What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, which means that your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake, causing inflammation (painful swelling) in the affected parts of the body. Unlike the wear-and-tear damage of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of your joints, causing a painful swelling that can eventually result in bone erosion and joint deformity.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Researchers from LSTM, in collaboration with researchers in Kenya and the USA, have been investigating options for girls and young women in low-and-middle-income countries to manage menstruation with comfort and dignity and to improve health outcomes.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ and the Poland Media Association on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Journalists House with a view to fostering media exchanges and cooperation between Nigerian and Polish journalists.
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume on Tuesday walked out during plenary after the President of the upper chamber Godswill Akpabio ruled him out of order.
As we match towards 2024 and beyond with political baggage, uncertainties, and a frustrating national economy, it appears that the only goldmine every Nigerian should be considering and preparing themselves for is the diversion of their interests to agriculture. This is the reason why the Nigerian government should create an environment conducive for commercial agriculture.
ASHENEWS reports that the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it begin a nationwide compliance monitoring of Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT) on all taxable individuals, commencing on October 23.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says it has ended the crude oil swaps for petrol and started using cash tenders for the purchase of fuel for the first time in a decade, Reuters has reported.
The Immunoadoptive Cell Therapy Private Limited (ImmunoACT), based in Mumbai, India, on October 13, 2023, announced the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)’s approval for the use of the country’s first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) cell therapy for the treating relapsed-refractory B-cell lymphoma and leukemia.
It is 9.11 am on Monday morning, and Abubakar Bandar, a local farmer in Lugga village of Dange Shuni local government area of Sokoto state, is already harvesting his farm produce on his farmland located near Rudu Village.
The Senate has expressed worry, and adopted a motion seeking the Federal government’s intervention in the farmers’ losses of ginger worth N10 billion to pathogenic diseases.