The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday in Abuja said 10,000 people die annually due to agony and lack of basic equipment for treatment of cancer. Adewole said at the inauguration of the […]
Scientists have warned that the more Viagra-type drugs men take, the lower their sexual confidence becomes. This warning was contained in a discussion explaining how Viagra was discovered by accident. Scientists at the pharmaceutical company, […]
The Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State Chapter on Thursday said the exodus of doctors from Nigeria had reached an alarming proportion and called for improved health sector funding to discourage it. The Chairman, Dr Olumuyiwa […]
A herbal drug that claims to have healing properties has been linked to 36 deaths. The drug, Kratom, can cause seizures, liver damage and severe withdrawal symptoms, warns the US Food and Drug Administration. The […]
New guidelines have lowered the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults, a new report published by Yahoo News […]
AN expert in burns treatment, Dr Ayodele Iyun, has said domestic burns cases from the explosion of gas cylinders brought to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has increased by 50 per cent in the […]
I have spent a lot of time thinking and trying to decide how to contribute to advancing mental health awareness in Nigeria. I have decided that the best way to start is to talk about […]
THE Vice President of the National Association of Agribusiness Group (NABG), Mr Emmanuel Ijewere, has alerted farmers on the return of Tuta-absoluta, known as Tomato Ebola. He made the disclosure of the possible return of […]
President Muhammadu Bubari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country, newsmen report. A statement made public by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr. Garba Shehu. […]
Despite the decline in socio-economic activities in the country, some private investors have decided to channel their resources not only into education but also to the improvement of the health sector through their universities. Two […]
The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr. Sani Aliyu, says an estimated 200,000 people are living with HIV in Oyo State. He said this on Tuesday in Ibadan during a courtesy […]
Simon Cowell has thanked fans for their “concern” after he was rushed to hospital after falling down the stairs of his London home and injuring his neck. The X Factor judge was stretchered out of […]
THE Federal Government has announced a ban on the practice of medical doctors engaging in private practice while working in public hospitals. The decision was taken at the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) meeting in Abuja […]
THE ongoing military free medical outreach has suffered a major setback as many potential beneficiaries erroneously saw the humanitarian gesture as a Greek gift. The outreach has generated confusion and panic in the South-East, Rivers […]
People are being urged not to ask their doctor for antibiotics as part of a new campaign aimed at tackling growing resistance to the drugs. An estimated 5,000 people die every year in England because […]
I intend to share a perspective on the future of health and the promise of primary health care in Nigeria, while also placing Nigeria’s health situation within the context of important trends that are occurring […]
Nearly ten per cent of new-born deaths in the world last year occurred in Nigeria, a new report by the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has revealed. According to the report, five countries accounted for […]
Pollution kills at least nine million people and costs trillions of dollars every year, according to the most comprehensive global analysis to date, which warns the crisis “threatens the continuing survival of human societies”. Toxic […]
The dreaded place of questionable smells, dark tiled walls and the harshest toilet paper you’ve ever used in your whole life. Welcome to public toilets. The thought of how many people have sat on the […]
How your armpits smell – and what you do about it – interacts with the same system of microbes in your gut that protects you from pathogens. Just like in your gut, a diverse community […]
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