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STRUGGLING to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41 percent greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for demographic and socioeconomic factors, according to a Northwestern University School of Medicine, United States, study published recently. Food insecurity—struggling to get enough nutritious food to stay healthy—affects one in eight households in the United States each year, the study added. “We’ve known that food insecurity and heart disease often go hand in hand, but this study shows, for the first time, that food insecurity comes first,” said Dr Jenny Jia, an instructor of general internal medicine and preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine internist. “That makes it a clear target for prevention—if we address food insecurity early, we may be able to reduce the burden of heart disease later.” Related Death...

Body to arrive Nigeria in two weeks The autopsy performed on former Nigerian boxer, Olanrewaju Segun ‘Success’, has revealed that he died from sudden cardiac arrest during his bout in Ghana last Saturday, The PUNCH reports. According to the Secretary-General of Nigeria Boxing Board of Control and West African Boxing Union President, Remi Aboderin, the preliminary post-mortem results indicated cardiac arrest as the cause of death, but further investigation is needed before the body can be released. “The preliminary post-mortem results indicate that Segun died from sudden cardiac arrest. “But further investigation into his heart condition is required, and as a result, his body will not be released to Nigeria for burial until approximately two weeks,” Aboderin said. The autopsy was conducted on Wednesday, April 2 following a court order into the death of the Nigerian boxer. The 40-year-old had been pronounced dead at the Ko...