UN agency decries ‘exploitation’ of young people by tobacco firms A group of foreign experts has criticised the World Health Organisation (WHO) for “its backwards-looking approach to innovation and new technology, such as vaping products.” Vaping is the inhaling of a vapour created by an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) or related devices. E-cigarettes are battery-powered smoking […]
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A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has said “hydroxychloroquine” was amongst the medications he used to recover from coronavirus. Okupe and his wife, Aduralere, were recently discharged after spending about two weeks in a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre in Sagamu, Ogun State. “On the 23rd of […]
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A gynaecologist has urged women not to remove their pubic hair. Dr Jen Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible, warned against waxing or shaving because it can cause “microscopic trauma” that can lead to infections. While the purpose of pubic hair is somewhat of a mystery, going “au naturel” is necessary to protect the skin […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the airlifting of the country’s allocation of the Madagascar anti-coronavirus drink. “Mr President has given instructions for the airlifting of Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar #Covid19 Syrup,” Boss Mustapha, secretary to the federal government said at the COVID19 daily press briefing. Mustapha disclosed that the president also gave “clear […]
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The following interview was conducted with the departed mother of Nigeria’s former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Olusegun Babatunde Petinrin, Mama Rachael Adenike Petinrin, to mark the occasion of her 80th Birthday on Saturday, September 17, 2011. She passed on at 3.45 pm on Friday, April 24, 2020.The interview was published in The […]
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A traditional medical practitioner in Ondo State, Dr. Ola Olasumbo, has asked the Federal and Ondo State governments to allow him treat some COVID-19 patients free of charge. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had last week said the state would soon begin the use of herbal drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Akeredolu said he would […]
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By Kayode Oseni Cannabis Sativa and Cannabis Indica, are the two main species of the hemp plant, also commonly called marijuana or weed. It is indeed a very useful herb when used in the way nature intended it, and smoking it is definitely not the natural way. The oil from the seeds and leaves, known […]
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Covid 19: Staying Indoors is Bad Science and Bad Policy By Aniedobe The immune system is very complex and very few doctors and scientists understand how it works. But we need not understand it all. Some things are better left to nature, by far, the greatest scientists. Many scientists have correctly called that boosting our […]
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Virgin coconut oil currently being tested as a possible treatment for novel coronavirus in the Philippines Madagascar launches Artemisia annua-based herbal drink to prevent, cure patients suffering from a virus No vitamins, minerals, herbs, nutrients or other natural medicines have been shown in human clinical trials to prevent or treat COVID-19, says Natural Medicine Journal, […]
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