The Consumer Protection Council on Tuesday warned against the consumption of medication containing an opiate, codeine, without medical prescription. A statement by Babatunde Irukera, Director General of the CPC, said codeine is an opiate, and one of many in the opioids family classified as a narcotic substance, although not an illegal drug. Codeine is largely […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Niger, says it will intensify monitoring of use of potassium bromide by bakeries across the state. Mr Anikoh Ibrahim, NAFDAC Coordinator in the state, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. Ibrahim said that […]
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The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) on Sunday closed its medical school, directing students to vacate hostels by noon on the same day. The directive is contained in a release signed by the institution’s Registrar, Olujinmi Olukoya, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. However, it was discovered that the release was, neither […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says there is no plastic fish in circulation in Nigeria. NAFDAC Management said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that its finding followed “a thorough investigation and analysis of some unsuspected plastic fish samples’’ in its laboratory. The agency said that “the investigation […]
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A cholera outbreak in Gashua, Yobe State has claimed 13 lives out of 160 cases reported in the last six days. A source at the Gashua General Hospital told newsmen that five deaths were first recorded while eight lives were later lost to the disease. The source said that the victims were brought in from […]
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John Okiyi, Commissioner for Information in Abia, has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Lassa Fever at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia. Okiyi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Umuahia on Monday, said that the government and the hospital management had swung into action to check the spread of the disease. […]
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The federal government has cautioned Nigerians over the unhealthy status of imported rice smuggled into the country. At a media briefing in Lagos on Monday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said the government could not guarantee the healthy status of the rice having spent months on the high seas and warehouses. He appealed to Nigerians […]
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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm over the low ratio of medical doctors to patients in the country. Mike Ogirima, president of the association, expressed the concern in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Thursday. Ogirima said at the moment, Nigeria had a ratio of one medical doctor to 6000 people. […]
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New evidence from fetal brain scans has shown that a mother’s stress during pregnancy can change the neural connectivity in the brain of her unborn child, potentially affecting the baby’s brain functions. Moriah Thomason, an assistant professor of Wayne State University, presented this new finding on Monday at the 25th meeting for the Cognitive Neuroscience […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the public to shun consumption of fruits ripened with calcium carbide. The agency gave the warning on Monday in Abuja in a statement signed by its management, saying that dangerous effects of carbide-ripened fruits include cancer and other illnesses. According to the […]
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