers analysed how the quantity and type of coffee consumption influence the risk of arrhythmias, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality in adults ages 40 to 69. They...
Science: Couples who report marital happiness show activity in similar parts of the brain, think and behave in similar ways
Marital satisfaction and romantic compatibility have been the subject of research for decades. Yet, scientists are only beginning to understand why some couples report happiness within a relationship and others do not experience this type of relationship satisfaction. So far, research has identified several factors that may contribute to an...
Parenting celebrities: Behind the glamour the likes of Jackson 5 live bask in, tales of abuse and sadness are never too far
Although famous entertainers shined on the stage and the silver screen, the secret life they led behind closed doors was full of anger, resentment and betrayal. Sadly, due to their life choices and their narcissistic tendencies, their children suffered from neglect, abandonment and abuse. Don’t let those dazzling smiles fool...
Fears Africa’s dream of electric railway network may be rocked by burgeoning foreign debts
The “Al Boraq,” Africa’s first express train, whizzes through Morocco’s coastal landscape at the lightning speed of 320 kilometers (199 miles) per hour. Named after the magical steed on which the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ridden from Mecca to Jerusalem, the train makes the journey between Tangier and...
South Sudan refugee protection: ‘Failing to punish sexual offenders adequately undermines confidence in the system’
One of the overriding complaints from camp residents in Malakal Protection of Civilians (POC) site in South Sudan has been inaction over sexual abuse cases and the absence of justice. A woman who said an MSF worker tried to rape her daughter said community leaders took the side of the...
Sexual abuse in South Sudan’s refugee camps: ‘Perpetrators are mostly humanitarians, UN peacekeepers’
Some cases of sexual abuse in Malakal refugee camp in South Sudan are sometimes covered up by men paying money, proposing marriage, or giving the family a dowry, said Josephina James, assistant head for the women’s group in the camp that holds regular meetings to discuss such abuse and other...
UN’s predators: Harrowing tales of sexual abuse by aid workers and UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
Adeyinka Badejo, World Food Programme’s (WFP) South Sudan acting country director and the co-chair of the UN-led task force that aims to prevent such abuses, said in a written response to reporters that some prevention efforts had also been disrupted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An external mid-term review of...
