Tag: health
Nigerian Nurse Faces Probe Over Sex With Ex-Patient
A Nigerian nurse in the United Kingdom is facing a probe for having sex with his former patient, a conduct…
Another Good Reason To Use Condom
It’s not just the gut that benefits from friendly bacteria, a person’s more intimate regions do too – and condoms…
12 Quack Doctors Arrested, Clinics Shut
Twelve quack medical doctors have been arrested and four illegal clinics have been shut down by the Rivers State branch…
Mandela Spends 56th Day In Hospital
Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday evening.…
Breastfeed Longer For High Intelligence
Children who are breastfed longer are more likely to have a better understanding of language and a higher intelligence (IQ)…
Curbing Hepatitis B Scourge
On Sunday, 28 July, 2013, many countries across the world celebrated the World Hepatitis Day. The disease that is most…
Lagos Bars Pregnant Women, Children, Others From Pilgrimage
The Lagos State Government has barred pregnant women, aged people, children, people with terminal diseases like cancer, stroke and others…
Breakfast Cereal Boosts Sex Life, Says Firm
It may be the last thing you are thinking about as you rush out of the door to work, but…
Ultimate Cleansing, Healing
I couldn’t agree more. Just take some time to ponder all the variety of foods God created. In fact tear…
Fashola Commissions Ultra Modern Trauma And Burns Centre
Lagos State on Tuesday recorded another major milestone in its qualitative healthcare delivery as Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) formally handed…
The Disease Called Food Waste
Think. Eat. Save. Reduce your foodprint. That’s the theme of World Environment Day 2013. The new food-inspired global campaign focuses…
How Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Others Cause Kidney Failure –Report
As acute kidney failure ravages the world and especially third world countries including Nigeria, various medical research sites on the…
‘We’re Determined To Stem Maternal, Child Mortality’
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, says the state government is determined to stem maternal and child mortality…
Prerequisite For Marriage
Marriage, I must tell you from experience, is one venture that’s worth preparing for – and very well at that. …
WHO Alerts On 3 Deadly Viruses
The World Health Organisation has raised alarm over fears that the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS) discovered last…
Anti-Cancer Fight
One of the most grim pronouncement a patient can here from a doctor is, “I’m sorry, but you have cancer.”…
Medicine Dealers Assure Consumer Of Genuine Drugs
The Medicine Dealers Association, Lagos Island Chapter, has assured consumers of safety on any product bought or consumed. The Chairman…
Drug offers hope for cervical cancer
A new cervical cancer drug offers the first good hope of extending life for women with advanced stages of the…
Food Poisoning Again Hits Egypt’s Top University
At least 161 students have been hit by food poisoning at Cairo’s prestigious Al-Azhar University, in the second such incident…
Lagos Shuts 30 Illegal Medicine Outlets
The Lagos State Government has shut down 30 illegal patent medicine outlets in Lekki area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria. Officials…
Lagos To Demolish Makoko Floating School
The Lagos State Government says it will demolish the three-storey floating school built on Makoko waterfront the school is illegal.…
Lead Poisoning Treatment Starts In Zamfara
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday that it had begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after…
Boy With Hole In The Heart Needs N2.8m
If nothing is done urgently, two-year old Muhammed Lawal may die in two weeks’ time as he has been diagnosed…
Lagos Transfuses 90,788 Units Of Blood Into Patients
All public hospitals in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have transfused 90,788 units of blood into patients in the last five…
Doc ‘May Have Killed 300’ ICU Patients
A Brazilian doctor, who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit,…
Doctors Worry Over Fake Anti-Malaria Drugs
Two medical practitioners in Lagos, on Monday called on the Federal Government and the regulatory bodies to check the importation…
That The Blind Might See
Leah Charity Foundation, pet project of Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, wife of Kwara State Governor, has assisted in restoring sight to…
.3m Lagos Students For Guiness Tooth Brushing Record
The Lagos State Government is set to break another Guinness Book of World Record as it is going to mobilise…
Malaria Responsible For Huge Maternal Deaths
Dr. Emmanuel Otolorin, Country Director of Jhpiego, an NGO, said on Thursday that malaria was responsible for 11 percent of…
Over 3m Nigerians Blind
The Head of Department of Ophthalmology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Dr. Affiong Ibanga, said on Tuesday that more…