A Dietician, Mrs Sarah Abagai, has said that regular intake of fruits and vegetables can guard against the growth of tumour in human body. Abagai said this in interview with newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to her, fruits and vegetables contain nutrients which can block the activities that encourage the growth of tumour. She said […]
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Researchers said they have discovered an HIV antibody that can suppress the virus for nearly six months without additional treatment. The new study involved about half of a group of monkeys, infused with a broadly neutralising antibody to HIV combined with an immune stimulatory compound. The findings, released at the 25th Conference on Retroviruses and […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted that some 900 million people could suffer from disabling hearing loss across the world by 2050. WHO said this in a report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The organisation called on relevant institutions, including governments and their partners to stem the […]
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Researchers have identified a drug that could extend egg viability in worms, which may extend women’s fertility by three to six years in theory. According to Science Daily, an American science news website, Coleen Murphy, who led the study, specialises in using microscopic worms, Caenorhabditis elegans (C.elegans) to study longevity because it has many of […]
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ECOWAS has inaugurated a. Regional Centre for Disease Control in Abuja to strengthen regional disease surveillance and outbreak response programmes. The Togolese Minister of Health, Prof. Mustapha Mijinyawa, while declaring the centre open on Wednesday, said the facility would help the ECOWAS region in its efforts at curbing diseases. The minister noted that ECOWAS member […]
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People who are fond of wearing heavy make-up on their faces and skins to enhance their beauty have been warned to reduce such to its barest minimum. Some dermatologists who gave the warning on Monday said that this could cause the applicants skin cancer, irritation and other diseases. Mr Alex Adeniyi, a Lagos-based dermatologist, told […]
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The Delta State Government has said that three persons out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa fever have died since the outbreak of the disease in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, who disclosed this, also said 24 persons had been placed under surveillance. Ononye, in a statement on Sunday, […]
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Even after one dies, certified by doctors, the body’s cells continue to function. This is the startling finding by scientists, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the scientists, the body’s cells host post-mortem genetic expression for 24 to 48 hours. All of the biological functions that make life […]
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No fewer than 447 of the 686 foreign trained doctors who wrote the assessment test of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) failed. The Federal Government decried the poor performance of the foreign trained medical and dental graduates as only 249 were successful in the examination conducted in November 2017. Prof. Isaac Adewole, Minister […]
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Prof. Yusuf Usman, the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), has said that over 90 per cent of Nigerians eligible for the scheme have not been covered. Usman said this on Thursday in Sokoto at a public hearing on a bill to provide for Contributory Health Care Management scheme organised by the […]
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