Delta wins state govt health care programme award
The Delta State Contributory Health Insurance Scheme, introduced under the administration of the state governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has won the 2017 Outstanding State Government Healthcare...
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Bed bugs can cause skin problems
Rotimi Adesanya Child and Public Health Physician roayad@yahoo.com 08037202050 Four students who were boarders from the same hostel complained of skin rashes and severe itching on their backs. They...
View ArticleDoctors seek law regulating bleaching cream
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Medical doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Dermatologists, say they have begun the process of meeting with some lawmakers at the National Assembly in order...
View ArticleNigeria and its ‘archaic’ mental health legislation
Adeoye Oyewole Consultant Psychiatrist adeoyewole2000@yahoo.com The psychiatrist plays a very crucial role in the mental health care of any community especially that of determining normality or...
View ArticleOlder men lower chances of IVF success – Study
The success rate of couples going through IVF is dependent on the age of the man – not only the woman, a US study suggests. Older men were found to have a lower chance of conceiving than younger men...
View ArticleSix foods to help you gain muscle
The fitness world has experienced a renaissance of late. Rather than being totally obsessed with “skinniness,” many are now instead focused on building strength and reducing body fat—both admirable and...
View ArticleEnvironmental and structural causes of female infertility
The subject of infertility is now at the front burner of many medical and even non-medical discourse all over the world, and rightly so. Infertility is fast attaining epidemic proportions in today’s...
View ArticleAs a sickle patient, learn to preserve your energy
This is so imperative for people with sickle cell. If you happen to know someone with the condition, they are energetic and can be very busy and all over the place, helping here and there and you...
View ArticleMore Nigerians in their 30s are hypertensive — Cardiologist
Bukola Adebayo Consultant Cardiologist, Dr. Folasade Alli, has raised the alarm that many Nigerians in their 30s are being diagnosed wth hypertension. Alli, who is the Chief Medical Director of Lagos...
View ArticleHandling traveller’s diarrhoea
Rotimi Adesanya Traveller’s diarrhoea is usually defined as at least three loose bowel movements occurring within a 24-hour period, often accompanied by cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever and/or blood in...
View ArticleScientists find secret to better sleep at night
A new Northwestern Medicine and Rush University Medical Center study based on older adults has shown that having a purpose in life means you are more likely to sleep better at night. Although the...
View Article‘Women in IDP camps need birth control’
Olaleye Aluko The Country Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Mario Mandara, has urged female Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East to embrace birth control methods and...
View ArticleStop abusing sedatives, pharmacists warn Nigerians
Bukola Adebayo Pharmacists have said that more young Nigerians are abusing sedatives, analgesics and other hard drugs. Apart from narcotics, the Lagos State Chairman of the Association of Community...
View ArticlePatients lament breakdown of CT machine in UCH
Femi Atoyebi Patients have expressed displeasure at the frequent break down of the CT scan machine at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State. A computed tomography scan uses x-rays to make...
View ArticleICYMI: Understanding infertility in humans
Oladapo Ashiru In all other animals except humans, the desire to have sexual intercourse is timed to correspond exactly to that moment when the female is ovulating or producing eggs that can be...
View ArticleThe mental health angle of epilepsy
Adeoye Oyewole Do you know some people believe that when a person has seizures, the saliva coming out of such patients can actually infect anyone that comes into contact with it. Myths and...
View ArticleWhy Nigerian doctors, dentists are going abroad
Bukola Adebayo A dental surgeon, Dr. Bolaji Ogundare, has identified poor pay and harsh working environment as some of the factors that force Nigerian-trained doctors to seek employment abroad....
View ArticleWhy we sometimes breathe heavily
Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie Heavy breathing is a symptom many people have experienced in their lifetime at one point or the other. It is sometimes an inconvenience while at other times; it makes one feel...
View ArticleSubmit yourself for investigation, CACOL tells NHIS boss
Bukola Adebayo The Coalition of Civil Society Against Corruption has urged the embattled Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusfu, to cooperate with the panel...
View ArticleWhat to know about hepatitis B
Rotimi Adesanya A man once volunteered to donate blood to his family member who needed blood transfusion. After doing all the necessary checks, the man was told that he was not qualified to do so and...
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