AdminJun 26, 20171 min readTaking Paracetamol during pregnancy affects babies – ResearchPregnant mothers have been warned against taking paracetamol even at recommended doses as it might harm the masculinity of their unborn...
AdminJun 25, 20172 min readFG declares Nigeria free of meningitisThe Federal Government has declared Nigeria free from the latest ‘Type C’ deadly Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), which claimed almost...
AdminJun 20, 20171 min readNMA boss faults the process of appointment of CMDs in Nigeria.The process of appointment of Chief Medical Directors in Nigeria has been faulted by the President of the Nigeria Medical...
AdminJun 17, 20171 min readNigerian government slams heavy fine, jail term on public smokingThe Nigerian Government has launched a campaign to ban smoking in public places including motor parks, shopping malls and health care...
AdminJun 17, 20171 min readTaking “selfie” can cause epilepsy – ExpertA new study, published in medical journal Seizure, found a ‘novel case of photosensitivity’ occurred when taking selfies....
AdminJun 8, 20172 min readHow male sperm can expose cheating partner – ExpertA clinical sexologist, Dr. Lindsey Doe, has explained ways the sperm is capable of revealing if one’s partner is cheating on them. She...
AdminJun 8, 20173 min readHow to defeat breast cancer – AkeredoluBetty Akeredolu, the wife of the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has said that the major way women can defeat the scourge of breast...
AdminJun 7, 20171 min readDELSU records 21 cases of Syphilis among male students in 3 weeksThe Delta State University, Delsu Abraka today disclosed that it discovers twenty-one cases of Syphilis as well as other sexually...
AdminJun 5, 20172 min readWhy Nigerians should stop killing mosquitoes – Professor of Entomology, AndeProfessor of Entomology at the University of Ilorin, Adeolu Ande has warned against killing of mosquitoes. In a paper he presented at a...
AdminJun 1, 20171 min readNigeria enrolls 1.3m HIV/AIDS victims on antiretroviral drugs in first quarter of 2017 – UNAIDThe United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that 1, 366, 383 people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria were enrolled on...
AdminMay 27, 20172 min readFG should work with herbalists to deliver healthcare service – Prof. AjagunaProfessor Olatunde Peter Ajaguna has urged the federal government to partner with herbal scientists for efficient healthcare delivery to...
AdminMay 26, 20172 min readMany countries not prepared for Ebola, Zika outbreaks – World BankThe World Bank has raised alarm that most countries are not adequately prepared for another outbreak of Ebola and Zika diseases. It...
AdminMay 23, 20172 min readHealth unions decry FG’s non- implementation of agreement with JOHESU, JORAISUSenior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI), has called on...
AdminMay 22, 20171 min readEbola: Fourth death recorded in CongoFour persons have so far died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Spokesman from the World Health...
AdminMay 22, 20172 min readSouth African doctors perform successful penis transplantSouth-African doctors have successfully carried out a second penis transplant, the first time in the world. The operation was performed...
AdminMay 20, 20172 min readHundreds stranded as LAUTECH Teaching Hospital workers block Ogbomoso-Ilorin Road in protestHundreds of commuters, passengers and other road users were on Friday stranded when workers of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology...
AdminMay 19, 20171 min readMother transfers her womb to her 21-year-old daughter born without wombA 43-year-old mother has donated her uterus to her 21-year-old daughter in the first surgery of its kind in India. The woman offered to...
AdminMay 17, 20172 min readNigeria battle ready for Ebola – HealthThe Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday assured that Nigeria is well prepared against possible outbreak of the Ebola...
AdminMay 17, 20172 min readHow N1bn HIV drugs expired in storage – FGThe Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has stated that $3.2m (N1.08bn) worth of HIV drugs expired in storage. Adewole made this...
AdminMay 16, 20171 min readRivers health workers demand transfer of their salary structureThree years after rejecting the transfer of their salary structure from the Local Government Service commission to the Primary Healthcare...
