•Portable Controversial singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a mad man who is undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. Portable said this while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government today after being declared wanted by the state police command, reports ...
•Pope Francis Pope Francis is being treated for a “complex clinical situation” and will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday to undergo treatment and tests for bronchitis. In an update today, the Vatican has said the pontiff has a […]
The Federal Capital Territory has successfully placed 61,384 people living with HIV/AIDS on treatment. Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, stated this in Abuja yesterday, at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day. Fasawe said that the day, with the theme, “...
•Dr Priscilia Imade Statistics on Glaucoma: Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), it is estimated that over 60 million people have glaucoma globally. In the United States alone, more than 3 million people are affected by glaucoma, and it is projected that this number ...
•Britain’s King Charles III British head of state King Charles III will make a limited return to public duties next week after doctors said they were “very encouraged” by the progress of his treatment for cancer. His first engagement with Queen Camilla would be to a cancer treatment centre on Tuesday. The couple will also […]...
•New antibiotic-resistant bacteria A don, Professor Abimbola Owoseni, has said the emergence of new antibiotic-resistant bacteria implicated in foodborne illnesses is causing an increase in treatment failures in Nigeria. Professor Owoseni, in the 12th inaugural lecture entitled ‘Microorganisms: Invincibility in Invisibility,’ delivered at Bowe...
•Dr Chimezie Okwuonu The Immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Abia State chapter, Dr Chimezie Okwuonu, is one of the only two Africans selected for the Emerging Leaders Programme by the International Society of Nephrology. The Abia-born kidney expert confirmed the selection in a chat with our correspondent, describi...
•Dr Otiko The United States of America (USA) based Nigerian Medical Doctor, Christopher Ayo Otiko, who discovered the drug called TETRACYTE for the treatment of diabetic ulcer, has revealed how many years it took him to produce the drug. According to him, it took him between the years 2008 and 2016 for the process of […]
•Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will commence his medical leave tomorrow, as a follow-up to his medical treatment, his spokesman, Richard Olatunde, has said. In a statement today, Olatunde said during Akeredolu’s absence, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, will assume the responsibilities of the govern...
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