Social media linked to poor sleep among teens
Teens who use social media for three hours or more per day have problems falling asleep and then struggle to get up for school the next morning, experts say. Their…
Teens who use social media for three hours or more per day have problems falling asleep and then struggle to get up for school the next morning, experts say. Their…
Four drug companies reached a last-minute legal settlement over their role in the opioid addiction epidemic, a source said on Monday, just as a nine-week trial was scheduled to start…
The Nigerian Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP, Nigeria Chapter), has called for a stronger policy on drug demand reduction, stating that the extant policies are not…
As part of efforts to sustain a polio-free status in the Bauchi State, the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) has flagged off a door-to-door vaccination campaign against polio…
Prescription painkiller OxyContin, 40mg pills, made by Purdue Pharma LD. The company has since declared bankruptcy A landmark trial over the US opioid epidemic is on track to begin on…
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples…
A woman lies on a stretcher inside a hospital after what the Syrian state media said was a suspected toxic gas attack in Aleppo. When a children’s hospital in Aleppo…
Singapore will ban advertisements of certain fizzy drinks and juices, its health ministry said on Thursday, part of a raft of measures to curb consumption of sugar in the city-state,…
An Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Adetola Olatunji, has warned girls and ladies to shun early sexual intercourse and having multiple sex partners to avert the risks of developing deadly cervical cancer.…
The pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from the patient’s brain is seen following a news conference after Thibault, a 28-year-old man, paralysed…