Medical News


Scientists Find CJD Resistance Gene By Pallab Ghosh

  CJD is a rare but fatal brain disorder for which there is no cure. Researchers have ident…

Read More
Erectile Dysfunction: Viagra And Other Oral Medications

  Oral medications are often the first line of treatment for erectile dysfunction. For m…

Read More
Tale of How 38 Illicit Gin Drinkers Died

A hair-raising particulars of how at least 38 residents of Woji and other communities in Obio/Akpo…

Read More
15 Million Nigerians At Risk of Asthma –Experts

Environmental pollution is fuelling respiratory diseases in the country, Bukola Adebayo reports …

Read More
Scam: ‘Health Ministry Protecting FMC MD’

Face-off between Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri, Dr. Angela Uwakem, and h…

Read More
Health Workers Suspend Strike

Normalcy may soon return to the nation’s health sector as members of the Nigerian Union of A…

Read More
JOHESU’s Influence Wanes –Investigation

All seem not to be well with the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, a front used by health worker…

Read More
Giving Birth Without Medical Assistance or Presence

Women giving birth with no one present are mostly subsumed under deliveries unattended   …

Read More
REVEALED: Gross Financial Misconduct and HIgh-handedness By FMC Owerri CMD

Gross Financial Misconduct and Highhandedness: The staff of the federal medical center Owerri…

Read More
We Didn’t Bar Medical Director, Uwakwem From Duty — FMC Striking Workers

OWERRI—Striking workers of Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, have denied barring the embattled…

Read More
Programming DNA to Reverse Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

At its annual assembly in Geneva last week, the World Health Organisation approved a radical and f…

Read More
Fusion of Normal Cells May Trigger Genetic Changes Leading To Cancer

As the number two leading cause of death in the US, cancer touches just about everyone in some way…

Read More
HIV/AIDS Infection Rate Decreasing In Nigeria: National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a recent report averred that most deaths in…

Read More
UN: Reformulation of HIV Treatment ’ll Save More Children’s Lives

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AID (UNAIDS) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announce…

Read More
New Strategies For Stopping The Spread of Staph and MRSA

  Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as Staph -- is a common inhabitant of the human nos…

Read More
National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) To Proceed on Indefinite Industrial Action

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) of Nigeria has directed its members to Proceed…

Read More
Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) to Call off Strike

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) is set to Call off its strike action on …

Read More
Text of AMLSN Media Briefing to Commemorate International Biomedical Lab Science Day

The objective of commemorating the Biomedical Laboratory Science Day is to increase awareness on t…

Read More
Fake Doctor Working at Health Ministry Arrested After 10 Years

Investigations have led police to arrest a top official who’s been working in the federal mi…

Read More
Could Diabetes Protect Against ALS?

A reduced risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS - the most common motor neuron disorder, f…

Read More