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With more than one in seven people globally living with a mental disorder, mental illness has officially become the world’s leading cause of disability
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“Lifestyle medicine is not about perfection. It is about direction. Start with one meal, one hour of sleep, one deep breath”
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The state government advised Lagosians who have contact with travellers from affected areas and are experiencing symptoms, to call 767 or 112, or 08023169485.
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Ten African countries are at risk of being affected by the Ebola virus, in addition to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the African Union’s health agency warned on Saturday.
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By Chioma Obinna The Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, FMSD&IGA, has verified and certified over 200 Zonal Intervention and Constituency Projects executed across the six geopolitical zones as part of efforts to deepen the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the grassroots. The projects, executed within the last one […]
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“Hypertension is a silent killer. Many people stop taking their drugs once their blood pressure becomes controlled, and that is dangerous. Once medication is abandoned, the blood pressure rebounds and complications such as stroke, heart disease, kidney failure and blindness can set in,” he warned.
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“And fifth, this epidemic is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola virus for which there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics,” Tedros warned.
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The Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, has successfully carried out a highly specialized segmental mandibulectomy with reconstruction — a major maxillofacial surgical procedure performed for the first time at any state-owned facility and the first in North-eastern Nigeria.
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Global health experts have warned that the world is now even more vulnerable to another devastating pandemic
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Nigeria’s medical scientists yesterday raised fresh alarm over the risk of Ebola slipping into the country
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