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• Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease

  By thespecimennews on December 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Findings reveal tripling of blood levels of TMAO from red meat diet, but dietary effects can be reversed Researchers have identified another reason to limit red meat consumption: high levels of a gut-generated chemical called trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), that also… Read More ›

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• ‘Development starts with healthy people’ -UNDP Sierra Leone Country Director

  By thespecimennews on December 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Country Director UNDP Sierra Leone, Samuel Doe, has urged rural communities in the small West African country to stay healthy by accessing and helping in maintaining health facilities in their localities.

• Horn of Africa, Gulf Countries Affirm Dignity, Human Rights of Migrants at Conference in Djibouti

  By thespecimennews on December 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) co-hosted a conference of seven nations in Djibouti this week to strengthen the humanitarian response to migrants in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Gulf countries on the eve of UN-sponsored peace talks between warring factions in Yemen.

• Happy birthday wishes to Mrs. Aziz Kamara

  By thespecimennews on December 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The management and staff of Specimen News wish happy birthday to Mrs. Isatu Aziz Kamara! This medium joins the friends and family in Sierra Leone and the United States of America in congratulating Mrs. Kamara as she celebrate her natal-day… Read More ›

• Low-income, rural kids at higher risk for second- or third-hand smoke exposure

  By thespecimennews on December 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Infants and toddlers in low-income, rural areas may be at higher risk for second- and third-hand smoke than previously reported, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.

• President Bio working on repealing the Seditious Libel Law

  By thespecimennews on December 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  President Julius Maada Bio has told journalists in Freetown that the Government is at an advanced stage in the repeal of Part V of the 1965 Public Order Act that criminalises libel.

• IMF Executive Board Approves US$22.0 Million Disbursement for Benin

  By thespecimennews on December 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  On December 6, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of the three-year arrangement with Benin under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).

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