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Ideas worth thinking about.

Mental health, behaviour change and the science underneath both. Written by doctors, in plain language.

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Nutrition

What cigarettes and your favorite snacks have in common

Cigarettes are bad for you, everyone knows that. But what if your food was worse?

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Chronic conditions

The blood sugar test that misreads sickle cell carriers

A1C is how diabetes gets caught early. But it reads lower than it should in people with sickle cell trait, which is one in five Nigerians.

5 min read
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Habits

"Eat better, exercise more" is not a plan

What your doctor didn't have time to tell you about habits

6 min read
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