The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill form of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, marking a significant milestone in obesity treatment, pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk announced Monday.
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Nnewi, Anambra State — Bridge Head Medicine Market, widely known as Ogbo-Ogwu Market, has surrendered N265 million worth of counterfeit, expired, and substandard drugs to the National Agency for Food
Save the Children says Nigeria faces world’s largest food crisis as insecurity, soaring prices and failed policies push families to the brink. A stark new assessment from Save the Children
Authorities in Adamawa State are searching for a university lecturer who disappeared from his hospital bed while receiving treatment for serious mental health conditions. Emmanuel Peter, 40, a Public Administration
A leading Nigerian cardiologist has sounded the alarm over a sharp rise in hypertension among young adults, warning that high blood pressure is “no longer a disease of the elderly”
A comprehensive review of scientific studies has found no clear link between pregnant women taking paracetamol and autism or ADHD in their children, despite repeated claims to the contrary by
Health experts and stakeholders have called for the establishment of a structured and sustainable malaria control framework in Kano State to strengthen the fight against the disease. The resolution emerged
A section of Fulani residents in Kogi State has rejected the ongoing integrated immunisation campaign against measles, polio, and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), posing a challenge to the state’s target
Delhi’s only African elephant, Shankar, who lived a life of isolation for more than two decades, died from a rare and deadly rodent-borne virus, zoo authorities have confirmed. The 29-year-old
India’s Weight-Loss Drug Craze: Affluent Buyers Drive Multi-Million-Dollar Boom Amid Health Concerns
A booming appetite for weight-loss drugs among affluent Indians is transforming the country’s anti-obesity market, now valued at nearly $100 million — a sixfold surge in just five years. But