NACA advocates increased HIV/AIDS media awareness campaign
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has called for HIV/AIDS media awareness campaign in the country, with emphasis on state-owned media as vehicles to delivering HIV prevention messages....
View ArticleEffect of environmental toxins on our reproductive system (2)
Oladapo Ashiru Professor of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist, denrele@uic.edu 08033347231 Our discussion on the top six environmental toxins to avoid continues from last week. In order...
View ArticleTracking progress in infertility treatment
Oladapo Ashiru In recent years several fertility experts and other stakeholders have focused intensely on the issue of infertility. Infertility is more critical because of the United Nation’s...
View ArticleWHO issues new guide on tobacco
The World Health Organisation has unveiled new guidance on the role tobacco product regulation can play to reduce tobacco demand, save lives and raise revenues for health services to treat...
View ArticleWe took yellow fever for granted, FG says
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, says Nigeria took yellow fever for granted and this caused the recent outbreak which affected several states in the country....
View ArticleTracking progress in infertility treatment (2)
Oladapo Ashiru Professor of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist dapo.ashiru@medicalartcenter.com 0700 MARTCENTER In humans, women go through a period of 14 days when the follicle in the...
View ArticlePharmacists decry inadequate facilities, personnel at UDUTH
The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria has decried what it described as inadequate facilities and personnel at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto....
View ArticleLeukemia: Undergraduate needs N5m for surgery
Yinka Badejo A 400-level student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Lynda Aigbodega, is in need of support from well-meaning people and organisations. The lady is down with leukemia,...
View ArticleSteps involved in pre-implantation genetic testing 1
Oladapo Ashiru We continue to receive enquires from concerned members of the public concerning genetic diagnosis. Many questions centre on whether or not it is possible, and the processes involved. It...
View ArticleFMC doctor killed our baby – Parents
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mbonu, parents of a nine-month-old baby, Jidenma Mbonu, who died last Friday at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have accused an unnamed...
View ArticleAbstaining from protein, fat not cure for jaundice –Expert
A consultant physician and gastroenterologist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Prof. Sylvester Nwokediuko, discusses jaundice, its causes and treatment options with DOLAPO...
View ArticleExpert urges stem cell therapy for neurological disorders
Yinka Badejo The Director of Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute, India, Dr. Alok Sharma, has described the Stem Cell Therapy as a ray of hope for victims of neurological disorders. Speaking during the...
View ArticleGallbladder in health and disease
Oladapo Ashiru Professor of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist (denrele@uic.edu 08033347231) The gallbladder is a hollow organ that sits in a shallow depression below the right lobe of the...
View Article‘Truck drivers among highest carriers of HIV’
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has said that truck drivers are among the highest carriers of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the country. The Director-General...
View ArticleWhooping cough can lead to brain damage in children –Expert
Dr. Ephraim Aziagba is the Chief Medical Director of a private hospital in Lagos. He talks about whooping cough, its preventive and treatment options with DOLAPO AKITOYE What is whooping cough?...
View ArticleRotary club advocates prevention of malaria
Yinka Badejo The District Governor of Rotary International District 9110, Dr. Adewale Ogunbadejo, has said that the prevention of malaria is the best way to fight the disease in the country. Ogunbadejo...
View ArticleIkeja Electric, Hygeia distribute mosquito nets to Agboyi-Ketu residents
Eric Dumo Ikeja Electric and health maintenance company, Hygeia, have donated free mosquito nets to residents of Agboyi-Ketu Local Development Council Area of Lagos. The event, which was aimed at...
View Article20 babies didn’t die at FMC, Owerri — JOHESU
Gibson Achonu, Owerri The Leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, has dismissed the allegation that their members disconnected gadgets in the...
View ArticleHow to manage muscle pull or strain
Rotimi Adesanya A reader sent me this feedback over the weekend: ‘Dear doctor, I went to visit a neighbour. As she was about to see me off, she shouted that she could no longer stand up. She asked me...
View ArticleDon calls for investment in healthcare
Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A professor of pathology at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Memfin Ekpo, has said that many deaths recorded in the country would have been avoided if government, associations...
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