A Public Health Scientist, Mrs Suzanne Bell on Thursday said the abortion rate by women of reproductive age in Nigeria has risen between 1.8 and 2.7 million. Bell, who made…
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Russian health care ministry creates new powder vaccine against Ebola
The Russian health care ministry, has got a new dry powder vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease, Health Minister, Veronika Skvortsova said on Thursday. “We have created a new…
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‘Aspirin-a-day risky in old age’ – major study
Elderly people in good health should not take an aspirin a day, according to a major study in the US and Australia. There are proven benefits of the drug for…
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Researchers find new diagnostic method for liver cancer
Chinese researchers have identified gut microbiota as a new biomarker of liver cancer. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of liver cancer and the third leading cause of…
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821m people are starving worldwide, UN says
The UN says 821 million people globally were undernourished in 2017. According to a report “The State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition in the World, put together by UNICEF, the…
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