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Emeka Offor donates over N1.9bn medical equipment to 20 institutions

By Francis Onyeukwu An NGO, Sir Emeka Offor Foundation has donated medical equipment, supplies and medicines valued more than five million dollars (N1.908 billion) to 20 health institutions across Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine university teaching hospitals, six federal medical centres, four specialist hospitals and one police hospital are the…

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Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer and was just 43. What’s the risk for young people?

Actor Chadwick Boseman, 43, died Friday from colon cancer – a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. and one that is increasingly affecting young Americans. While deaths from colon and rectal cancers have been declining for several decades due to improved screening and treatment measures, deaths among young people have been increasing slightly in recent years, according…

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