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A Nigerian medical doctor has died tragically. It was gathered that the young man died after being denied of sick leave. The sad news was shared by his colleague,Richard Chukwuezi, via a Whatsapp tribute post. Chukwuezi in a post online described his colleagues’s passing as a shock, blaming the negligence of Nigeria’s health sector. “I […]
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Palm oil, scientifically known as Elaeis guineensis Jacq is a common edible oil in many Nigerian households. The oil derived from the mesocarp of the oil palm fruit is a key ingredient in numerous Nigerian cooking, ranging from stews to soups to frying and baking. It has also a major ingredient for pharmaceutical and cosmetic […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday, took over the Ariaria International Market, Aba,for shop to shop search after it’s official discovered ‘mind-boggling” cases of fake and unregistered drugs. “What we have seen here is mind-boggling,” Omoyeni Babatunde, the NAFDAC Deputy Director in charge of Enforcement and Federal Task […]
Keep ReadingThere are many reasons why you might wake up in the middle of the night especially at 3:00am. There are many reasons you may wake up at 3:00am one of which may be attributed to stress or insomnia. In some cases, it may be difficult to identify the cause of these bothersome disruptions to your […]
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a health advisory as a fresh Ebola disease outbreak is recorded in Uganda. The Ugandan Ministry of Health announced last week, a resurgence of the d3adly disease with one d3ath and has now followed up with forty-four contacts. Reacting to the development, the NCDC said it has […]
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The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja (FTHL), has called for urgent intervention from President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, citing worsening conditions threatening the hospital’s viability. During a peaceful demonstration at the hospital on Thursday, the former chairman of ARD, Dr. Olushola Baoku, revealed that the number of doctors […]
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Nine people have died following an outbreak of an ‘eye-bleeding’ Ebola-like virus known as Marburg. Marburg, one of the deadliest pathogens ever discovered, has infected ten people in Tanzania since the country officially announced the outbreak last week. he cases were reported in the Kagera region of Tanzania, located in the northwest of the country, […]
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Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has disclosed that he successfully underwent eye surgery at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). Sharing updates in a series of posts on X, the commissioner expressed his gratitude to the medical team and highlighted the quality of care he received at the facility. “Huge thanks👏👏👏 […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has placed health facilities on alert after assessing the risk of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in the country as moderate. The agency emphasized proactive monitoring and preparedness.HMPV, a single-stranded RNA virus first identified in the Netherlands in 2001, causes symptoms resembling the common cold and influenza, such as cough, […]
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The UK is grappling with an intense flu outbreak that has seen over 5,000 patients hospitalised by the end of December. The National Health Service on Friday reported an average of 4,469 flu-related hospitalisations daily in the week leading up to December 29, a nearly 3.5-fold increase compared to the same period in 2023. On […]
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