Support us to produce drugs, pharmacists tell FG
Bukola Adebayo The chairman, Association of Community Pharmacist of Nigeria, Lagos State Branch, Mrs. Biola Paul-Ozieh, has called on the Federal Government to activate the Pharmaceutical Intervention...
View ArticleFatigue goes beyond mere tiredness
Solaade Ayo-Aderele The average modern individual is so busy that the race for economic survival takes its toll on the health. As a result, most people will, at some time or the other, experience...
View ArticleWhy suya is healthier with beer —Scientists
Bukola Adebayo A group of researchers at the University of Porto, in Portugal, have said that barbecued meat, popularly known as suya, in Nigeria is healthier when cooked and eaten with beer. The lead...
View ArticleCorruption as societal illness
Adeoye Oyewole The most popular and relevant theme currently in the public space is corruption, especially as it relates to the monumental revelations of looting among our public office holders who are...
View Article‘Nigeria should still watch out for Ebola, Lassa fever’
Concerned that Africa, particularly Nigeria, is still vulnerable to emerging epidemics such as the Ebola Virus Disease, Lassa fever, Zika virus and others, a public health expert based in the United...
View ArticleStakeholders urge FG to proritise forex for sick Nigerians
Bukola Adebayo The Principal Consultant, HBG Medical Assistance, Varun Aggarwal, has called on the Federal Government to prioritise the forex needs of sick people. Aggarwal made this call at a...
View ArticleWDF,experts convene diabetes foot workshop in Lagos
Bukola Adebayo Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre, in partnership with the World Diabetes Foundation and the Podiatry Institute, United States, have organised the third annual capacity building...
View ArticleDiseases you didn’t know that mosquitoes give
Solaade Ayo-Aderele Ask any adult the type of diseases that mosquitoes give, and malaria fever is likely to be the answer. While this is true, the awful fact is that mosquito bites transmit more than...
View ArticleHow to keep your skin pimple-free
Pimples, medically known as Acne Vulgaris, is the most common skin problem which affects virtually 100 per cent teenagers in many forms. Nowadays, a good number of adults in their late 20s or 30s are...
View ArticleCigarette smoking as a causal effect of infertility
Oladapo Ashiru About 30 per cent of women of reproductive age and 35 per cent of men in the United States smoke cigarettes. This is in spite of the long-standing campaigns to limit tobacco smoking....
View ArticleFirst consultant expands services to cancer, kidney care
Sodiq Oyeleke The First Consultant Medical Centre Limited, Lagos and an India-based hospital, BLK Hospital have collaborated on cancer and kidney management. The management of the hospitals said the...
View ArticleHigh cholesterol is dangerous, prevent it!
Rotimi Adesanya During the last festive period, a woman in her middle age developed partial stroke and was admitted in the hospital. She recovered fully but the family felt that the problem might not...
View ArticlePolio: A’Ibom NMA calls for enhanced immunisation
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Nigerian Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has asked the Federal Government to intensify routine immunisation campaigns across the country following the resurgence of...
View ArticleInteresting but healthy ways to spend the weekend
Bukola Adebayo Saturdays and Sunday are very precious days especially for most upwardly mobile people of this century. These two days have mentally and naturally been mapped out as a day of rest for...
View ArticleNMA calls for reinstatement of sacked doctors
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo The Nigerian Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has called on the management of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital to unconditionally reinstate the sacked resident...
View ArticleReligion can define your psychology
Adeoye Oyewole We usually don’t link psychiatry to religion. We believe that one caters to the physical while the other modifies the soul. The truth is that both topics have similar historical roots....
View ArticleNaira devaluation causing drug shortage – Pharmacists
Ramon Oladimeji Nigerian pharmacists, under the aegis of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, have lamented the declining value of naira, saying it poses a threat to...
View ArticleTo save your eyes, use contact lenses as prescribed
Solaade Ayo-Aderele Just like the recommended glasses, contact lenses are designed to aid your vision if you have issues with your eyes. According to Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr. Kunle Oluwaniyi,...
View ArticleMale identical twins, live longer, study says
Twins not only have a bestie from birth — they also live longer than singletons. And those two factors may be related, according to new University of Washington research. While twins have been subjects...
View ArticleFG raises the alarm over circulation of fake antimalarials
Bukola Adebayo The Federal Government has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake quinine sulphate antimalarials in the country. Quinine sulphate is one of the drugs used in the treatment of...
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