Stiff Person Syndrome A rare acquired neurological condition, Stiff-Person syndrome (SPS) is characterized by growing muscle stiffness (rigidity) and recurrent bouts of excruciating muscle spasms. Muscle rigidity frequently swings (i.e., gets worse before getting better) and typically happens concurrently with muscle spasms. These spasms can happen at random or be brought on by a number […]
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Seeks media support on awareness National Agency for Food and Drug Administration And Control(NAFDAC) has urged the media to champion the campaign against the skin Bleaching Pandemic by providing Nigerians with the right information to make the right decision about safeguarding their health. Acting Director General of NAFDAC, Monica Eimunjeze who made the call in […]
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An Anopheles mosquito; the only kind that can spread malaria, feeds on a human The World Health Organization called Thursday for more funds to help overcome towering challenges in the battle against malaria, which continues to kill hundreds of thousands of mainly African children each year. In a fresh report, the UN health agency celebrated […]
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WHO: 650,000 people died from HIV-related causes, 1.5m acquired HIV worldwide in 2021 38.4m persons living with HIV at end of 2021, 25.6m in Africa 41% of HIV new cases in Nigeria occur among youths Ensure zero new infections, zero stigmas, and discrimination, especially in young girls, says AHF UNICEF, WHO, and UNAIDS say progress […]
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Asks parents, other stakeholders to spread awareness among loved ones The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to introduce a lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than Tramadol into the Nigerian market, warning that the illicitly manufactured drug is capable of causing mass […]
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4,000 others on waiting list A study by Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has shown that up to 2,000 doctors have left Nigeria in two years, with 800 of them in the last eight months, averaging 100 doctors leaving monthly for greener pastures. National President and Senior Registrar, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, […]
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Lady doing some physical fitness As the awareness month for breast cancer draws to an end, the need to continue educating people about the ailment and how to ‘close the care gap’ in line with the theme for the year 2022, cannot be over stated. To this end, health experts have advised that eating healthy, […]
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Music veteran, Onyeka Onwenu, has announced that her latest song titled, ‘Rise Up’, was written and produced in partnership with the Rose of Sharon Foundation, with the aim of drawing attention to the plight of widows in society. The foundation is owned by Folorunsho Alakija, one of the richest black women in the world. Onwenu, […]
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The German government paved the way for the legalisation of cannabis on Wednesday, though it remains unclear whether the plan will pass muster at the European level. According to the plan approved by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet, cannabis and the active substance tetrahydrocannabinol would no longer to be legally classified as narcotics. “The purchase and […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association on Wednesday said Nigeria has about 24, 000 actively licensed physicians caring for its over 200 million population as a result of brain drain in the country. Its President, Dr. Ojinmah Uche, said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a policy dialogue on Nigeria’s health sector brain drain and its implications […]
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