Dr Ovo Samuel, a medical officer at the General Hospital Ughelli in Edo State, says smokers are liable to develop kidney cancer at age 40 and above. Ovo, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin, said cigarette smoking damaged the kidney and lungs. He said […]
Continue ReadingAnyakora • 75% substandard oxytosin samples present in Nigeria, contributes to increased maternal mortality • PQM programme will increase supply of quality-assured drugs, curb market failures, says Anyakora The global health challenges caused by poor quality medicines and approaches to achieving quality-assured medicines in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) like Nigeria has remained a huge burden. […]
Continue Reading– Tasks govt on safety of health workers, facilities – Demands gazette of unified scheme of service The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has charged government at all levels to recruit more nurses and midwives if the nation must commit to the reduction of maternal and child mortality rate. The association also […]
Continue ReadingPhoto: Everyday Health As a society, we have a very close relationship with sugar and sugary foods. Chances are, sugar is in most of our favourite foods. We use sugar to comfort ourselves when we’re not feeling well, we reward ourselves with sweet treats, and we use sugar-laced cakes, pies, and cookies to celebrate holidays […]
Continue ReadingGarlic Highly valued in the world of culinary successes, garlic has some sides to it that is just amazing. The first thing you need to know is, even though is used as a flavouring ingredient, it is not a spice following that spice specifically takes a dried form. One could, however, call it a vegetable […]
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Faced with the only chance to save a child’s life, doctors in South Africa have performed a medical first – transplanting part of the liver from a HIV-positive mother into her HIV-negative child, it was announced Thursday. The doctors at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg revealed that one year after the operation, the child […]
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A professor of Anatomy once said :”Man has three balls, two dangling outside, while the third remains up inside.” The prostate is a male accessory organ of reproduction. It is a walnut-sized gland located between the bladder and the penis, just in front of the rectum. The urethra runs through the center of the prostate, […]
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Pedal edema is the name given to swollen lower leg, it is accumulation of fluids in the lower extremity of the leg. Edema happens when our small blood vessels release fluid into nearby tissues. The extra fluid builds up, which makes the tissue swell. It can be caused from some health issues or in case […]
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This is one herb that though can be found in nearly all continents of the world, its properties differ in accordance to the clime in which it grows. But wherever it grows, it gives the particular healing properties the people living in that clime needs. Thus mistletoe from Asia may not be very appropriate for […]
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Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how the body’s natural defences can fight cancer, the jury said on Monday. Unlike more traditional forms of cancer treatment that directly target cancer cells, Allison and Honjo figured out how to help the […]
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