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Namibia Namibia is home to just over 2 million people. According to the IHME, roughly 198 people per 100,000 died of HIV/AIDS in 2010. HIV/AIDS was still the leading cause of death in 2013 and the third leading cause of disability. About 120 to 350 new cases of HIV per 100,000 people were reported in 2013, according to the 2014 …

For most people, being diagnosed with any kind of illness isn’t considered good news. We immediately think of all of the downsides and side effects that we will have to live with for a long time, maybe even our whole lives.

Another common myth about candy is that eating it will quite literally rot your teeth. While the consumption of sweets can contribute to cavities, the real culprit is the bacteria in your mouth which produces acid as it breaks down the candy. The acid harms the enamel of your teeth which leads to cavities.

If you’ve ever suffered from it, you’ll know that insomnia can be terrifying. You’re stuck, and you can’t see the end of it. One of the strangest things for me to get my head around was the terrible insomnia that I suffered during the early days of my diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

That’s why so many hotels have permanent ones wired to the bathroom wall. Once at a hotel on Park Lane, a guest stole the heated towel rail off the wall, and the curtains.

Pre-flight anxiety — spurred by endless baggage lines, security checkpoints and screaming children — need not extend to fears of repeat trips to the airplane lavatory.

Certain foods just belong together — and no, we’re not talking about peanut butter and jelly (although that’s definitely delicious!). In combination, some foods not only taste great, but they help you absorb nutrients more effectively.

Your body cannot function properly without enough water, which comprises 60 percent of your body weight.

There is no doubt that antibiotics are truly a wonder of modern medicine. Beginning with the discovery of penicillin in 1928, the rapid resolution of bacterial infections from antibiotics caused many in the medical profession to become completely enamored with the drug based approach to illness erroneously thinking that the danger to human life from infections was a thing of …

Aphthous stomatitis is a common condition characterized by the repeated formation of benign and non-contagious mouth ulcers (aphthae) in otherwise healthy individuals.