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The prostate grows The prostate is a walnut-shaped gland that wraps around the urethra, the tube that urine flows out of. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. One of its main jobs, along with other organs, is to add fluid to semen. This is the fluid that carries …

A small number of countries, mostly in Europe, have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine amid fears the shot may have caused some recipients to develop serious blood clots. The Netherlands on Sunday became the latest nation to halt the rollout, following moves by Ireland, Bulgaria, Denmark and Norway. …

MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY ON HOW I NATURAL CURED MY STROKE AFTER 8 YEARS OF TOTAL SUFFERING. Reading the information on this article and acting on them will help you get your permanent freedom from Stroke. Try to relax and block all forms of distractions. Your 100% attention is highly needed. …

Many of us are looking for ways to stay young and although you can’t stop the clock, you can fight the signs of ageing and the ageing process with a few wise moves. The following 10 tips will help you to look and feel younger for longer. 1 Use Your …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, on Thursday, said that COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging in Africa as new, more contagious variants of the virus spread. The UN health agency in a statement posted on its website stated that over 175,000 new COVID-19 …

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters that the just-completed yellow fever vaccination exercise conducted in Bauchi State is to serve as COVID-19 vaccination, the Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, has declared that yellow fever vaccines are not the same as COVID-19 vaccines. …

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent stood at 3,515,047 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the health agency’s dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic in Africa was 89,993 on Friday. A total of 2,990,890 …

A team of experts from the World Health Organization left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after Washington urged a “robust and clear” investigation. The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on January 14 in the central …

Virologist Sunday Omilabu says information he gathers will help battle the spread of the disease in Africa’s most populous country. A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country’s COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country. Virologist Sunday …

Step 1: Go Off Your Birth Control—Ahead of Time Have you been popping those little white pills since high school? Take a pass on your prescription a few months before you plan to start trying, says Christopher Williams, M.D., a reproductive endocrinologist in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia, and author of The …