Health

Sir: Many Nigerians did not understand where the Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh was coming from when sometime ago he warned his compatriots against the use of cellophane in their food regime. He was speaking from […]

Nigeria has more than 50 percent of HIV burden in West and Central Africa, says a report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). According to the UNAIDS report, there has been little […]

The house of representatives has passed a bill authorising free healthcare for pregnant women in the country. The bill seeks to mandate free antenatal and postnatal health services to pregnant women in government hospitals. Sponsored […]

People who survive the deadly Ebola virus can continue to suffer severe psychiatric and neurological problems including depression, debilitating migraines, nerve pain and stroke, according to a study. Researchers who analysed patients infected during the […]

Findings have shown that an experimental HIV-1 vaccine regimen is well-tolerated and generated comparable and robust immune responses against (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV in healthy adults and rhesus monkeys. Also, another separate research has shown […]

There might be no natural limit to how long humans can live — at least not one yet in sight — contrary to the claims of some demographers and biologists. That is according to a […]

To ensure an all-round awareness at all levels for rural and city dwellers, government should sensitise citizens on the harmful consequences of plastic toxins when leached out into our food and water after exposure to […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will put necessary measures in place to control influx of unregistered alcohol drinks in Nigerian markets. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, […]

Researchers say there is no strong evidence to suggest that cannabis reduces chronic non-cancer pain, in spite of the growing use of the psychoactive drug worldwide for medicinal purposes. Researchers at the University of New […]

*Gates Foundation supports project with $9.1m in desperate bid to eradicate malaria Bill Gates has donated $4.1 million to a lab creating mosquitoes that self-destruct by producing offspring that dies before reaching adulthood. Scientists at […]

(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration approved a cannabis-based drug for the first time, the agency said Monday. Epidiolex was recommended for approval by an advisory committee in April, and the agency had […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has tagged compulsive video gaming as a mental health condition. The UN health agency, in its updated classification manual realeased on Monday, said video game addiction should now officially read […]

Children in UK have consumed more than a year’s worth of sugar in less than six months, public health figures showed. While four-to-ten-year-olds should not have more than the equivalent of five to six sugar […]

RESPONDING appropriately to the death burden from deadly non-communicable diseases such as Ischaemic Heart Disease and stroke has become one of the most daunting challenges confronting health authorities in many parts of the world. Although […]

Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says no fewer than 35 containers of Tramadol have been seized at various ports in the country. Adeyeye disclosed this while speaking with […]