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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…
Hospice nurse reveals that dying people confirm afterlife
A 42 year old registered hospice nurse who massed social media following has revealed that people see heaven and experience other spiritual encounters before they die. Julie McFadden, who is based in Los Angeles and specializes in hospice care, has…
Shell donates security vehicles, ambulance to Lagos State
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has donated vehicles including a specialised ambulance in support of security and health services in Lagos State. The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF)…
US FDA moves to contain use of weight loss drugs
Compounding pharmacies will have to stop producing copycats of tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the blockbuster weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound, in a matter of days. That’s because a federal judge has ruled that compounding pharmacies can’t keep making…
Budget crisis forces WHO on hiring freeze, as U.S. quits
The Trump administration’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization has triggered a hiring freeze, suspended investments and a travel reduction within the organization, according to a staff email. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in…
WHO issues global alert over Ebola outbreak
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed the international community is on alert after it confirmed the existence of a new outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania. The outbreak has since triggered alarm bells…
NNPC, Seplat extend “Eye Can See” programme to Imo State
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has extended its free eye care services to petroleum industry host communities in Imo State, distributing over 10,000 reading glasses and successfully performing 639 eye surgeries. Group Chief Corporate Communications Officer,…
No cancer danger from mobile phones, research concludes
A review of 28 years of research has shown that mobile phones and wireless tech devices are not linked to increased risk of cancer, as the radio waves they emit do not contain enough energy to damage the human body…
NNPC Vision First Programme: Over 1,000 Lagosians receive free eye care
Sopuruchi Onwuka Over 1000 eye patients in Ilaje and other communities in the Bariga area of Lagos State have received free treatment for different eye defects in the third edition of the Vision First Programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum…
