Don’t leave dogs alone with children
On Sunday, 30th August 2015, PUNCH correspondent Nosa Akenzua reported the story of a nursing mother who left a four-month-old baby and her house help in her car and then dashed into a nearby store to...
View ArticleCompany donates defibrillator to Kebbi Medical Centre
Bukola Adebayo To reduce deaths of new born babies in rural areas, Superior Pharmaceuticals Limited has donated a defibrillator to the Federal Medical Centre in Kebbi State. The Vice President,...
View Article‘Budget allocation to health sector not enough’
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Country Coordinator of Practical Approach to Care Kit in Nigeria, Prof. Joseph Ana, has said that budgetary allocations to the health sector in most countries are never enough,...
View ArticleTaking care of children with fever
Rotimi Adesanya Most Nigerian parents often panic when their children come down with fever, a condition in which a person’s body temperature is higher than normal. Fever is also called pyrexia. Causes...
View ArticleLyme disease: A rising concern
Oladapo Ashiru Lyme disease has become a growing concern all over the world and, indeed, in Nigeria in recent times. The major challenge that it is under-diagnosed in many centres stems from the fact...
View Article‘N200m counterpart fund will boost health insurance in Kwara’
Success Nwogu, Ilorin The Kwara State Assembly Chairman, Committee on Health and Environment, Mr. Ahmed Ibn-Mohammed, has said that the release of N200m by the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah...
View Article‘We are in the next phase of the malaria vaccine trial’
Bukola Adebayo The Director for Vaccines at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Orin Levine, has said that scientists are going to the next phase of evaluation for the malaria vaccine candidate....
View ArticleDogs can easily attack unsupervised children
Olufemi Oboye A sad incident occurred again on Monday in a suburb of Ikorodu, Lagos State, in which a three-year-old girl named Aliyah was attacked by three Alsatian dogs. The attack which lasted about...
View ArticleHealth benefits of walnuts
The health benefits of walnuts include a reduction of bad cholesterol in the body, an improvement of metabolism and control of diabetes. Other important health benefits of walnuts stem from the fact...
View ArticleHow surrogate birth system works
Oladapo Ashiru The history of Assisted Reproductive Technology dates back to 1963 when Yanagimachi and Chang reported in-vitro fertilisation of hamster eggs and thereafter, Yanagimachi reported...
View ArticleCultural embellishments of mental illness
Adeoye Oyewole, Consultant Psychiatrist, adeoyewole2000@yahoo.com Over the years, the understanding of the interrelationship of culture, medicine and psychiatry has changed enormously just as the...
View ArticleAverage life expectancy set to increase by 2030
Average life expectancy is set to increase in many countries by 2030, and will exceed 90 years in South Korea, according to new research. The study, led by scientists from Imperial College London in...
View ArticleHealth benefits of pawpaw
Refreshingly sweet in taste, pawpaw or papayas are bright, pear-shaped, exotic fruits that you’ll easily find in the market throughout the year. Enclosing hundreds of black, rounded gelatinous seeds,...
View ArticleHealth benefits of honey
The health benefits of honey are too numerous to be named, but here are the key ones: For hangovers When you get a hangover from drinking too much alcohol, combat its effects by applying honey remedy....
View ArticleNDA, Pepsodent restate commitment to oral health
The Oral Care Category Lead, Unilever Nigeria Plc, Mrs. Ibironke Ugbaja, has said that about 59 per cent of Nigerians do not brush their teeth day and night. Unless this is checked, she said, the rate...
View ArticleChronic arthritis: You need not live in pain
Physical pain from any source on the human body is a spoiler. The size of the painful part of the body does not matter. The whole human organism feels the discomfort and distress occasioned by pain and...
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Experts suggest ways of reducing kidney diseases
Folashade Adebayo Nigerians have been advised to engage in regular exercise in order to prevent obesity and kidney-related diseases. Experts also advised that in order to maintain kidney health, people...
View ArticleKidney failure patient cries out for help
Folashade Adebayo If the family of Mrs. Gertrude Aderinto, an end stage kidney failure patient had their way, she would be back to her feet, eking out a living and sponsoring her two male children at...
View ArticleWomanhood, culture and mental health
Adeoye Oyewole The International Women’s Day, originally called the International Working Women’s Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year to commemorate the movement for women’s rights. On March 8,...
View ArticlePolio: Rotary targets 56 million Nigerian children for vaccination
Bukola Adebayo The Chairman of the Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee, an arm of the Rotary International, Dr. Abdulrahman Funsho, has said that about 56 million Nigerian children will receive the...
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