Medical News


‘40% of Nigerian Men Living with Prostate Cancer but They Don’t know’

Ovunda Omudu, head, department of surgery at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, disclos…

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NMA Suspends 12 Doctors for Alleged Indiscipline

The Nigerian Medical Association has suspended twelve of its members for professional misconduct i…

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Why Females are more Vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, by NACA

Recent publications by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) have provided evidence-b…

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Nigerian Optometric Association MEMO On Payment Of Dues, Clearance & Issuance Of 2017 Practice License

FROM: OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO: GENERAL MEMBERSHIP OF NIGERIA OPTOMETRIC AS…

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Nigerian Optometric Association Executive Council Memo

Dear Esteemed NOA Member,   Kindly be informed that the Executive Council have constitute…

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Good supply Chain Central to Functional PHCs —Health Minister

The Federal Government has said that it takes supply chain management at the PHC level seriously a…

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Unfair Labour Practice in Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital

To say that nepotism, discrimination, unfairness, bigotry should not be condoned, especially in th…

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UUTH to Provide Free Surgical Services for 1000 Persons in 100 Days

The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital UUTH is targeting about 1000 less privileged people for fr…

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Government's Role in Cancer Multiplication

Derisory attendance of government in the equipment of laboratories in the country has been fingere…

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Medical Association Seeks FG’s Attention On Health

The President, Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGMPN) Dr Fran…

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Healing with Tumeric

Turmeric, Curcuma longa, is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches up to one million tall. High…

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Obiano Lays Foundation for American League Hospitals

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has laid the foundation stone for the construction of …

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Sleep Loss Linked to Obesity, Type 2 Ddiabetes

Getting too little sleep alters the balance of bacteria in the gut, a change that’s linked t…

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State Governments not Paying for Family Planning Logistics, says Oji

What we realise is that with the little investment that we have made so far in family planning, FP…

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NAFDAC: Drug Abuse Victims Risk STDs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm ove…

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Lagos to Tackle Quackery in Medical Practice

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has urged medical practitioners and other regulatory…

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Living in Denial of Down Syndrome

Going by increased awareness and the advocacy on inclusiveness for persons living with disability,…

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Conjoined Twin Girls-Miracle and Testimony-Separated

A set of conjoined twin girls have been separated in a US hospital.    Miracle and T…

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CRH Calls for Strengthening of HIV Programmes in Schools

As statistics from UNAIDS revealed that a total of 180,000 Nigerians have lost their lives to HIV/…

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Accurate Data Critical to Health System, says Minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac  Adewole, has described essential health commodities and …

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