Rainy season and illness
Rotimi Adesanya, Child and Public Health Physician roayad@yahoo.com, 08037202050 Rainy seasons often come with cool weather. But a host of infections also occur alongside the resulting relief from the...
View ArticleHepatitis kills as many as AIDS – Study
A Lancet study has describes hepatitis as one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches AIDS or tuberculosis. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their...
View ArticleMore super foods for women
Watermelon One cup of juicy, sweet watermelon serves up more than twice the lycopene (7.8 milligrammes) of a fresh tomato. And watermelon offers healthy amounts of vitamins A and C, and it has just 40...
View ArticleFG to increase health budget in 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government on Tuesday said it would increase the budgetary allocation to the health sector in the 2017 fiscal year to address some of the challenges facing it. The...
View ArticleInspiration, an essential ingredient of mental wellness
Adeoye Oyewole Inspiration is crucial for a robust mental health. The mind as a crucial component of human existence gets attacked, assaulted and at times battered through daily interactions with our...
View ArticleWhat to do as your pet grows older
Olufemi Oboye Senior pet is a term used to describe old pets. There are general guidelines to determine when pets become “senior citizens.” Cats are considered mature at seven to 10 years, senior at 11...
View ArticleMCDN receives over 60 petitions against doctors
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has received over 60 petitions against doctors in the last one year over alleged inadequate performance, poor attitude to patients and...
View ArticleHIV-positive persons must beware of tuberculosis
Solaade Ayo-Aderele Although it is one of the world’s oldest diseases, tuberculosis is not currently on the decline. In fact, a recent World Health Organisation report found that the global TB epidemic...
View ArticleHerb that will make people live past 100
“Rosemary, that’s for remembrance,” Shakespeare wrote more than 400 years ago. Those words ring true today. Rosemary, a fragrant herb related to mint that you can grow in your garden or buy at your...
View ArticleUNFPA seeks men’s involvement in family planning
Bukola Adebayo The Executive Director, the United Nations Population Fund, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, has urged men to be involved in family planning programmes to increase the use of modern...
View ArticleHow to manage noisy breathing in children
Rotimi Adesanya, Child and Public Health Physician roayad@yahoo.com, 08037202050 A mother recently complained to me that her four-year-old baby usually breathes heavily at night. She was worried...
View ArticleLagos seeks to end HIV transmission by 2030
Bukola Adebayo The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo, says that the state government targets to end the transmission of HIV/AIDS by 2030. Temowo, who spoke at...
View ArticleAisha Buhari to address malnutrition in IDP camps
Bukola Adebayo The wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has inaugurated an intervention programme tagged, ”Get Involved” to address malnutrition among children living in Internally Displaced...
View ArticleEat for hair health
Solaade Ayo-Aderele As with other areas of our health, what we eat also affects the well-being of our hair. A nutritionist, Dr. Remi Omotunde, draws attention to how hair loss can be influenced by...
View ArticleMarriage and mental health
Adeoye Oyewole, Consultant Psychiatrist, adeoyewole2000@yahoo.com in recent times, the media has reported increased cases of violence in the context of marriage. Some have even resulted in death....
View ArticleBreast milk is superfood that a baby deserves
Solaade Ayo-Aderele It is common knowledge that breastfeeding a baby is good for his or her health, as the breast milk is considered a superfood by experts. Experts say that in the first hours and days...
View Article‘Recession calls for family planning review’
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Director-General of the Cross River State Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu, says the present economic situation in the country calls for review of family planning...
View ArticleRegular sexual activity is good for your health
Oladapo Ashiru, Professor of Anatomy/Consultant Reproductive Endocrinologist, dapo.ashiru@medicalartcenter.com 0700 MARTCENTER Men who have sex at least two times in a week can almost halve their risk...
View ArticleSix breakfast ideas for families
It seems like every week a new study comes out either against or in favour of “the most important meal of the day.” But while the should-you-or-shouldn’t-you debate rages on among nutrition scientists,...
View ArticleEliminate pests from your home
Olufemi Oboye We may not all have pets, but we all directly or indirectly harbour pests in our homes. We should know that they can pose a great risk to our health and property. Identifying and...
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