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The ‘inactive ingredients’ in your medicines may actually be active

Recall when you popped a paracetamol for a headache? If you bothered to read the packaging, you would find it contained 500mg of paracetamol as “

Eureka! The missing ingredient to grow blood vessels

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered an ingredient vital for proper blood vessel formation that explains why n

Home Remedy Alert PROBLEM: Diarrhoea? Try: Try raw pap

It is common to have stomach upset that leads to having loose stool, or diarrhoea. That’s often your body’s way of dealing with disruptions in your ga

C-sections more deadly for women in Africa, research shows

More women die from caesarean delivery in Africa than in high income countries, a study published in the Lancet medical journal revealed on Friday. Ce

HIV: Aisha Buhari urges regular testing to prevent mother-to-child transmission

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has urged women in Nigeria to conduct regular HIV and AIDS tests to guard against Mother-to-Child transmissio