Author: Dr. Tampiwa Chebani MBBS BMedSc
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Dr. Tampiwa Chebani MBBS BMedSc
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.
Vaccine Tablet Shows Promise As An Alternative To High-Dose Antibiotics For UTIs
People with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) may soon have access to a safer treatment or prevention aid. This is as scientists in the U.S. recently reported that a …Rapamycin: Biological Sex Influences Anti-Aging Drug’s Efficacy
Research led by scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing and the University College London (UCL) hints that men and women age differently and also respond …Hypothesis: Gravity May Be to Blame for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
There are different theories on how irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) occurs in human beings. Now, yet another theory has been proposed and it suggests gravity may be a trigger …
Epilepsy Breakthrough: New Gene Therapy Can Calm Overactive Neurons without Affecting Normal Brain Cells
A new gene therapy from a team of cell biologists at University College London promises to target overactive brain cells and treat neurological disorders and psychiatric diseases characterized by …
A Multivalent mRNA Vaccine That Can Protect Against 20 Flu Viruses Developed at the University of Pennsylvania
For decades, scientists have been trying to develop a universal flu vaccine. The University of Pennsylvania is now proposing a formula that contains 20 different flu antigens, which would …Leprosy Bacteria Could Be Used to Rejuvenate Aging Livers
The mycobacterium responsible for leprosy also has the ability to make the liver grow without fibrosis and cancerous tumors, according to an animal study! This disease-causing bacteria may be …
Julich Brain Atlas Could Advance Study of Psychiatric and Aging Disorders
Researchers working on the multilevel Julich Brain Atlas have described how it could aid the study of psychiatric and aging disorders in a paper published in Biological Psychiatry. Brain …
Novel Drugs May Be good Surgery Alternatives For Patients With Schwannomas and Meningiomas
A new study has shown that two investigational drugs may offer both a convenient and effective alternative to surgical treatment for schwannoma tumors. A schwannoma is a type of …