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2 Apr 2015
Date syrup — a thick, sweet liquid derived from dates that is widely consumed across the Middle East — shows antibacterial activity against a number of disease-causing bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.
2 Apr 2015
Zinc is one of the minerals of life found extensively in the body. It is an essential trace element. It is referred to as a trace element because it is required in very small amounts in all its functions in the body. Zinc is another ubiquitous mineral in the body. This combined with the small amounts needed for it to function, makes me to refer to it as “small but mighty.” Zinc has been said to be chemically similar to magnesium and together, both of them play very significant roles in the general wellness of the human being.
1 Apr 2015
But the effects of inequality may go beyond simple access to opportunity: a new study finds that family differences in income and education are directly correlated with brain size in developing children and adolescents.
31 Mar 2015
NOT a week goes by, it seems, without another study showing the health benefits- or risks- of coffee. Just last week coffee was linked to a reduced risk of heart attacks. It’s been shown to protect against dementia, Type 2 diabetes and even skin cancer. But it’s also been blamed for anxiety, heartburn and making…
Female-child-trafficking
28 Mar 2015
IF you come across Musa Ahmed, you would no doubt agree that he is a brilliant boy. But to the dismay of his parents and relatives, Musa’s academic result does not tally with his intelligence. At Jibowu Primary School, Lagos, where the 15 year-old attends, he always comes last in the class.
Cover-Hospital-ward
28 Mar 2015
WITHOUT mincing words, Nigerian health professionals are some of the best in the world. In Canada for instance, a Nigerian couple, both pharmacists trained at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria are blazing the trail in pharmaceutics. Between them, and their pharmaceutical company, they hold more than 50 chemotherapy patents.
26 Mar 2015
Notwithstanding the current economic challenges for local manufacturers, an economic analyst, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi has urged industrial pharmacists in the country to collaborate and foster a common front, if they must break even.
26 Mar 2015
With wisdom gleaned from some of the longest-living, healthiest cultures in the world, as well as new insights made possible by high-tech studies, researchers say that old views of aging are simply outmoded. Yes, our bodies change.
26 Mar 2015
For improved operational efficiency of medical consumables and drug warehousing in the state, the Lagos State Ministry of Health has gone into collaboration with Partnership for Transforming Health Systems II (PATHS2) and private suppliers of medicines and consumables to Lagos central medical store, Oshodi.
26 Mar 2015
Carbon dioxide (CO2), a gaseous waste product from cellular respiration, mixes with water to form carbonic acid (H2CO3). Carbonic acid is an intermediate specie in the production of bicarbonate. This reaction, without a catalyst, is usually very slow.
21 Mar 2015
Acting Head of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) Operational Headquarters in Lagos, Mr. Francis Adefuye, a meteorologist with sub-specialisation in Climatology, explains in this interview why some Nigerians may be experiencing intense heat and why there is an increase in the number of cockroaches and mosquitoes.
20 Mar 2015
A member of Emory faculty since 2007 Associate Professor Osunkoya is Director of Genitourinary Pathology and of Emory Surgical Pathology Fellowship and he previously received another eponymous USCAP prize: The Benjamin Castleman Award for the best paper published in human Pathology in 2009.

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