Few foods have sparked as much debate as the egg. It sits in nearly every kitchen in the world, cheap and versatile, yet it has spent decades on trial. One generation was told to eat it every morning for strength. The next was warned that it would clog their arteries and shorten their lives. Health […]
•Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has raised fresh alarm over the worsening Lassa fever outbreak after the disease claimed 221 lives in six months, with new infections increasing steadily for three consecutive weeks and the fatality rate remaining significantly higher than last year’s level. The latest e...
•Ambulances A resident of Lagos State, Muhammad Armayau has applauded the state’s emergency responders for acting swiftly to save his seven-month-old daughter. Armayau, who resides in Badagry area of the state, revealed this to journalists yesterday. He said that his daughter became seriously sick in the middle of the night, during a heavy dow...
A new report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says that an estimated 20.6 million new cases of cancer and close to 10 million deaths are recorded globally every year while the disease remains the second leading cause of death globally, after cardiovascular disease. The report noted that cancer claims more than 26,000 lives [&hel...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State The Lagos State government has announced a major shift in fever management after revealing that 95 percent of fever cases in the state are not caused by malaria, warning healthcare providers against treating patients without laboratory confirmation. The government declared that only about five per ce...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Federal Medical Centre, Oleh Establishment Bill into law, marking a historic breakthrough for healthcare delivery in the Delta South Senatorial District. The bill, sponsored by Senator Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, representing Delta South, provides for the establishment of the first Federal Medical C...
Indigenes and residents of Ntighauzo Amairi Community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State have decried the dilapidated state of their Comprehensive Health Centre, which has turned to a permanent home for reptiles and other wild animals. The Health Centre, built through communal efforts by the ten villages of the community and commis...
•Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife Dermatology Society of Lagos and Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD) have enjoined Nigerians to completely avoid harmful skin-bleaching practices and prioritise healthy skin over skin colour to reduce the burden of skin diseases in the country. Dr Folakemi Cole-Adeife, Consultant Physician and Dermatologist at...
Conference of the West African College of Physicians, WACP, yesterday, urged government at all levels to strengthen the health system or risk worsening the ongoing migration of skilled medical professionals, declining service delivery, and deepening pressures on already overstretched hospitals. The position was made at a press conference held ...
•Prof Madubuko Roli Bathing with untreated rainwater may trigger skin infections, including ringworm, athlete’s foot, boils, and jock itch, senior medical experts have said. They noted that using untreated rainwater repeatedly for bathing, particularly on broken or sensitive skin, may expose individuals to fungal and bacterial skin infections ...
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