An international research led by the University of Sydney, Australia suggests that speeding up your walking pace could extend your life. Walking at an average pace was found to be linked with 20 percent risk reduction for all-cause mortality compared with walking at a slow pace, while walking at a brisk or fast pace was associated with a risk reduction of 24 percent.
Scientists have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has identified benzodiazepines like rhaphynol, crack cocaine, codeine-based syrups, glue, and rubber solution as most abused drugs in Abuja apart from Cannabis Sativa.
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to immediately develop funding plans for the effective management of HIV/AIDS in the country.
The call was made against the backdrop of increasing deaths from the disease.
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has this afternoon Friday raised alarm over the presence of fake Cowbell “Our Milk” 12g sachet milk circulating in Nigeria market. The alert was posted on the agency’s website stated that Promasidor Nigeria Ltd, a marketing authorization holder and manufacturer of Cowbell “Our Milk” informed the agency about the existence of a product bearing a close resemblance to the genuine Cowbell “Our Milk” 12g sachet Milk currently circulating in the Nigerian market.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the subsidy for the cost of kidney dialysis in federal hospitals in Nigeria. A single dialysis session costs around N50,000 but with the newly approved subsidy, the new subsidized cost will be N12,000; a 76% cost reduction.
