A new study by scientists in the United States has confirmed the benefits of eating seafood with omega 3 fatty acids. The study published today found that people aged 65 and older who eat fish may live an average of two years longer than people who do not consume the omega-3 fatty acids found mainly [...]
A Brazilian doctor, who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit, may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator, reports a South African news portal, iol.co.za. Prosecutors said Dr Virginia Soares de Souza and her medical team administered [...]
By Bilkis Bakare If there are any parts of the body that people normally treat with lesser attention and care, they are the teeth. The teeth are hard substances found in the mouth and are essential for biting and chewing. They also play an important role in speech. Normal adult teeth are white and are [...]
Poor oral hygiene and gum disease have been identified as a cause of male infertility, Dr Solomon Nwahtor, a Senior Consultant Periodontologist at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, has said. Nwahtor, who is of the Department of Dentistry at the hospital, said that a bacterium “spermatozoa immobilisation factor’’ had been discovered in the decayed [...]
A nutritionist at the Wuse General Hospital in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, Hajiya Jummai Abdul, has advised Nigerians to consume sugarcane regularly and moderately to ensure healthy living. Jummai said regular intake of sugarcane increases glucose, a source of energy in the body. Sugarcane, especially in syrup concentration, contains antioxidant, which prevents and repair oxidative [...]
The South African army Tuesday said 8.5 percent of the country’s 79,200 soldiers have HIV/AIDS, angrily dismissing claims of a higher prevalence rate. Statistically, this translates to 6,700 soldiers. The surgeon general of the South African National Defence Force, Vejay Ramlakan said a study conducted in 2012 “showed a prevalence rate of 8.5 percent compared [...]
Two medical practitioners in Lagos, on Monday called on the Federal Government and the regulatory bodies to check the importation of fake anti-malaria medicines into Nigeria. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that more than two-thirds of malaria medicines in the Nigerian markets were fake or substandard. Dr. Austin Nweke, the [...]
