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From festivals in Florida to touring Dracula’s digs in Romania, we round up the best destinations to visit this October. As summer abandons Europe again this October, eke out the last of the rays and raves in Ibiza, where nightclubs will be going out with a bang for the winter break. When the party finally stops head to the island’s north.
Why Nigerians should avoid use of ‘Tissue’
Why Nigerians should avoid use of ‘Tissue’
A medical expert has linked frequent use of tissue paper popularly known as toilet roll to one of the root cause of cervical cancer in women.
Disclosing this during the 2019 Beauty West Africa…
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Skin itching and how to manage it
Skin itching and how to manage it
This week, we will take a look at one of the commonest complaints that is likely to bring a person to his or her doctor in our environment. It is skin itching (which doctors call pruritus) with or…
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Using Your Phone On The Toilet Could Do More Harm Than Good
Using your phone on the toilet could do more harm than good
Although many of us refuse to admit it, it’s a fact that everyone uses their phone on the toilet. Protest all you like, but we won’t believe you if you say you don’t.
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Staring at women’s breasts makes men live longer, healthier —Study
Staring at women’s breasts makes men live longer, healthier —Study
A study done by a German scientist, Dr. Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy…
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Scientists discover ‘cure’ for cervical cancer
In the research, published in the journal Molecular Therapy, the scientists injected CRISPR-Cas9, a gene-editing tool used to cut away precise elements of the DNA and correct mutations into the bloodstream of lab rats with the use of…
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Researchers develop implant that could prevent HIV infection for a year
Following clinical tests, the new implant, which is produced by Merck, an American multinational pharmaceutical company, was reported to have the potential to revolutionalize the long-standing battle against the disease.
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Acute malnutrition hits Nasarawa, 30 children dead, 2,000 others hospitalised
Thirty children have been confirmed dead, while more than 2,000 are currently receiving attention for acute malnutrition in various medical centres across Nasarawa State.
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New HIV drug kills 99 per cent of virus during first human trial
At end of the trial, it was discovered that the drug, named Gammora, created by Zion Medical, an Israeli biotech company was capable of wiping out 99 per cent of HIV infected cells in the human body.
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FG threatens to sack striking health workers
The Federal Government has threatened to sack striking health workers if they fail to resume on Wednesday (today).
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Codeine Ban: NDLEA Intensifies Cameroonian Border Surveillance
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Adamawa Command, has said that it has commenced intensive surveillance on major routes along the Nigeria-Cameroon border so as to forestall the importation of codeine into the country.
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