September 2023

We empower health experts to embrace an integrated diabetes management approach – Roche

EditorSeptember 11, 2023November 16, 202405 mins

[ad_1] Determined to reduce the number of Nigerians suffering from diabetes and high sugar-related illnesses currently affecting about 3.6 million Nigerians, Roche Diabetes Care (DC) Nigeria, has started empowering healthcare professionals to embrace an integrated diabetes management approach. This approach involved educating and mentoring patients to adopt a personalised diabetes management approach in addition to…

Report faults EPA for not enforcing limits at oil refineries | News

EditorSeptember 11, 2023011 mins

[ad_1] The federal Environmental Protection Agency must do a better job ensuring that oil refineries that exceed emissions limits for benzene, a toxic, carcinogenic pollutant, cut those concentrations, the agency’s inspector general found. “Thirteen of the 18 refineries we reviewed had benzene concentrations above the action level in 20 or more weeks after the initial…

Kenya raises concerns as addicts inject animal tranquilisers as heroin alternative

EditorSeptember 11, 202303 mins

[ad_1] Kenya’s National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has warned about a concerning trend among drug addicts who inject animal tranquilisers as a substitute for heroin. This alarming development follows the widespread circulation of videos on social media depicting individuals in Kenya’s coastal region exhibiting “zombie-like” behaviour. In a statement…

Unmasking the UK health and care worker visa: Is it truly greener pasture?

EditorSeptember 11, 2023012 mins

[ad_1] BY FRANCISCA CHIEDU I am deeply concerned about the ongoing issues of “modern slavery” and fraud within the healthcare sector in the UK. It is disheartening to hear stories of people selling their belongings and taking up jobs that offer meagre salaries. The healthcare visa has opened opportunities for rogue agents to exploit people….

ABCON calls on CBN to grant BDCs autonomy to digitise operations

EditorSeptember 11, 202303 mins

[ad_1] The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to grant its operators digital autonomy in order to achieve exchange rate convergence. Exchange rates convergence, according to the CBN, is the evolvement of a single or unified exchange rate system that is consistent with andsupported…

Eight in police custody amid search for abducted UNICAL professor

EditorSeptember 11, 202303 mins

[ad_1] Eight suspects are currently in police custody over the abduction of Ekanem Phillip-Ephraim, a professor at the University of Calabar (UNICAL). Ekanem, a professor of medicine, was abducted by gunmen at her private hospital in Atimbo, Calabar on July 13. The academic has since been in captivity for over eight weeks as the Cross…

Nine suspects nabbed, remanded for kidnapping UCTH doctor

EditorSeptember 11, 202304 mins

[ad_1] On Monday, a magistrates’ court in Calabar ordered that nine men be remanded for kidnapping Ekanem Ephraim, a lead consultant in neurology at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Police charged Effiom Asuquo, 60, Ndifreke Akpan, 29; Effiom Edet, 20, Asuquo Edet, 45 and Okon Okon, 37, with four counts related to unlawful…

6 Benefits of Bitter Melon (Bitter Gourd) and Its Extract

EditorSeptember 11, 2023010 mins

[ad_1] Bitter Melon Bitter melon is high in vitamins A and C and other nutrients. It contains compounds that may have health benefits. But it may cause some side effects. Bitter melon — also known as bitter gourd or Momordicacharantia — is a tropical vine that belongs to the gourd family and is closely related…

Medical, dental consultants suspend planned nationwide strike

EditorSeptember 11, 202306 mins

[ad_1] The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) suspended its planned nationwide strike three months following an appeal by the coordinating minister of health and social services, Muhammad Pate. The decision was part of the resolutions reached by MDCAN and contained in its communique issued at the end of its 13th biennial delegates…

Childhood cancer foundation calls on Kufuor

EditorSeptember 11, 202303 mins

[ad_1] The Breanna Memorial Childhood Cancer Foundation paid a courtesy call on the former President, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor, in Accra last Thursday. The visit was to seek the attention and support of eminent citizens of Ghana in the fight against childhood cancer in the country. The chairperson of the foundation, Ms Esi Hammond, expressed…

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