Lassa fever has killed a 30-year-old medical doctor, Idowu Ahmad, at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja, Kogi State. Ahmad contracted the virus in the line of duty and was transferred to Irrua, Edo state, for treatment. A source said Ahmad died in Edo state on Sunday. “He died today. Lassa fever took him. He […]
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Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, a medical researcher with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos, has called for stiffer regulation of slimming drugs to safeguard the health of consumers. Iwalokun made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. He said there was the need for evidence of safety, effectiveness […]
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The German government has committed 120 million euros to ensure total eradication of polio in Nigeria, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Tiwatope Elias-Fatile, has said. Mr. Elias-Fatile stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. “”The German government and Nigeria have signed three bilateral agreements which are Government Agreement on Technical Cooperation […]
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has warned against indiscriminate or misuse of paracetamol, saying such practice damages the liver and kidney. Jelili Kilani, PSN Chairman, FCT chapter, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday emphasised that paracetamol, an analgesic, was not supposed to be misused. […]
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Nigerians have been urged to be alert and take preventive measures against Cerebrospinal Meningitis, CSM, as this is the season of the deadly disease. The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, who gave the warning, said the federal government cannot afford to vaccinate every single citizen against the disease at the moment. Meningitis is a seasonal […]
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The Ebonyi state chapter of the Nigerian Medical association has lost two of its own to Lassa Fever. Ariom Anthony Ifeanyi, secretary, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ebonyi chapter, confirmed the development on Sunday. “It’s a sad day for NMA Ebonyi state as we lose two of our members same day to Lassa fever,” he said […]
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A cure capable of weaning some persons from gambling addiction is being tested by researchers in Finland. Finnish researchers on Monday said they were to launch a study to see if gambling addiction can be treated with a fast-working nasal spray. The spray contains naloxone, an emergency treatment for opiate overdoses (heroin, opium, morphine) that […]
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Giving a situation report, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that at least nine people have been killed in an outbreak of Yellow fever in Nigeria. The current outbreak was first recorded in a young girl in Oke Owa community of Ifelodun local government area (LGA) of Kwara state on September 12, 2017. Yellow Fever […]
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Doctors in Kogi are angry over the inability of the state to pay their full monthly salary and have resolved to shut hospitals on Monday. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed its members to resume strike on Monday over state governments’s failure to meet their demands. Dr Godwin Tijani, the Chairman of the association, […]
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Think twice about that frothy, bubbly alcohol you consume as scientists have issued a new warning about its health effects by unravelling the linkage between it and cancer. Alcohol damages the DNA of stem cells responsible for producing new blood, according to a mouse study which may explain the link between drinking and cancer, scientists […]
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