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‘Why you should not check health symptoms online’

Dr Oluwaseun Ayotola, a General Practitioner at Ajayi Medical Centre, Lagos, has advised patients against checking their health symptoms online to avo

How a high fat diet can lead to diabetes – Research

Researchers have discovered how our choice of diet can weaken our gut immune system and lead to the development of diabetes. A growing body of researc

‘Cracks in the skin of eczema patients promote allergic diseases’

Infants who develop eczema are more likely to develop food allergies, hay fever and asthma as they grow older, a progression known as the atopic march

Report uncovers barriers to treat pneumonia, diarrhoea

A study has recommended that states be strengthened to adopt national guidelines that stipulate use of amoxicillin dispersible tablet to treat pneumon

Africa adopts 10-year strategy to prepare for epidemics

African health ministers have adopted a 10-year strategy to strengthen their disease surveillance and response, and restrict the devastation caused by