Sitting In The Toilet For Long Can Give You Pile – Doctor Warns People Who Spend Hours On Phone While Using Toilet. Nigerians have been warned of the consequences of sitting long hours in the toilet. A medical practitioner, Dr. Olufunmilayo said sitting in the toilet for too long can lead to a person…
The German police have arrested a man after getting himself vaccinated at least 90 times against COVID-19. Accordingly to authorities on Sunday, April 3, the man was arrested in the German city of Magdeburg. His reason for taking the vaccinations was not for health, but to accumulate vaccine cards to sell. According to German privacy…
A Nigerian woman, Toyin Tofade has become the first black female president of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) founded in 1881. Tofade, who bagged a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), is to begin her term on July 1, 2022 as the 10th president, the college said in a…
GIOTV reports that the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday destroyed expired and fake drugs worth N50million in Sokoto State. li The items were burnt at Kwannawa dump site near old Post Office in Dange-Shuni Local Government Area of the state. Adamu Garba, NAFDAC State Coordinator, said the exercise was…
Efforts to contain the spread of Coronavirus in China have spiraled out of control as a new variant takes hold. Chinese virologists say the arrival of the Omicron variant and its new “stealth” subvariant—both of which appear to evade China’s Sinovac vaccine—leaves the efforts made by China in tatters. Chinese authorities confirmed 1,337 new locally transmitted cases…
According to a new study, people who have contraced COVID-19 no matter how mild may have accelerated aging of the brain and even increased chances of having dementia or Alzheimer’s. The study, published Monday, March 7, in the journal Nature, is believed to be the largest of its kind and it found that the brains…
Oyo state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has announced that it lost two of its members to Lassa fever within 72 hours. State chairman of the NMA, Ayotunde Fasunla confirmed the death of the two doctors in a statement released on Thursday, March 3. Fasunla appealed to members of the association to treat…
The World Health Organisation has selected Nigeria and five other African countries to begin their own mRNA vaccine production. A statement from WHO on Friday listed other countries selected as the first recipients of technology from the WHO’s global mRNA vaccine hub as Egypt, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus,…
The Prince of Wales has tested positive for the ravaging Covid-19 virus and is now self-isolating, Clarence House has confirmed. This is the second time Prince Charles, 73, who is triple jabbed, has tested positive for the coronavirus after contracting the disease in March 2020. A message on his official Twitter feed stated: “This morning…
It was pure drama that took place recently at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, UNIMED, Akure, Ondo State when a relative of a patient who was on admission in the hospital beat up a medical doctor on duty in the hospital, Daily Post reports. The medical officer, identified as Dr. Sayo, was said…