The Leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State Chapter, has debunked the allegation that their members disconnected gadgets in the Special Care Baby Unit and thereby caused the untimely deaths of 20 babies in intensive care at the facility.

Research Associates Gray Hair To Immune System Defense Notification

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a connection between the genes that contribute to hair color and the genes that notify our bodies of a pathogenic infection.

The new study on mice, published on Thursday in the open access journal PLOS Biology, offered insights into why some people’s hair may turn grey in response to a serious illness or chronic stress.

According to the researchers, when the human body is under attack from a virus or bacteria, the innate immune system detects them and responds by producing signalling molecules called interferons.

The Kano state chapter of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, says practitioners intending to join the association would henceforth undergo drug tests to ascertain their mental well-being in the face of growing drug abuse in the country. The state chairman of the NBA, Mohammed Inuwa Musa made this known on Saturday during a programme tagged: "Kano State NBA Walk Against Drug Abuse”, as part of activities marking the 2018 NBA Kano Law Week.

A recent study led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has shown that a very-low-carbohydrate diet can improve blood sugar control among people with type 1 diabetes. Led by Belinda Lennerz of the Boston Children’s Hospital, the study suggest that the diet can improve blood sugar control in type 1 diabetes, with low rates o fhypoglycemia and and the other complications generally reported among people with the condition.

The Northern Governor’s Wives Forum has commended the recent ban on the importation, production, distribution and consumption of codeine by the federal government. The Chairperson of the Forum, Hadiza Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, in a statement by her Press Secretary, Rashida Yusuf,

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) on Friday said it was introducing Product tracking systems as well as increased surveillance operations across all registered pharmacies in Nigeria, following indiscriminate sale and abuse of drugs with codeine. The Registrar of the Council, Mr. Elijah Mohammed stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.