Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has signed the COVID-19 Regulations, 2020. This regulations seeks to declare COVID-19 a dangerous infectious disease. The regulations, effective March 30, 2020, will give a legal backing to the numerous measures listed during the President’s National Broadcast on March 29, 2020, such as Restriction/Cessation of Movement in Lagos, FCT and Ogun […]
The president of Ghana H.E Akufo-Addo has addressed the nation. The ‘address’, was to update the citizens of Ghana about the state of the nation concerning the Covid19 pandemic. In a nutshell, due to the increased numbers of the covid19 positive cases, it has become necessary for the president to imposed restrictions of movement of […]
This species is an annual or biennial plant of the Asteraceae family.Most used in folk medicine. This fairly typical thistle has red to purple flowers and shiny pale green leaves with white veins. Originally a native of Southern Europe through to Asia, it is now found throughout the world. *NUTRITIONAL VALUES* It contains Vitamin E […]
The typhoid vaccine, have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), of which will be used in a two-week immunisation process in southern Sindh province aimed at eradicating it. This approval and introduction of the vaccine has placed Pakistan first globally following an ongoing outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of the potentially fatal disease. […]
Brazil have joined several Latin American countries like Uruguay, Chile,Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Peru on the sale of cannabis-based products in pharmacies. The products will be sold to people with prescriptions ONLY. This new development is said to take effect in the coming months. ANVISA, a health regulatory agency, in a statement said that, they […]
This write up was prompted as a result of a video of guy seen to have said to have overdosed on “TRAMADOL”. Let’s get straight into it what is TRAMADOL? Tramadol (brand name: Ultram) is an opioid analgesic (painkiller). It is prescribed to treat moderate to moderately severe pain and is considered a safer alternative […]
Waleed Hassanein, an Egyptian born US Surgeon, has made organs live on after a person has already died. People die in vain whilst waiting for donor organs and even if the organs were donated, few of them can be used because of incompatibility as well as organ decomposition. Previously, removed organs were placed on […]
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) It is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or simply ginger, is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine. Ginger belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, together with other plants like turmeric (Curcuma longa), cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), and galangal. Ginger is thought to have originated from Asia especially […]