Tag: health
Ebola Scare: Nigerians Want Jim Iyke Tested
Funsho Arogundade & Kazeem Ugbodaga Nollywood star, Jim Iyke is in the eye of the storm as many Nigerians are…
Ebola Virus: Churches, Healers Warned
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal and Lagos State Governments have warned churches and healing homes that specialise in miracles to beware…
Little Things Make Big Differences
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi The first encounter with most of my clients is usually an interesting one because the reason…
Detecting And Dealing With Pneumonia
By Bilikis Bakare Globally, pneumonia kills more than 1 million children younger than 5 years of age each year. This…
Preventing Outbreak Of Deadly Ebola Virus
By Sola Ogunmosunle It is a terrifying development that Nigeria is at risk of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease epidemic.…
Hepatitis: Asymptomatic But Deadly
There is so much awareness about HIV/AIDS but in Nigeria, the majority of the people do not know much about…
Respond To Doctors’ Demands
On 1 July, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, began what it called an indefinite strike to press home some agitations…
Season Of Freshness
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Friends and folks out there, I welcome you to the second half of the year 2014.…
Confab Delegate, Niyi Akintola Suffers Cardiac Arrest
There was panic at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, venue of the ongoing National Conference, when a delegate from Oyo…
Cervical Cancer Kills 26 Women In Nigeria Daily — WHO
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo At least 26 women die of cervical cancer daily in Nigeria, a new World Health Organisation, WHO study…
Difficult But Not Impossible (2)
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Last week I shared Joel’s weight loss story on the fact that I can balance my…
Understanding The Essence Of Blood Donation
By Sola Ogunmosunle It is a primordial fact that the blood is one of the most important parts of the…
Experts Raise Alarm Over Sex Disease Ravaging Women
Eromosele Ebhomele As infertility begins to take its toll on couples all over the world, the latest concern for health…
Secrets Every Woman Must Tell A Gynaecologist —Experts
Eromosele Ebhomele Apart from the fact that a woman’s body is complex in nature, the average woman has a lot…
Grasscutter, Antelope Meat Are Superfoods
By Prince Arinze Onebunne Every one of us makes life critical decisions each day. With each meal; we are determining…
Difficult But Not Impossible
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Joel happens to be my colleague and today I got a mail from him. It was…
Cleansing For Wellness
By Sharon Jane-Akinyemi As I questioned a petite young woman about her lifestyle, Ruth painted a picture of a fairly…
HEFAMAA Moves To Stamp Out Quackery
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, has begun aggressive grassroots campaign to stamp out quackery in…
Kefee’s Hubby Calls For Prayers For Ailing Wife
Funsho Arogundade Teddy Don Momoh, husband of Gospel music star, Kefee, has called on friends, well-wishers and Nigerians as a…
Lagos And The Challenge Of Noise Pollution
By Sola Ogunmosunle It is disheartening to note that in every area of decent living, Nigeria has always ranked woefully.…
Equipped For The Season
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Waking up on Sunday morning, I discovered a dark cloudy weather, then I knew it’s finally…
Stress Causes Male Infertility —Study
Eromosele Ebhomele The increasing rate of infertility among men could partly be as a result of stress in jobs and…
Nigeria: Resident Doctors Begin Strike
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Nigerian doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) have commenced a…
Securing The Nigerian Child
By Bilkis Bakare The Nigerian child, if lucky to be alive, has travelled the narrow path of neglect in many…
A Priceless Possession
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Imagine if we sent our troops to the Middle East to fight terrorism, without preparing them…
UNICEF: 200,000 Kids May Starve To Death In Somalia
The United Nation’s children’s agency said Tuesday that 200,000 children may die of starvation this year in war-ravaged Somalia if…
Male Fertility Linked To Early Death –Report
Eromosele Ebhomele The problems caused by infertility in men seems to be multiple. Apart from its psychological effect on the…
A Priceless Possession
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Imagine if we sent our troops to the Middle East to fight terrorism, without preparing them…
The Sick And The Tired
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi “I can’t believe it’s the starting of another working week already, I could hardly get out…
1,702 Pregnant Women Test Positive To HIV In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Statistics from the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency has revealed that in the last one year 1,702 pregnant…