WHO issues new guideline; Treat all people living with HIV. Anyone infected with HIV should begin antiretroviral treatment as soon after diagnosis as possible, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced yesterday, as it issued new... Read More
Project PINK BLUE will be hosting a PINK OCTOBER WALK against Cancer this Saturday
Project PINK BLUE will be hosting a PINK OCTOBER WALK against Cancer this Saturday. Project PINK BLUE, a cancer non-profit organization engaged in breast and cervical cancer awareness, will be hosting a PINK OCTOBER WALK, RACE & CYCLING... Read More
Malaria in pregnancy leads to cognitive defects in offspring – Study
Over half of all pregnant women world-wide are at risk for malaria, but little was known about the effect maternal malaria may have on the neurodevelopment of the unborn child. A study published on September 24th in PLOS Pathogens reports a causal link... Read More
Female SCD Warriors, Expensive Stuff?
Hi, there! You know how you talk to someone a lot and you feel you know their struggles? Because s/he shares “everything” with you? Then you listen in on a conversation they are having with some other person and a new piece of information hits you... Read More
Nigeria removed from list of polio endemic countries
Nigeria removed from list of polio endemic countries Nigeria has been removed from the list of polio endemic countries in what is being regarded as a “milestone” on the quest to eradicate the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO)... Read More
Dangers Of Skin Bleaching
Dangers Of Skin Bleaching by Tunde Oguntola. Skin lightening is the new trend as some people believe lightening their skins make them more beautiful and hence go into bleaching, whitening or toning. TUNDE OGUNTOLA in this piece, writes on the health... Read More
Teen dies from Toxic Shock Syndrome after using tampons; Find out all about TSS
The mum of a teenager who died from sepsis while on her period is begging people to learn the danger signs of Toxic Shock Syndrome. Jemma-Louise Roberts, 13, began feeling unwell with sickness and diarrhoea while on a family holiday and was wrongly... Read More
Squats don’t give bigger bums
Do people really think squats give bigger bum? Squats don’t give bigger bums. But if we tell you that, we would spoil business for gym owners. So yeah, keep squatting your big bum is on the way. You people don’t know that even reality TV shows are... Read More
Cure for Sickle Cell Disease in adult validated with new unique technique
Physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have cured 12 adult patients of sickle cell disease using a unique procedure for stem cell transplantation from healthy, tissue-matched siblings.The transplants were the... Read More