Inhaling statins rather than taking as a pill could end side-effects
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Eight million people in the UK take statins every day. But could inhaling them rather than taking them in pill form prevent…
Medical officer is suspended after reporting mystery disease that causes victims to vomit blood had claimed 15 lives in Tanzania
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Tanzania has suspended a medical officer who reported that a mystery disease had killed 15 people in the country and caused people…
Thurrock: Late HIV diagnoses led to risk of death
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Several people who tested positive for HIV in Thurrock were diagnosed late and faced an increased risk of death Read More
FG committed to ending HIV/AIDS transmission by 2024 — NACA
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Director-General of National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA), says Federal Government is working assiduously and hopeful…
COVID mRNA vaccine technology could be used to target HIV, sickle cell and cancer
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Both COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna use something called messenger RNA (mRNA) to send genetic instructions to the body’s cells that result in them producing antibodies Read…
Makoko residents get free medical aid courtesy HEAI
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents of Makoko, a slum in the Yaba area of Lagos, have received free medical attention for various ailments, courtesy of Health…
Israel invents miracle inhaler to cure coronavirus
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Vaccines are claimed to be the biggest hope in getting out of the coronavirus pandemic and returning to normality. Read More
Why over-use, non-prescription use of antibiotics is unadvisable
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Antibiotics are one of the most effective way to control a disease substantially. Read More
TB Prevalence Survey: Higher proportion of HIV negative people have asymptomatic TB, report finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute South Africa has a high tuberculosis (TB) burden, including many people with undetected TB in the community. Read More
Gaining weight can help you live LONGER: People who pile on the pounds later in life are more likely to live to 80 than those who remain slim, study claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minute If we have to put on weight at all, it’s best to start adulthood at a normal weight and ‘slowly add the…