Nigeria: For Nigeria’s Okada Generation, a Plea (AllAfrica.com)
A very good friend and colleague of mine describes Okada riders as ‘flies’ due to the way they zip through traffic, swarm-like, in display of daredevilry. The way she talks about them almost justifies the way FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai plans to swat them.

Reducing gum disease can reduce other ills
The periodontal disease that’s giving you a toothache might not only be hurting your gums; it could also be affecting other aspects of your health, from your heart to your blood sugar, a growing body of …
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Researchers Examine Why Food Tastes Bad To Chemotherapy Recipients (Science Daily)
About two million cancer patients currently receiving certain drug therapies and chemotherapy find foods and beverages to have a foul metallic flavor, according to a medical study. In general, more than 40 percent of hospitalized patients suffer from malnutrition due to taste and smell dysfunction. Virginia Tech researchers are looking for the cause.

Kao to Launch New Purifier for Oral Care
Kao Corporation today announced its discovery of Erythritol, a sugar alcohol found in fruits, mushrooms, wine, soy sauce, sake, miso and fermented products, as a new potential purifier for oral care.
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Pa-Ib a real person, but royalty? (Connecticut Post)
BRIDGEPORT Every day was April Fools’ Day for P.T. Barnum, the renowned showman and self-proclaimed Prince of Humbugs, a title that leads to questions about the authenticity of the artifacts he left behind.

Bad morning breath? 5 foods can fight bad breath
St. Petersburg, Florida - It’s something we all think about and probably all worry about but nobody likes to talk about it bad breath.
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‘I got a nice ring being the wild card’ (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)
DETROIT — It is time we swallowed our new-found pride and stopped acting so vain. There’s nothing wrong with being a wild card.

Researchers To Build An Artificial ‘Bio-electronic’ Nose (Science Daily)
Scientists at the University of Southampton are developing a new method to detect disease without human aid. Professor Hywel Morgan at the University’s School of Electronics & Computer Science (ECS) and Dr Peter Roach at the School of Chemistry and their team have received a European grant ( 450k) to create a system that can detect single molecules in biological solutions.

DOCTOR’S HALITOSIS SUIT HAS TEETH IN IT (New York Post)
A halitosis home remedy freshened the breath of a high-profile Park Avenue pediatrician, but he says it ruined his smile. Dr. Greg Yapalater, 53, who has appeared as a medical expert on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” “Dateline” and “20/20,” says…