Food myths busted: dairy, salt and steak may be good for you after all
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the past 70 years the public health establishment in Anglophone countries has issued a number of diet rules, their common thread…
Group decries illegal disclosure of HIV status before employment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) have decried the illegal compulsion of Nigerians to disclose their HIV status…
Nigeria: Twelve test positive for HIV at medical outreach
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least 12 persons tested positive for HIV and cervical cancer at an Inner Wheel Club medical screening held in Lagos on…
Invented in Britain: New anti-viral nasal spray that dramatically cuts the chance of catching Covid
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish scientists have developed an anti-viral nasal spray that dramatically cuts the chance of catching Covid. Read More
Nearly one million children have now had the Covid vaccine after England's Chief Medical Officer said 'virtually all' youngsters will get the virus without the jab rollout
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly a million children have received a Covid jab, the latest official figures show. Read More
Patients face delays on prescriptions as van driver shortage hits pharmacies
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePatients are facing delays to their prescriptions and shortages of over-the-counter drugs because of a lack of van drivers, and the problem is…
What's YOUR coffee footprint? Calculator reveals the amount of CO2 released every year as a result of your latte consumption
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA calculator has been developed to reveal the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere every year as a direct result of…
NHS ‘on the edge’ with some patients waiting 48 hours for a bed
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe NHS is struggling to cope with growing demand for urgent and emergency care, health officials have warned Read More
Chemotherapy rationed amid shortage of NHS staff to deliver it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNHS cancer patients in some areas have had their chemotherapy stopped because there are not enough staff to deliver it. Read More
NHS trust rations chemo to cancer patients with best survival chance
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHospitals are having to ration chemotherapy to cancer patients with the best chance of survival. Read More