Novartis is taking aim at drug-resistant by launching clinical trials of the first new antimalarial medicine for many years in nine countries across Africa and Asia. The Swiss drug maker, which is working on the mid-stage Phase IIb trial program with the group Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), said on Monday it believed its drug KAF156 could be a "game-changer".
The Sultan Hospital, Makarfi road, Kaduna has declared a week of free surgeries beginning August 20, to celebrate the safe return of President Buhari from medical vacation in London.
Scientists have overcome a common genetic cause of male infertility by creating a healthy sperm in the laboratory. The research raises the future prospect of hope for men who cannot father children because they have three instead of two sex chromosomes.
A new study suggests that super-strength vitamin C doses could be a way to fight leukaemia. Scientists believe that Vitamin C which is found in high levels in oranges, peppers and kale, encourages blood cancer stem cells to die. Faulty stem cells in bone marrow often multiply, fueling the growth of fatal tumours, but vitamin C tells them to die, scientists claim.
Borno State Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia has said more than 400, 000 persons were screened for HIV virus. Mshelia told newsmen in Maiduguri that they were screened and counselled on the scourge in the 53 Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) centres in the state.
Energy drinks have already taken a lot of heat for the negative health effects they have, according to research. Now, they’re taking another hit as scientists say such drinks can act as a “gateway drug” for young adults to begin consuming other addictive substances.
