Blitzboks coach Neil Powell. (Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images) New Zealand's Sevens team have been crowned champions for the 2019/20 World Rugby Sevens Series season.The four remaining events have been cancelled after the season was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The All Blacks Sevens were top of the standings, while South Africa's Blitzboks finished second.The…
Springbok Sevens legend Cecil Afrika's national contract will run its course at the end of July.He played 12 seasons on the World Rugby Sevens Series circuit.The 32-year-old, however, has not given up hope of playing in the next Olympics.Springbok Sevens legend Cecil Afrika has stepped down from international sevens duty.Afrika, 32, on Monday ended his…
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the United States, 1 in every 250 people has inherited a genetic variant that leads to dangerously high cholesterol levels from birth. If high cholesterol isn't lowered early, people with this genetic condition, called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), have a high risk of having a heart attack or stroke as early
I was officially diagnosed with Lupus in May of 2021. I say officially because my symptoms started long before that, I just didn't know it. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in different parts of the body. Your immune system is meant to help your body fight infection. But