The leadership of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Monday said it has shut Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd. after they were implicated in the codeine syrup saga.
Members of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have elected Dr. Francis Adedayo as their new President. He was elected on Sunday at the end of the association’s 58th Annual General Conference and Delegates’ Meeting held in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Federal Government has explained the reason behind the recent ban on the production, importation, sale and consumption of Codeine in Nigeria, after a report by BBC highlighting the danger of the substance went viral. The Ministry of Health in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman, Olajide Oshundun
Health experts have warned of a Death Cap mushroom (Amanita Phalloides) in Canberra, which is a deadly poisonous fungus that can cause death when ingested.
According to the ACT health, an organisation that provides diverse health care services, It can be extremely difficult for even experienced collectors to distinguish Death Cap mushrooms from an edible mushroom.
People should not pick or eat wild mushrooms, and should talk to their families, friends and neighbours about the dangers of Death Cap mushrooms. Cooking Death Cap mushrooms does not make them safe.
Chinese researchers have identified two new risk gene variants that are responsible for leprosy.
The findings were published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
The research, led by Yao Yonggang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming institute of zoology, examine 1,433 patients with leprosy and 1,625 healthy individuals from southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
However, gaining the benefits depends on how it is prepared.
Researchers have recently discovered just how valuable garlic is on our health.
They say it can reduce risk of major health issues like heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
