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Resident Doctors Blame Political Leaders for Worsening Health Sector

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have blamed the nation’s poli…

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How Green Tea Lowers Antibiotic Resistance, By Scientists

Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found i…

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Why Men Who Take Small Steps Are 40% More Likely to Have Erectile Dysfunction

Men who take small steps are 40 per cent more likely to have erectile dysfunction because they hav…

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Weight Loss Drug Associated with Thousands of Deaths

A French court has heard the start of a trial involving a weight loss pill that public health offi…

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Daily Intake of Onion, Garlic Reduces Breast Cancer Risk By 67%

In the first population-based study to examine the association between onion and garlic consumptio…

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Second Ebola Vaccine to Complement “Ring Vaccination” Given Green Light in DRC

The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced plans to intro…

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U.S. Agency Spends $50m on Neglected Diseases in Nigeria

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said it had spent about $50 million…

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Obaseki Harps On Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce Cardiovascular Diseases

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday canvassed sustainable awareness campaigns on the need …

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Lagos State Declares Preparedness for Ebola, Other Infectious Diseases Outbreak

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that the state government throug…

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‘16 Vaccination Skeptics Die from Yellow Fever in Bauchi’

Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BSPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohamme…

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Ehanire: Change Initiative towards Harmful Use of Alcohol

The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has flagged off the 2019 World No Alcohol Day which is …

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Doctor Gets Life Ban for Cutting off Patient’s Kidney

A medical doctor with Jimeta Clinic and Maternity, Jimeta, Adamawa State, Yakubu Koji, has had his…

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Why Heart Attack is on the Increase, By Cardiologists

Cardiologists in the country, yesterday, said heart attacks are on the increase due to poor dietar…

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Lagos Seeks Civil Society’s Collaboration on Health Advocacy

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has said that government at all levels ne…

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HIV/AIDS Treatment Suffers N24b Funding Gap as AHF Seeks $14billion Global Fund

For Nigeria to place over 500,000 persons living with HIV/AIDs on treatment, approximately N24 bil…

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Consider Your Patients before Embarking on Strike, Obasanjo Tells Doctors

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on medical practitioners in the country to take into…

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Towards Eradicating HIV/AIDS, Nigeria Moves Closer

As recently as 15 years ago, there was a sense of hopelessness for people living with Human Immune…

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Doctor Who Exposed HIV Cases in China Dies

Dr. Shuping Wang, a whistleblower who exposed HIV and hepatitis epidemics in central China in the …

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UGONSA: Restoration Of Accreditation To The Department Of Nursing, ABU Zaria, Facts, Fallacies And Kudos

The University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA), Northern zone, appreciates the e…

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Healthcare Expert Seeks Prevention, Awareness to Check Rising Suicide

A Healthcare Administrator, Ms. Nkem DenChukwu on Wednesday, called for prevention of suicide and …

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