Category: 6. Health

During the first 10 months of 2025, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 995 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 176 deaths.

The Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 18.4% which is higher than the CFR for the same period in 2024…

“One of the reasons that I chose to talk about lifestyle and skin health and disease is that we may be some of the only physicians that a patient may interface with in a year or two years, and a lot of the things that we actually see our…

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High blood pressure doesn’t always need pills to improve, sometimes, it responds best to consistent, everyday habits. Cardiologist Dr Evan Levine emphasizes that sustainable control comes from discipline and awareness, not drastic…

Findings from the international phase 3 SUPREMO trial (ISRCTN61145589) are reshaping how clinicians approach postmastectomy treatment for patients with intermediate-risk early breast cancer (eBC). The study found that omitting chest-wall…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A novel percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) appears to offer comparable safety to an…

Following a period of reduced pertussis activity during 2020–2021, South Africa experienced a marked resurgence in 2022 and 2023. Case numbers declined through 2024 but have shown a gradual increase during 2025.

From January to October 2025, a…

A week after The BMJ published a highly publicized paper claiming stem cell therapy can reduce the risk of heart failure, sleuths have unearthed what they are calling “serious” inconsistencies in the data. 

The paper claims the…