Health

Herbal Pro, an herbal solution company that focuses on providing prevention and improvements to the most prevalent illnesses and diseases through herbal products is set on improving the health of Nigerians by providing easy access to health-related information via Nigeria’s first online health and wellness newsletter. A previous study by Herbal Pro Limited showed that […]

As the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and National Primary Healthcare Development Agency  (NPHCDA) commences its reactive vaccination campaign to halt the spread of  Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), the Wellbeing Foundation Africa has issued the following health advisory:

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa is pleased to announce our sponsorship of the Climb With Remi. We are sponsoring one brave climber headed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, in support of women, children, and elderly people in Nigeria’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. Committed to alleviating the plight of the estimated 3.3 million internally displaced […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday impounded fake and substandard fast moving skin lightening cream, bating soaps as well as serum worth millions of Naira in Lagos even as it sealed three shops in connection with the offensive products. The fake products identified as Q7 Range of products impounded […]

A research division of the World Health Organization announced on Monday that bacon, sausage and other processed meats cause cancer, and that red meat probably does, too. The report by the influential group stakes out one of the most aggressive stances against meat yet taken by a major health organization, and it is expected to […]

Inflammation is the body’s attempt at self-protection; to remove harmful stimuli, including damaged cells, irritants, or pathogens. Chronic Inflammation may also play a role in aging and eventual cellular death. It can be caused by trauma, infection by bacteria or viruses, infestations with parasites, tumours and, most insidiously, by immune reactions. The inflamed area releases […]

If injecting yourself with 3.5 million-year-old bacteria could keep you looking and feeling youthful and healthy without having to fork out for a gym membership, would you do it? Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov, head of the Geocryology Department at Moscow State University, is looking for the key to eternal youth. He has therefore become a […]

French doctors will decide Thursday whether to allow a severely brain-damaged man to die in the latest turn of a bitter legal battle over his fate which ended up at Europe’s top rights court. The fate of Vincent Lambert, 38, who was left a quadriplegic with severe brain damage after a 2008 road accident, has […]

Health experts will on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 discuss the management of cleft patients in Nigeria. They are also expected to discuss the role of Dental Nurses in the treatment of cleft patients and the myths about cleft, lip and palate in children. A statement issued in Lagos by the coordinator of the School of […]