[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo Physicians have warned that women consuming alcohol during pregnancy stand the risk of having babies with small heads also known as microcephaly. According to medical experts, alcohol consumption during pregnancy irrespective of the quantity exposes the unborn baby to the risk of poor brain development. The experts stated this in separate interviews…
[ad_1] Dr. Abayomi Ajayi Esther was 38 years old and her husband, Kunle, was 40 when they began investigating the cause of their infertility. They were married for four years and longing for a child when they finally opted to visit a fertility centre in Lagos. Following a series of basic and routine tests, some…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 11:24, February 18, 2023 WUHAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — MoDAS, an artificial intelligence-based software system, has been approved for use in central China’s Hubei Province to help assess the motor symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Neurologists commonly use the MDS-UPDRS scale to evaluate Parkinson’s disease patients, observing more than 30 assessment items…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake drugs and expired products worth over N300 million in Nasarawa State. The products were confiscated from pharmaceutical stores as well as other business outlets across states in the North Central geopolitical zone of the country. Addressing journalists shortly after the destruction…
[ad_1] The managing director/chief executive officer of the Diplomatic Village, Uche Udozor, has disclosed that plans are underway to open a facility in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and Lagos State soon to cater for the need of the huge diplomatic communities in the two states. He disclosed this Friday when taking diplomatic reporters on…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 10:50, February 18, 2023 MUKONO, Uganda, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Dozens of people at the Katosi landing site in the Central Region district of Mukono queued to get the free medical care provided by a visiting Chinese medical team from the Ugandan capital of Kampala. The medical camp, which ended on Friday, pulled…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 09:50, February 18, 2023 Chinese astronauts Chen Dong (2nd R), Liu Yang (1st R) and Cai Xuzhe (3rd R), the three Shenzhou-14 crew members, salute during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2023. The three astronauts of China’s Shenzhou-14 crewed mission met with press on Friday, in their first…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro Medical experts have said maternal health services can be free if maternal health is prioritised in the country. The experts say prioritising maternal health and increasing the funding for family planning will reduce maternal and infant mortality. The experts who brought this to the fore at a one-day summit organised by the…
[ad_1] Debunks Reuters’ report on abortion by Nigerian military The Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, has raised concern over the high rate of pregnancy and procreation in Boko Haram victims’ rehabilitation camps in the state. The commissioner, who disclosed this before the Special Independent Investigative Panel on Human Rights Violations…
[ad_1] (Cartoon by Ma Hongliang) A series of devastating earthquakes struck south Türkiye near the border with Syria on Feb. 6, 2023, resulting in mass casualties. Some 26 million people in both countries needed humanitarian assistance, said an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Feb. 14. Years of wars, chaos and sanctions imposed…
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