Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES A major study has highlighted the scale of the obesity problem in the UK, with a significant risk of death and disease…
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Urine test to end ‘smear fear’
Image copyright SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Women who are too anxious or embarrassed to go for a smear test could instead provide a urine sample to be…
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Media captionBBC health correspondent Smitha Mundasad explains the US measles outbreak American health officials report that more than 700 people have been infected by measles…
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Mozambique swamped by Cyclone Idai The United Nations will grant Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to help provide food and…
View More UN gives Mozambique $13m for Cyclone Kenneth damageFloods kill 31, thousands displaced in Indonesia
Flood in Indonesia Floods and landslides from torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 31 people and displaced thousands in the past few days,…
View More Floods kill 31, thousands displaced in IndonesiaSri Lanka: Catholic Church wants crackdown on Islamists
Sri Lanca : Catholic churches suspend services The Catholic church in Sri Lanka has said the government should crack down on Islamists “as if on war…
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Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein (C) Yisroel Goldstein, a rabbi who carried on preaching despite being wounded in the latest deadly shooting at a US synagogue said…
View More Jews won’t be cowed: Wounded rabbi GoldsteinCAN urges FG to release El-Zakzaky, Dasuki, Leah Sharibu
CAN President Samson Ayokunle President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has urged the Federal Government to release the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria,…
View More CAN urges FG to release El-Zakzaky, Dasuki, Leah SharibuBoeing CEO faces shareholders for first time since 737 MAX crashes
Boeing CEO faces shareholders for first time since 737 MAX crashes Boeing Co Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will face shareholders on Monday for the first…
View More Boeing CEO faces shareholders for first time since 737 MAX crashesPharmacist urges prescriptions adherence to stop malaria drug resistance
ce 3 Drugs By Felicia Imohimi Mr Sunday Ike, National Publicity Secretary of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has advised people to…
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