Contraceptives. Photo: Google.com A report by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) has shown that more Nigerian women have adopted contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions.The report was released on Tuesday by an international global partnership for the rights of women and girls to freely decide whether, when, and how many children they want to have. […]
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Japanese researchers said Friday they have transplanted stem cells into the brain of a patient in the first stage of an innovative trial to cure Parkinson’s disease. The research team at Kyoto University injected induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body — into the […]
Continue ReadingMoi moi leaf plant (Thaumatococcus daniellii) Nigerian researchers have demonstrated how Moi moi leaf plant (Thaumatococcus danielli) protects against the complications of diabetes such as kidney damage as well as liver failure. In fact, research has shown that Thaumatococcus daniellii seed is a natural source of antioxidant principles. It also showed that the in vivo […]
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The Federal Ministry of Health has said that donors contributed 95 per cent of HIV funding in Nigeria. Dr Olugbenga Ijaodola, Assistant Director, Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Head, National AIDS and STI Programme of the Ministry (NASCP), disclosed this at a media dialogue on PMTCT in Calabar. The dialogue is organised by the […]
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The Commandant of the Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS), Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) detachment, Mr Talodabioluwa Alonge says that the health sector needs two million pints of blood yearly in anticipation of emergencies. However, according to him, only about 500,000 pints have been raised. Alonge disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos, during […]
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In continuation of the campaign to stop the deaths of millions of African children, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and UNICEF have taken the fight against Female Genital Mutilation to the grassroots. The agencies have advised mothers in Ekiti State to stop the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and tried to convince the women […]
Continue ReadingAFP/File / LOIC VENANC Newborns of fathers aged 55 and over tend to score worse in standardised health tests Newborns of fathers 45 and older are more likely to be underweight or wind up in intensive care, researchers reported Thursday, adding to the list of problems associated with older dads. For fathers 55 and up, […]
Continue ReadingMalaria treatment Scientists are getting closer in efforts to eliminate malaria with new genetic engineering tool. They have devised a gene drive that wiped out the mosquito’s populations in lab tests.They say gene editing may push a species of malaria-carrying mosquito to extinction. These new results come from a small-scale laboratory study. Researchers used a […]
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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to observe the World Polio day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for heightened surveillance if the country is to be certified polio free by the year 2020. In a statement issued to mark the day, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said it […]
Continue ReadingAFP/File / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT Tuberculosis killed at least 1.7 million people in 2017, according to the WHO, making the airborne infection the world’s deadliest infectious disease A new treatment for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis can cure 80 percent of sufferers, according to a trial hailed Monday […]
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