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 […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO: YouTube Procedure to help infertile men become fathers out New condoms ‘can withstand 1,000 thrusts, make sex better’ Fathers who smoke endanger children, grandchildren Scientists have shown how a father’s poor diet, lifestyle and trauma are passed onto his children. Sperm carries ‘epigenetic’ marks that inform how the baby’s germ cells develop, researchers at […]
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Canadians were so excited about getting their hands on some legal, recreational marijuana such that the country is reportedly experiencing a shortage. Police were called to help shops struggling to handle long queues and with frustrated people unable to buy cannabis. Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief who has led the government’s legalisation programme, told public broadcaster CBC […]
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Olowokudejo *How to sustain plants power to cure diseases, by Olowokudejo Researchers at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have validated methods of preparing herbal […]
Continue ReadingPatient with Lassa Fever Nigeria Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed two deaths from Lassa fever in Ondo and Ebonyi states. NCDC, in the reporting Week 41 (October 8-14, 2018), published yesterday confirmed 13 new cases of Lassa fever from Edo (four), Ondo (four) Ebonyi (two) Delta (one), Kogi (one), and Imo (one). The […]
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There is an old but popular saying that goes, “You shouldn’t put anything in your ears smaller than your elbow.” This should also include cotton buds because the cotton buds that most of us use to clean wax out of our ears are a lot more harmful than helpful. When you use cotton buds for […]
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The World Health Organisation says Circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio Virus Type 2 (cVDPV2) has been discovered in Bauchi State. The WHO Bauchi State Coordinator, Dr Adamu Ningi, disclosed this at a meeting with the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Adamu; and the Chairman, Social Mobilisation on Immunisation and Emir of Dass, Usman Othman, in Bauchi on Friday. […]
Continue ReadingSickle shaped red blood cells… PHOTO: University of California, Berkeley, United States (U.S.) The co-founder, CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Mr. Greg Emuze, has described genetic blood condition as not lucrative in the health sector; hence little attention is paid to it. According to him, big pharmaceutical companies would rather focus […]
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A General Medical Practitioner, Dr. Samuel Adeolu, on Thursday said bed-wetting among adults is a medical issue. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the phenomenon among adult indicates an underlying health condition or traits inherited from the family. According to him, study has shown that someone with two bed-wetting parents has a 77 […]
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