Category: Nutrition

Chinchin Ingredients     * 3 cups flour     * 1 cup butter or margarine     * 1 egg     * 1 teaspoons baking powder     * ½ cup water    ...

Isu (Spiced Boiled Yams)Ingredients    * 2 pounds yams, peeled and thickly sliced (regular yams can be used in place of African yams)    * ½ teaspoon salt    * 1 clove garlic   ...

We all know that sleep is important and we all know that most of us don’t seem to get enough. So what is the importance of sleep and what are...

If you have a purpose in life -- lofty or not -- you'll live longer, a new study shows. (more…)

Twelve years ago, the U.S. Navy's physical therapists took one look at Milo Prodanovich's feet and concluded it was impossible for him to run. Given his incredibly flat feet and...

By far the biggest obstacle to an AIDS vaccine is the virus itself. For one thing, HIV has many different strains, called subtypes, and the major one in the United...

Selina, not her real name, blocks out the difficult parts of her life. She claims, for example, that she cannot recall the first time she had sex for money. But...

The powerful new AIDS drugs, besides being too expensive for developing countries, do not cure the disease. In America and Europe, drug resistance and severe side effects are undermining the...

Nairobi, Kenya -- In this city's Pumwani slum, everything seems inverted. Pumwani is one of the Kenyan capital's red-light districts, but the action happens during the day. After dark, it...