Oral Health Month: Take care of your teeth
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn South Africa, September is Oral Health Month. Read More
You're doing irreparable damage and destruction!' Dentists blast TikTok stars for dangerous new trend that sees them grinding down their teeth with NAIL FILES in a bid to create a symmetrical smile
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDentists are hitting out against a dangerous new trend on TikTok, in which people grind down their uneven teeth with nail files. Read…
Teabags: Is there plastic in yours?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou’ve poured the kettle. The tea has brewed. Now how should you dispose of the teabag? Read More
Woman with HIV denied water, medication in Texas jail before dying of neglect, family says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Within nine days of arriving in pretrial detention at the Bi-State Jail facility in Texarkana, Tex., in April 2019, Holly Barlow-Austin’s…
Doctor in Britain can't give blood as wife is Kenyan
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Kenyan doctor based in the United Kingdom has said a “nonsensical” rule stops him from donating blood because of his relationship…
Group targets 10 million Nigerians for HIV self-testing
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a bid to meet the UNAIDS target of ensuring that 95 percent of Nigerians know their HIV status by 2030, Read…
Nigeria: Hypertension, Cancer, HIV Kill 600,000 Nigerians Annually - NCD Alliance
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWorried about the growing trend of hypertension, cancer, HIV, Sickle Cell Disease, and other Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs, among Nigerians, Read More
Stockout of crucial drug leaves HIV patients at risk of opportunistic diseases Friday, September 11, 2020
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV patients risk dying of diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria because a crucial drug has been out of stock since April. Read…
South Africa: Provinces Include HIV, TB Screening At Covid-19 Sites
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDeputy President David Mabuza says provincial departments of health have started experimenting with combining Tubercolisis (TB) and COVID-19 screening Read More
Black babies in the US are THREE TIMES more likely to die in hospital than white children when cared for by a white doctor, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Black babies in the US are up to three times more likely to die in the days and weeks following their…