Tooth decay: How sugar industry falsifies science to sell fluoride that ingests teeth
Internal sugar industry and dental organisation documents, analysed by the study’s author Christopher Neurath, detail how the sugar industry helped shape the public health policies that, for decades, touted fluoride as a “magic bullet” against tooth decay.
Like mother, like daughter: Mariah Carey teases one of her twins will carry on her musical odyssey
This past December, Carey, who shares her children with ex-husband Nick Cannon, shared how she’d feel if her twins followed in both of their parents’ footsteps and began working in the entertainment industry.
Former Congo President Kabila sentenced to death by military court for treason
Former DRC President Joseph Kabila did not attend the trial and was not represented by legal counsel. Neither he nor his representatives were immediately available for comment. His whereabouts were not immediately known.
Probe: US ministry of health agency gave Covid experiments at China’s Wuhan Institute greenlight despite concerns
Recently obtained government emails for the first time lay bare the NIH “gain-of-function” review committee’s informal vetting of the controversial project, demonstrating the agency’s weak oversight of the potentially dangerous research it funded at the lab where some critics believe the pandemic started.
Kenya and United Kingdom team up to reform emerging technology laws, fight cybercrime
Emerging Tech and AI4D Advisor at the British High Commission in Nairobi Wilfred Oluoch said the review followed recommendations of the ICT Sector Working Group report, which identified gaps in existing laws.
Study: Coffee keeps urine system and heart healthy, slows liver disease’s progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis
For the first four areas, the authors pinpointed specific molecules that had been shown to be positively influenced by coffee in the existing data. In the fifth, they identified a variety of gut microbiome-balancing bacteria that coffee helps promote.
A UAE firm unveils plans to invest $150m in Ol Karia geothermal plant to power electric vehicle production
KenGen Commercial Services Manager Kibet Rono, said the company’s reliable and lower power tariffs will shield investors from crippling high cost of energy.
Some 21,000 Kenyan women hospitalised with unsafe abortion complications, 2,600 die per year
The deputy governor said there was need to strengthen data systems and accountability to ensure the policies are evidence driven and resources reach the people who need them. Mulili also disclosed that Makueni County government has established Mother and Child Hospital where on average 20 mothers deliver safely daily saying the facility has an incubation unit for pre-term babies.
Kenyan athletes warned against quick riches, balance education with sport for long term benefit
On doping, Miano cautioned athletes against consuming supplements without medical consultation, noting that the local market is largely unregulated and could easily expose them to banned substances. He advised athletes to always declare their status when seeking treatment in health facilities.
Pop icon J-Lo says divorce from Ben Affleck ‘helped me grow in a way I needed to grow’
Lopez and Affleck rekindled their romance in 2021 and they married in an intimate Las Vegas ceremony in July 2022. They later celebrated their nuptials with a ceremony in Georgia in front of friends and family a month later.
