Health

More reasons have emerged why Nigeria ranked fifth among eight countries with the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 namely: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Africa. However, in the […]

Lagos State Government has again reiterated the need for citizens to ensure and maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at all times as part of precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases such […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of monkeypox in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. The resurgence came two years after the index case was reported in the country. […]

*Group provides free cataract screening, surgeries to prevent patients from getting blind The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given reasons why more than one billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment. According to the […]

Things and events happen so fast in our clime to the extent that any ardent follower of such things and events cannot but impeach his feelings relating to them once new developments stream into his […]

BY BENYAM WORKU DUBALE, CELIA VAN DER MERWE AND NATHANIEL MCGREGOR Over the past two decades, mental health research has advanced markedly. But most mental health studies haven’t included African people – either as researchers or as […]

Researchers at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, have discovered a way of using gene-editing technology to eliminate cervical cancer tumours. The study, which was carried out on mice, could place Australia as the first country […]

Medical experts have raised hope on the increased chances of childhood cancer survival rate provided that the patient presents early and follow treatment through with the needed support. A haematologist/oncologist, at the Lagos University Teaching […]

A new study published Tuesday in Nature Communications shows a promising alternative for those who have to take a daily pill regimen. Targeting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment and prevention, researchers across multiple departments at […]

As part of activities to mark the World Pharmacists Day (WPD), pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos Chapter, have recommended how Nigeria can achieve safe and effective medicines for […]

Dr Augustine Igweh, the Director-General, Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research (NITR) Kaduna, says Trypanosomiasis is no longer a public health problem in Nigeria due to surveillance activities and advanced technology. Trypanosomiasis is a sleeping sickness […]

Nineteen new forms of lethal superbugs have been found in the United Kingdom (UK), a major report revealed. Officials said germs, which attack the blood; kidneys and bowels had evolved ways to breach the last […]

You are almost certainly unaware of their existence, but your entire digestive tract is home to thousands of different competing and co-existing microbial species, many fighting for supremacy inside you. We used to think their […]

Nineteen new forms of lethal superbugs have been found in the UK, a major report reveals today. Officials said germs which attack the blood, kidneys and bowels had evolved ways to breach the last line […]

If the rebranding agenda of the new National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Boss, Professor Mohammed Nasir Sambo is anything to go by, the myriad challenges limiting Nigerians from accessing qualitative healthcare service delivery will soon […]

Babies born by caesarean section are more likely to be autistic or develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study of more than 20 million children. Research found C-section babies have a 33 […]

When we evaluate the healthcare system in Nigeria, it is really easy to play the blame game by pinpointing the failings of the government as the reasons for the many problems in the system. This […]

Dame Sally, who leaves her post next month after nine years, also warned against importing meat or fish from countries that ‘misuse’ antibiotics in farming after Brexit. Some strains of bugs including tuberculosis, MRSA and […]

A Professor of Ophthalmology, Adebukola Oshintelu, says regular intake of African native nut, bitter kola, helps to treat and manage glaucoma disease. Oshintelu, who works with Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said this in […]