The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) has warned against consuming calcium carbide ripened fruits in the country.The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, in her keynote address, at the flag-off of the NAFDAC Media Sensitization Workshop on Dangers of Drug Hawking and Ripening of FruitsContinue Reading
After working in the NHS for 20 years, I decided to leave my permanent role as Partner to create more capacity in my life to contribute to health systems development in the two countries that have made the most impact in my life personally and professionally.Nigeria educated me almost forContinue Reading
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is notifying the public of a batch of unwholesome Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. This product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and investigated by the post-marketing surveillance unit of the Agency. On investigation, at theContinue Reading
Breast cancer is considered the most common cancer in women. Not only breast cancer itself, but the proposed treatments can also lead to very uncomfortable complications and side effects, including fatigue, anxiety, pain, nausea, lymphedema and dermatitis.Cinnamon has a number of beneficial properties such as antimicrobial and antidiabetic properties, anContinue Reading
It is not for nothing that Christopher Columbus termed pawpaw, the “Fruit of Angels.”And that he did so cannot be surprising to anyone who knows the health benefits of the Fanta colour fruit. Papaya as it is also known, carries some of the most incredible health benefits that can beContinue Reading
Omicron has filled up U.S. hospitals with more COVID-19 patients than any other surge of the pandemic. But there’s been a shift in how the illness behaves since the days of delta, with many cases, even hospitalized ones, milder and quicker to treat. As with earlier variants, COVID-19 can still beContinue Reading
What is coronavirus, or COVID-19? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals. SARS-CoV-2 is a novel (new) coronavirus that has caused a pandemic of respiratory disease named coronavirus disease 2019, which is abbreviated COVID-19. As SARS-CoV-2 spreads, the virus hasContinue Reading
The Definition of Cancer Cancer is a disease in which some of the body’s cells grow uncontrollably and spread to other parts of the body. Cancer can start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Normally, human cells grow and multiply (through aContinue Reading
Know the Signs and Symptoms of Infection During your chemotherapy treatment, your body may not be able to fight off infections like it used to. When your white blood cell counts are low, you must take infection symptoms seriously. Infection during chemotherapy can lead to hospitalization or death. Call yourContinue Reading
Bestiality is much, much more common than you think Did you know that right now it’s entirely legal for a man, or woman, in Texas to walk into a pet store, buy a dog, take that dog home and then have sex with it? The facts will make you sick Provided heContinue Reading
