Nigerian conjoined twins successfully separated in India
Bukola Adebayo A set of conjoined twins, James and John Ugwoke, have undergone a successful surgery at the Narayana-Health-Mazundar Shaw Medical Centre, Bangalore, India. According to the parents,...
View ArticleTips to buying a healthy Christmas chicken
Friday Oboye To buy a healthy chicken for Christmas, you need to take a close look at the eyes, nostrils, mouth, its legs and feathers because there are a few clues that will reveal a sick bird. Also,...
View ArticleHealth ministry installs cancer equipment abandoned since 2013
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to providing succour for people suffering from breast cancer, while it has also provided screening equipment that are geared towards the prevention...
View ArticlePSN urges Oyo govt to employ more pharmacists
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, Abiodun Ajibade, has urged the state government to employ more pharmacists to work in the various...
View ArticleHow stigma, govt policies cause 60,000 HIV births annually
Low budget for HIV programmes and government’s failure to address stigmatisation of persons living with HIV/AIDS aid increase in population of babies born with the disease in Nigeria, ENIOLA AKINKUOTU...
View ArticleICYMI: Why you need detoxification after the holidays
If you have overdone the partying and eating these past days, you may require detoxification. If you are also experiencing two or more of the following signs and symptoms, you certainly do need a...
View ArticleInfertility in humans and animals
This new year, it is important to focus on conception procedures. As done in the past, I wish to give our people the opportunity to once again benefit from this topic, which covers both the old and...
View ArticleInfertility in humans and animals (2)
The reproductive system of the human male is also highly inefficient. Most male animals produce 25 million sperms per day per gram of testicular tissue. Humans produce only 4 million sperms. Only the...
View ArticleLet your mental health matter in 2018
I start the year with a topic that is beginning to get a lot of traction, if not directly but inadvertently, vicariously, by default. However, you want to call it or rationalise it, it is no secret...
View ArticleSpend less time on your cell phone this year
In this New Year, I want to take this unique opportunity to wish many readers who have sent regular compliments to me for the informative and helpful hints they have obtained from reading the column....
View ArticleUN, WHO collaborate on environmental risks
The UN Environment and WHO have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year. In Nairobi, Mr Erik...
View ArticleFood hypersensitivity in people
Oladapo Ashiru Food hypersensitivity refers to both food intolerances and food allergies. Food allergies are immune reactions, usually caused by Immunoglobulin E when histamine is released. It is also...
View ArticleFood hypersensitivity in people
Food hypersensitivity refers to food intolerance and food allergy. Food allergy is an immune reaction, which is usually caused by Immunoglobulin E when histamine is released. It is also triggered by...
View ArticleCodeine abuse can cause cardiac arrest, low blood pressure –Expert
A Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Services at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Taiwo Ogundipe, discusses codeine and its effects with MOTUNRAYO JOEL What is...
View ArticleCerebral palsy is a disorder, not a death sentence – SECHILDfounder
Yinka Badejo The founder of Sedoo Initiative for Children with Special Needs, Mrs. Kawan Aondofa-Anjira, has advised against the killing of children suffering from cerebral palsy. She spoke of how the...
View ArticleEssential steps to having babies
Oladapo Ashiru Professor of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist; denrele@uic.edu 08033347231 Global fertility groups, including the World Health Organisation experts on infertility and the...
View ArticleThe problem of epididymo-orchitis
Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie This disease is often as terrifying as it sounds and even though it is frequently a disease of sudden onset; its course may be as long as the name. This is an infection...
View ArticleAbnormal vaginal discharge, smelling may indicate cervical cancer –Expert
A lecturer at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Prof. Cyril Dim, discusses cervical cancer with DOLAPO AKITOYE What is cervical...
View ArticlePharmacists council signs MOU with Society for Family Health
Chux Ohai The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Society for Family Health for the implementation of the IntegratE Project. The council disclosed this in a...
View ArticleUCH needs N251m to purchase cancer treatment machine – CMD
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The University College Hospital, Ibadan, has said it needs N251m to purchase a cancer treatment machine, which will offer succour to people suffering from prostate cancer,...
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