Category: Health
EPA: Chemical in medical-device cleanser poses cancer risk
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations. that their operations pose an elevated
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GMO foods safe for human consumption in Nigeria- NBMA assures
The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency(NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has restated that all approved Genetically Modified Organisms(GMOs) or food crops in Nigeria are safe for human consumption. Ebegba stated this in
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NDLEA arrests drug queen with narcotics at Lagos Airport
Introduction Narcotics is a drug or other substance that affects mood or behavior and is consumed for non-medical purposes, especially those sold illegally, and the excessive intake could be deadly. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
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Soon Cataract can be cured by drug instead of surgery
Soon Cataract can be cured by drug instead of surgery, Anglia Ruskin University researcher leads work on an anti-cataract active drug, which shows promising results in laboratory tests. Cataracts can now only be cured by
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Most Men who Kill themselves in the US have no history of Mental illness
A new research by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan's group, most men who kill themselves in the U.S. do not have any history of mental illness. Instead, they may have been exposed to solid stresses at
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The importance of Regulating medical devices
The MDR regulation is a mechanism for FDA and manufacturers to identify and monitor significant adverse events that are occurring involving medical devices. The objectives behind this regulation are to detect and correct made with
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How to get the most out of medical supply purchases
Purchasing durable medical equipment can be a tedious, cumbersome and more importantly, an expensive affair. Although you may not be thinking about it, your loved one's caregivers need to understand the process of purchasing this
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Just three minutes of exposure to red light improves vision -study
A study from researchers at University College London in the United Kingdom found that a brief application of the right kind of light can improve declining vision. This was culled from an article written by
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Viagra can now threat or prevent Alzheimer disease
The erectile dysfunction drug, Sildenafil, also known as Viagra can now be used to threat or prevent Alzheimer diease (AD). Viagra (also used to treat high blood pressure_, has promised to treat or prevent Alzheimer's
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TIme you go to sleep is a significant factor for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD)
it is essential to understand now that your bedtime or the time you go to sleep is a significant factor for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), specific time 10.00pm and 10.59 pm is the lowest risk
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