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The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, counterfeit, sub-standard and expired drugs worth N650 million in Kaduna. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, said at the destruction site in Buruku, Kaduna State, that the products were substandard, falsely labelled medicines, unwholesome food products and cosmetics. Others were counterfeited unsafe NAFDAC regulated products by the agency from manufacturers, importers and distributors. Represented by the North West Zonal Coordinator of the agency, Mr Gimba Dauda, she said the exercise was part of efforts to stop spurious NAFDAC regulated products from circulation in Nigeria. “The products being destroyed today are made of substandard and falsely labelled medicines, unwholesome food products, cosmetics and other counterfeited products. “Drug counterfeiting is an act of economic sabotage and also terrorism against public health,’’ the director-general said....

 Australian researchers on Friday said they have 4 crucial features of human chromosomes, pointing to a better understanding and treatment of chronic conditions ranging from cancer to heart disease. Their study involves telomeres, the DNA segments at the end of chromosomes that shorten in length with age. The shortening signals aging cells to stop dividing and normally acts as an important barrier to cancer growth. But the length of telomeres is also a crucial disease marker, and people born with abnormally short telomeres can suffer from high rates of cancer and other illnesses. The researchers' latest findings involved identifying the underlying cause that changes the loop-like features of telomeres as people age. "Telomeres normally form a loop structure, where the chromosome end is hidden. We found that when the telomere-loop unfolds, the chromosome end is exposed and the cell perceives this as broken DNA," said Dr Tony Cesare from the Children's Medical Researc...

   Workers at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu has given a 14-day ultimatum to the minister of state for health to tackle all the management issues affecting the hospital or have the battle shift to the National Assembly. This followed a reported failed peace move initiated by the Enugu State Police Commissioner. DAILY POST gathered that the police chief had invited all the warring parties in the health institution with hope of finding a common ground. However, it was learnt that as soon as the parties returned to the hospital, the Medical Director, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe, who was also at the peace parley, issued query to all the staff who were present at the meeting with the CP, except his allies. The development has already sparked fresh round of crisis in the institution with the two nurses’ associations, the University Graduate Nursing Sciences Associationin (UGONSA) and the Association of Psychiatric Nurses of Nigeria, (APNON) in the area vowing to mobilize for ...