Male menopause, also known as andropause, usually starts at age that varies, depending on the individual but what are the signs, and what should you do? Although when testosterone decreases in men aged 50 or older. It can lead to fatigue, mood swings, and other symptoms, and it may affect fertility. Age-related testosterone issues, often […]
Continue ReadingBy Kayode Oseni The dreaded pandemic sometime ago, and its resultant loss in lives was said to be as a result of a mutated corona virus, tagged covid-19. Conspiracy theories were circulating around about the possible implication of 5G network in that pandemic. Whether this is true or not is yet to be ascertained. But […]
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Resident Doctors. PIX: Channels Television The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State has called on the state government to commence immediate implementation of health workers’ hazard allowance to prevent its members working in state hospitals from going on strike. The NMA Chairman in the state, Dr. Omosehin Adeyemi-Osowe, made the call on Monday in […]
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Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country’s worst diphtheria outbreak, which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year. The girl lays inside a glass cubicle with a severe case of the contagious disease. “We have to admit […]
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The Federal Government says it has made plans in a new policy plans for cancer survivors to be catered to adequately. The Director-General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Dr Usman Aliyu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the plan […]
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As the world continues to commemorate the 2023 Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which began on Sunday, October 1 and will end on Tuesday, October 31, OMIKO AWA writes on the prevalence of the disease in Nigeria and how the government and other stakeholders can help the patients and also curb the spread of the ailment. […]
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President Bola Tinubu has ordered industrialisation of the health sector for the value chain and local production of relevant materials. Consequently, the Federal Government has launched the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) and Operational Guidelines 2023 that specify the basic minimum package of health services for all Nigerians and how schemes would strategically purchase these […]
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• 22 million residents in five states depend on UNTH, Ibadan, north, Lagos public hospitals • A woman dies of breast cancer every 68 seconds • UNTH oncology centre now has better equipment, says Lasebikan The fight against cancer, especially in the area of prevention and treatment, may be far from being won due to […]
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Over 500 specialist doctors are reported to have left the country to practice in other countries. The development is said to be affecting Medicare in the country’s hospitals such that some departments in many hospitals have been closed due to the depletion of specialists. Chairman of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State chapter […]
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Osun State Commissioner for Health, Mr Jola Akintola has assured the Excellent Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) that the Ademola Adeleke administration will extend necessary support in the area of providing a qualitative health care delivery system. He disclosed this during an advocacy visit to him in his office by the leadership of ECEWS, where […]
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