Author: Dr. Tampiwa Chebani
About The Author
Dr. Tampiwa Chebani
Dr. Chebani is a versatile and experienced professional with a passion for health education, health research, data science, and lifestyle medicine. Tampiwa graduated from the University of Melbourne Medical school with degrees in Medicine, surgery, and Medical science. His background in Health Education and Clinical Medicine makes him a skillful communicator capable of distilling difficult medical concepts so that they can be understood by the general public. His work involves teaching, clinical practice and is a frequent speaker at wellness events in his capacity as a Corporate Wellness Director for Health First, a health promotion and Education organization.
Study Reveals How T Cells May Help Tumors Evade Immune Response
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered how tumor-nibbling T cells can have the unintended effects of helping cancer elude immune response. The immune system helps the body …
New CAR-T Cell System Offers On-Off Capability For Safer, More Effective Cancer Therapy
Biomedical engineers at Boston University have developed a new system that could enable more potent use of CAR-T cells in the fight against cancer. CAR T-cell therapy is a …
Diabetes: An Increasingly Prevalent and Expensive to Treat Health Problem in Nigeria
Going by World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, the rate at which people develop diabetes is alarming. The global incidence of the disorder increased by almost 300 percent between 1980 …
Exposure To Too Much Blue Light May Cause You To Age Faster, Study Suggests
Most people these days are exposed to blue light from multiple devices without thinking too much about it. A new study that appeared in the journal Frontiers in Aging …
Brief Use of Rapamycin a Cancer Drug May Help Extend Lifespan
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing has revealed that brief exposure to the macrolide drug rapamycin could have similar effects on lifespan …
Non-nutritive Sweeteners Impact Gut Microbiomes, Alter Glycemic Responses
For a very long time, non-nutritive sweeteners have been suggested as healthier alternatives to sugar and have been used in food for diabetics. They may not be devoid of …
Mesothelioma: How Do You Cope With the Mental Health Difficulties Upon Diagnosis?
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is fairly rare in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, about 3,000 new cases get diagnosed yearly. Meanwhile, cancer …
Skin Cells Reprogrammed into Aged Neuron to Aid Research into Age-Related Brain Disorders
A team of scientists from Lund University in Sweden has developed a new system that could make research into neurodegenerative disorders less difficult than it has been to date. …