No evidence Essiac tea cures cancer
“Native American Tea Cures Cancer,” reads the headline of an article on the website ‘Wise Mind Healthy Body’. It gives the recipe for “Essiac tea”, wh
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Lemon, snail slime and tomatoes won’t remove appendix
“Appendix total removal,” reads a message posted on the Nigeria-based Facebook page “Sure Truth”. It adds: “You shall not die young.” The message clai
Expert raises alarm over high diabetes rate in Nigeria
Dr Osunbor Osariemen, a consultant nephrologist with the Central Hospital, Benin City, has raised an alarm over the increasing rate of Diabetes mellit
NAFDAC shuts 6 pharmaceutical companies over substandard medicines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down six local manufacturers of finished pharmaceutical products (F
Beware of fake COVID-19 Certificates, Lagos govt tells travellers
838 new infections, 7 deaths recorded across the country