Mr Victor Ekpo, Executive Director of Pink Africa Foundation has disclosed that the survival rate of breast cancer in Nigeria was still below 50 per cent due to late presentation and poor awareness. Ekpo made the call on Monday in Calabar during an awareness walk organised by Pink Africa Foundation in partnership with Asi Ukpo…
A Dog just pooped out rainbow Orbeez after eating them, apparently thinking they looked like a good snack. Orbeez expand when there are hydrated meaning they expanded while they were in the dog’s GI tract. The dog was taken to the emergency room where an x-ray confirmed that there was a large amount of beads…
Tech Big Tech’s race for AGI heats up as OpenAI raises $6.6 billion. OpenAI has secured $6.6 billion in new funding, pushing its valuation to $157 billion, with a goal of reaching $11 billion in sales by next year. D.A. Davidson’s Gil Luria sees this target as achievable, but calls the company’s $100 billion sales…
APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNING BOARD OF CROSS RIVER STATE HEALTH INSURANCE AGENCY (CRSHIA) In line with the Law number 10 of 2016, which established the Cross River State Health Insurance Agency (CRSHIA), the Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency Senator Bassey Edet Otu has approved the appointment of the Governing Board to carry out the…
The Government of Cross River State has released an 8-day timetable for free medical outreach for residents of the state. According to a release by Dr Henry Ayuk, Commissioner for Health, at the weekend, the free medical outreach is in collaboration with Sharing Hope Medical Mission, USA, and will be carried out at the General…
The Chinese government has donated anti-malaria medical commodities worth several millions of naira to the Government of Cross River in a bid to support the State’s efforts in combating malaria. The donation, valued at Thirty-seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira (N37,900,000), was presented on Wednesday by China’s Consular General in Lagos, Yan Yuqing’s representatives in…
Key facts Breast cancer caused 670,000 deaths globally in 2022. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in women with no specific risk factors other than sex and age. Breast cancer was the most common cancer in women in 157 countries out of 185 in 2022. Breast cancer occurs in every country in the world. Approximately 0.5–1% of breast…
The Nigerian Network of People with Diabetes has revealed that as the cost of diabetes medication increased, some of its members were turning to quacks and spiritualists for medical attention. The request was made to the Cross River House of Assembly on Thursday in Calabar during a patient advocacy campaign led by Mr Bernard Enyia,…
Have you heard of Blindsight, the device that makes the blind see, even those born blind at birth? Well, that device was approved today, 17 September, by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Blindsight device, developed by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, will enable those who have lost both eyes and their optic nerve…
An increasing number of people are suffering from symptoms of Long Covid even after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday. Lauterbach warned that people are still falling ill with the disease – even as public attention on Covid-19 fades into the background. He made his remarks during…
