The Federal Government has activated emergency response centres for Lassa fever cases in the country following the official declaration of the disease as an outbreak. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, announced this in a statement personally signed by him on Tuesday. He disclosed that there has been an […]
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Nutrition is important for health. An unhealthy diet can damage your metabolism, cause weight gain and even hurt organs, such as your heart and liver. But what you eat also impacts another organ — your skin. As scientists learn more about diet and the body, it’s increasingly clear that what you eat can significantly affect […]
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Scientists in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi have found that Shisha pipes posed more serious medical problems compared to cigarettes. Ayesha Mohammed, a chemistry lecturer at the University of Sharjah and the lead author of the study, said: “Traditional medwakh and Shisha pipes have no filters. “So toxic metals can quickly enter the lungs, causing different […]
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The Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), has uncovered an illegal Pharmaceutical company operating in Lagos. The police discovered the company at number 2, Okkunnenye Street, Ikotun Area of the state and four persons including the owner of the illegal company was arrested. Jimoh Moshood, acting police spokesman, who paraded […]
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Air pollution can cause non-communicable diseases like stroke, diabetes, miscarriage, dementia, Parkinson disease and poor development in children, says a public health expert, Tolulope Tolufase. Tolufase, president, Moole Charity Foundation, said this in an interview with NAN. He said people are ignorant of the danger that air pollution resulting from man’s harmful activities to the […]
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The Gombe State Government has confirmed the death of four Lassa fever patients out of the 53 suspected cases recorded in the state. Nuhu Bille, acting State Epidemiologist, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday. “This year, we recorded 53 suspected cases of Lassa fever and […]
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American researchers have transformed toxin in wasps into potential antibiotic drugs that may eliminate hard-to-cure bacterial infections. In a study published in this week’s Nature Communications Biology, the researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology created peptides that are potent against bacteria but nontoxic to human cells. They are variants from a peptide toxin normally found […]
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A new study says both snoring and obstructive sleep apnea could lead to earlier impairment of cardiac function in women. “Snoring” refers to a sleeping pattern in which a person breathes while emitting a snorting or grunting sound. Although, the National Sleep Foundation suggests that 90 million people in the United States snore, snoring might […]
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Vice President Yemi on Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government would increase the number of people on anti-retroviral treatment as part of commitment to ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. Osinbajo said this while delivering speech at the commemoration of event in Abuja as part of activities to mark the 2018 World AIDS Day […]
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A recent study suggests that HIV drugs might successfully treat Alzheimer’s disease, which affects in the US alone, an estimated 5.7million people. According to the research, published by Medical News Today, an HIV enzyme plays a crucial role in driving Alzheimer’s-related brain pathology by altering the APP gene. The findings warrant “immediate clinical evaluation of […]
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