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.
In an effort to bolster health security and enhance readiness for disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies, the Ekiti State Government established a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Steering Committee.
Following new outbreaks in some parts of Africa, the federal government has designated 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as regions at high or moderate risk of Ebola importation. This was revealed on Thursday by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), which issued a heightened Ebola preparation notice to all states in the nation due to concerns about cross-border transmission. Nigeria presently has no confirmed Ebola cases connected to the continuing outbreak in East and Central Africa, according to NCDC Director-General Jide Idris, but he cautioned that rising regional transmission has greatly increased the country's importation risk.
