[ad_1] Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is the most common kind of childhood cancer but the drugs containing asparaginase are of poor quality, leaving 70 000 children at risk The post The cancer drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying appeared first on The Mail & Guardian. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] About 165million Nigerians, representing 84 per cent of the population currently need treatment for one or more types of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Nigeria NTDs Economic Impact Survey has revealed. The report, which was commissioned by END Fund and conducted by Deloitte Nigeria also revealed that the Nigerian economy would reap USD 18.9…
[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo Findings by PUNCH HealthWise have revealed that major government-owned hospitals in Lagos State do not have the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine that protects women and girls against cervical cancer. Some mothers shared their frustrations about the inability to get their daughters vaccinated as experts blame the government for the scarcity. ANGELA ONWUZOO reports…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh Maternal health experts have urged the National Health Insurance Authority and Health Maintenance Organisations to adjust the minimum number of sonography that pregnant women are entitled to more than two. The experts noted that all pregnancies are not the same hence the need to make accommodations for such delicate cases where more…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 09:05, January 29, 2023 BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) –A decade-long study of older adults in China has found that a healthy lifestyle is linked to slow memory decline even when people carry a risky gene for Alzheimer’s. Memory loss is a common part of aging. While there is no cure for most conditions…
[ad_1] A man’s body consists of so many systems. There is the blood network. There are the lungs. There is the nervous system. There is the brain. But these systems are neither understood nor appreciated by the generality of men. The field of medicine is one of the very few ways in which men attempt…
[ad_1] Anthony Ademiluyi Dental care experts have said that preventing and treating mouth odour can go beyond brushing the teeth twice daily, noting that some ear and nose infections can cause the condition that is referred to as halitosis. Halitosis is an oral health problem where the main symptom is bad-smelling breath. The experts also…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 14:45, January 28, 2023 PANAMA CITY, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) — It’s poignant for Trinidad Ayola to recall the day when she claimed from the hospital the body of her husband, whose life was taken during the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama. Trauma still lingers for Panamanians like Ayola whose families died during the…
[ad_1] For an electricity distribution area, Kano DISCO that gets between 250-360 Megawatts hour, on a day by day, many will dismiss the commissioning of the 10MW, Challawa Kano Solar Power Project as inconsequential. Yet, in terms of both significance and consequential impact, this power plant, the first of its kind in Nigeria is a…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 08:06, January 29, 2023 *Tourism reservations for this year’s Spring Festival holiday skyrocketed by 4 times from the same period last year, with the number of both domestic and outbound trips hitting new highs over the past three years. *Orders of multi-person dining packages in China’s restaurants in the first six days of…
