Medical News


LUTH Opens Breast Cancer Clinic

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) yesterday opened a breast cancer clinic to mark the Inte…

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LUTH Offers Free Glaucoma Screening

The Guinness Eye Centre, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, begins free glaucoma screening for Ni…

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New College President Tasks Teaching Hospitals on Accreditation

It  will no longer be business as usual for the various teaching hospitals and training insti…

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WHO Advises Pregnant Women not to Travel to Zika Oubreak Areas

The World Health Organization on Tuesday advised pregnant women not to travel to areas affected by…

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LUTH Battles Power Outage, Water Scarcity

Patients, doctors and health workers at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, have cr…

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Zika ‘Link’ to Paralysing Myelitis

The Zika virus, suspected of causing brain damage in babies and a neurological ailment in adults, …

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Prostate Cancer Survival 'Dependent on Site Disease Spreads to'

How long a man with prostate cancer survives may be directly influenced by the organ site to which…

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Ministers of Health Commit to Deliver on Immunization

I felt nice seating in the Nelson Mandela Hall of the African Union Headquarters on Thursday 25th …

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FG to Establish Radiography Center in Maiduguri

The Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN) is set to establish a radiographic center i…

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‘Medical Post-Grad College Saves Nigeria Over $1bn’

The new president of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN), Prof. Ademola O…

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Medical Practitioners Tasked on Ethical Standards

The Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON), Western sector has advised practitio…

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PSN Seeks Increased Funding for Pneumonia, Diarrhea

President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai has called for incre…

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Ogun Workers, JUTH Unions, Calabar Teachers Begin Strike

Workers under the Ogun State civil service union have started an indefinite strike over the failur…

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How Overcrowding is Affecting Patients at Wuse District Hospital

It is becoming increasingly difficult for patients to receive  adequate and timely care in ma…

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Court Orders MLSCN, Health Minister to Retain Emeribe as Registrar

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) Abuja has ordered the Defendants/Respondents, the …

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ORDOBN Shuts Substandard Eye Clinics in Imo

Many eye clinics that fell below the ethics and standards, guiding the practice of eye care in the…

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UBTH Engaging Private Firm to Perform Lab Tests for Patients

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, University of Benin Teaching H…

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Revolution for our Healthcare System

  Generally, doctors are over worked worldwide. However, in developed countries the work lo…

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The Career Woman and Childbearing Delays: a Clinical View

A woman’s inability to have a child or to become pregnant can result in being isolated, disi…

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You have Access to Vaccines, Take The Advantage!

A new report by the African region of the World Health Organisation says one in every five African…

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