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Scientists discover two cancer drugs that reverse Alzheimer’s
(Agency reports) Two drugs already approved by the FDA for cancer treatment may hold the key to reversing Alzheimer’s disease in patients, experts say. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) believe that letrozole, a hormone-based breast cancer…
Historic surgery: Doctors excise 18 kg ovarian tumor from woman
Sopuruchi Onwuka A team of doctors in India has successfully relieved an old woman the burden of a huge ovarian tumor nearly as heavy as half of a conventional bag of rice, allowing the patient a third lifeline after initial…
NLNG advances Asaba healthcare agenda with neonatal, ICU facilities
Sopuruchi Onwuka Africa’s leading gas export company, the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Nigeria, has commissioned new Neonatal Ward and a renovated Intensive Care Unit at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, Delta State. Manager in charge of Corporate Communications…
Snakes bite 5.4 m, kill 138,000 annually
Sopuruchi Onwuka Snake bites are fast becoming the next global epidemic afflicting significant 5.4 million people every year, sickening verified 2.7 million victims and sending over 138,000 people to early grave. Consequently, global efforts coordinated by private groups are ongoing…
Turkey’s begins public ‘fat check’ on overweight people
Turkish health workers have been deployed across each of the country’s 81 regions with weighing scales and tape measures as the drive to assess 10 million people by July 10 is underway to prevent some 50 percent of the population…
Former President Biden is down with prostate cancer
Sopuruchi Onwuka A tip from urinary analysis led doctors to determine that immediate past President of the United States of America, Mr Joe Biden, has prostate cancer, a disease that mainly affects older male adults. The former president and his…
China leads global dementia with 115 m cases
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency report China has the world’s fastest growing number of cases of dementia with the number of diagnosed cases increasing threefold over the past three decades, a new study has warned. Although dementia cases doubled globally in…
Seplat Energy JV flags off 2025 Eye Can See Programme in Imo
Indigenous energy company, Seplat, says it has flagged off the 2025 edition of its flagship healthcare initiative, ‘Eye Can See’, in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The company stated in a media release that the programme which is driven with…
Researchers crack how Ozempic, others regulate carb intake
Sopuruchi Onwuka A new study published in Nature Microbiology reveals how medications like Ozempic unlock our body’s own regulatory mechanisms to naturally regulate hunger, reduce food intake and slow down digestion to deliver results on diabetes and weight control. Ozempic…
Ozempic expands list of health benefits with Alzheimer’s risk cut
Sopuruchi Onwuka The blockbuster drug semaglutide, best known under brand names like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, may offer a new health benefit: reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Two major studies suggest that the medication, originally developed to treat type…
