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Eating chicken linked to higher cancer risk, Oxford study finds
Findings of a new study have shown that people who eat chicken may have increased risk…
Doctors separate twins joined at the head after 50-hour surgery
Two-year-old twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate…
Cucumbers are man’s best food – Research
Nature has provided man the best cure for ill health in the form of herbs, vegetables…
More young people, especially girls attempting suicide – Study
A new study that shows adolescents are attempting suicide by overdose at increasing rates is further…
Korean firm tackles malaria with new drug
Korean firm, Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Company, says it has produced an anti-malaria drug that will reduce…
25,000 underage Nigerians kids use tobacco products daily – Group
No fewer than 25,000 underage Nigerians use tobacco products daily, Nigerian activists under the aegis of…
Why we sleep: Scientists
Why do humans sleep? A new study by scientists at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel,…
Buhari at NSIA/ LUTH cancer centre: We promised, we fulfilled
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday inaugurated the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital…
Acupuncture safest treatment for diabetes, says Fasehun
Chinese-trained Acupuncturist, Dr Frederick Fasehun, has called on managements of University Teaching Hospitals across the country…
Without regular sex women risk mental disorder – Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist, Dr Maymunah Kadiri on Saturday advised married women to have regular sex with their…
1,110 dead as cholera ravages 29 states in Nigeria – NCDC
Nigeria has recorded 1,110 deaths this year from cholera outbreaks in 29 states across Nigeria as…
‘Not having sex regularly can make you lose your job’
A Sex Therapist and Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Tomi Imarah, says not having sex regularly, being part…
Diabetes drug Metformin blocks disease causing blindness
Researchers from Taiwan have found that Metformin, a common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes…
WHO raises Ebola risk to ‘very high’
The Ebola outbreak in Congo poses a greater danger to the Central African country and the…
Ban on Codeine, like ban on weed, won’t work – Seun Kuti
Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, said the ban imposed on the…
FG bans cough syrup containing codeine as abuse takes hold of Nigerians
The federal government has banned the production and importation of codeine in the country. Isaac Adewole,…
How to prevent blindness from glaucoma – Expert
As the World Glaucoma Day was marked on Monday, Nigerians above forty years have been advised…
Nigerian bakeries still use cancer-causing chemical in bread – Food expert
A food expert in Nigeria has alerted the federal government on the continuous use of a…
DNA: 30% of Nigerian first born children belong to other men – Genetic experts
Experts attribute the increase in paternity disputes and deceptions to infidelity, adultery and increase in…