You go in for severe headache. Without checking your pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature; without taking fluid samples and testing them, they diagnose you with Typhoid fever. They don’t even ask for […]
The federal government has started taking steps to stop doctors in public service from engaging in private practice. Isaac Adewole, minister of health, disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the federal […]
Monkeypox has been causing panic across Nigeria since the first suspected case of the viral disease was reported in Bayelsa State last week. It has since spread to six other states. These are Rivers, Ekiti, […]
According to a famous local fable in the South West Region of Nigeria, the original intention of the creator was to make monkey look precisely like man. But somewhere along the line, monkey couldn’t apply […]
In a new study, experts have warned that a large number of Nigerian men that have problem passing urine properly or other problems with their urinary tract also have impotence, but do not seek medical […]
There seem to be no end to the outbreak of deadly diseases in Nigeria and their relationship with bush meat of which monkeys are part of. When the news of the disease was made public, […]
Two suspected cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Lagos state, Jide Idris, commissioner for health, disclosed on Monday. Idris told journalists at a press conference that it had become necessary to sensitise residents about […]
The Federal Government has denied the report that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged free medical care by the government in the affected areas. The Minister […]
IN a recent judgment, a Lagos High Court threw out a criminal case involving the rape of a three-year-old girl. The case was thrown out not on the strength of the fact that the little […]
Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, are avoiding handshakes and body contact in public places following the outbreak of monkeypox viral diseases which has infected 13 people including a medical doctor. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
A group of researchers are working towards preventing more births through the use of genotype testing method. The team known as the Albinism Genetic Study Group (AGSG) from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) are […]
The Federal Ministry of Health has advised Nigerians to avoid eating monkeys, bushmeat and dead animals as doing so could open one to the risk of Monkey Pox disease. A medical doctor and no fewer […]
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has called on Nigerians to stop eating dead animals, bush meat, particularly monkeys, as Nigerian health authorities launch measures to curb the spread of monkeypox, following suspected cases of the […]
A Neurosurgeon with Brain And Spine Surgeon (BASS) consortium, Biodun Ogungbo, on Wednesday advised Nigerians to avoid traditional bonesetters as they could complicate issues. Mr. Ogungbo gave the advice in an interview with the News […]
Sometimes the vials are filled with dirty water. Occasionally they contain saline and a tiny amount of antibiotic, so as not to infect the site of the vaccination and draw attention to its true ingredients. […]
Precise “chemical surgery” has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC. The team at Sun Yat-sen University used a technique called base editing to […]
So far, the UCH Ibadan has demonstrated its capability to attend to the healthcare needs of the country, even at the level of the most specialist treatment and care comparable with what obtains in the […]
The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) and National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) have directed their members in federal hospitals to proceed on an indefinite strike. Biobelemoye Josiah, national of chairman JOHESU, blamed […]
The meeting of the executives of the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has been deadlocked. The meeting was called to review government’s offers to the striking doctors with a view to call off the […]
The regular use of disinfectant cleaning products such as bleach has been linked to an increased risk of developing fatal lung conditions, researchers said. A study by Harvard University and the French National Institute of […]
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