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Alcohol use linked to nearly 750,000 cancer cases in 2020
Nancy ChenMon, August 2, 2021, 10:48 PM Doctors are sounding the alarm over research showing a link between drinking alcohol and cancer. More than 700,000
Covid News
FDA authorizes Covid antibody treatment as preventive after exposure
The unvaccinated or people with weak immune systems at high risk of severe disease can receive an injection if exposed to an infected person. By Benjamin
Alternative Medicine
A Plant That ‘Cannot Die’ Reveals Its Genetic Secrets
The longest-lived leaves in the plant kingdom can be found only in the harsh, hyperarid desert that crosses the boundary between southern Angola and northern
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Fauci says unvaccinated are “propagating this outbreak” as Delta spreads
Washington — Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said Sunday that Americans who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus are “propagating” the latest
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Black scientist fights to fund her cancer research: Bias in health funding
For the last five years, Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, a physicist and cancer researcher, has fought to fund her cancer treatment technology. Green has peer-reviewed studies
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Community initiative keeps Kenyan women breastfeeding exclusively for longer
Exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months, as recommended by the World Health Organisation, is vital for child growth and survival. Exclusive breastfeeding means that the
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Herbal Medicines To Be Covered Up In The National Health Insurance Medicine List By The End Of The Year – Director, TAMD
As part of the Government initiative to support Traditional medicine in the country, enlisting recommended herbal medicines to the national health insurance medicine list is
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Pharmaceutical giant BioNTech sets sights on malaria vaccine
German Pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said on Monday it aimed to start trialling a
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Kenya’s First Female Radiopharmaceutical Scientist
By Magdalene Wanja Dr Elizabeth Itotia, 29, has swallowed many bitter pills in her path to becoming the first female radiopharmaceutical scientist in Kenya, a
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Nigeria: Monkeypox in Nigeria – Why the Disease Needs Intense Management
Monkeypox is back in the news. The publicity this time derives from a case brought into the US by someone from Nigeria in June 2021. In this
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West Africa’s Liver Cancer Cases Linked to Hepatitis
Liver cancer is strikingly prevalent in West Africa. Specialists point to high rates of hepatitis as a likely cause, but the region is not well
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Contraceptive Activity Of Hog Plum Leaves; locally called “Atoa”
Spondias mombin, also known as yellow mombin or hog plum and popularly known in the Akan language of Ghana as “atoa” is a species of
