HEALTHWISE

By Denis Campbell The four-time Olympic champion didn’t know if he would ever recover from his stroke. Eight months later, he warns: it could happen to anyone ‘‘I experienced no pain. There was no jolting moment that made me think: I’m having a stroke,” posited by Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson …

Have you been ransacking every part of your house but you still can’t find your keys? It might be you are slowly losing your memory. Whatever you eat affects both your physical fitness as well as your mental health. Some of the foods we eat end up affecting our brain …

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women due to uneven access to health services. According to “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website recently, the trend is similar in low and high-income countries as men often seek health care …

The US government has finally accepted that cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern. Doing a U-turn on their warnings to us to stay away from high-cholesterol foods since the 1970s to avoid heart disease and clogged arteries. This means eggs, butter, full-fat dairy products, nuts, coconut oil and meat have …

BY ISMAIL USMAN The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has declared Osun the leading state in the provision of Social Protection programmes, commending Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his commitment to social, educational and economic development of the state. Nigeria’s representative of UNICEF, Mr. Mohammed Fall said the various …