Category: Health

An Abuja-based veterinary doctor, Dr Yomi Nafiu, said on Wednesday that bird flu viruses could not be transmitted to humans who ate carefully prepared poultry products. Nafiu told newsmen in...

Less than 30,000 medical doctors, 150,000 registered nurses nationwide *Average Doctor-Patient ratio = 1:53,333; Nurse-Patient ratio = 1: 1,066 EVEN before the current health workers’ strike, a visit to public...

Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sectors Union, JOHESU, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH branch, Wednesday staged a peaceful protest over what they described as government insensitivity...

#ISurvivedEbola, the groundbreaking West African multimedia campaign, has launched a new, interactive mobile app that allows Ebola survivors to connect with each other, share public health advice, and update the...

After weeks of unbearable pain, her nipples had to be removed - leaving her self-conscious and her relationship with her boyfriend at breaking point' (more…)

Active older people resemble much younger people physiologically, according to a new study of the effects of exercise on aging. The findings suggest that many of our expectations about the...

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, has expressed worry over the unending industrial actions in the health sector, urging the Federal Government to immediately resolve the crisis...

A research carried out in Nigeria by scientists from the University of Edinburgh, England, revealed that one in every four Nigerian is at risk of being diagnosed with high blood...

Medecins Sans Frontiers œwasted time by waiting too long to call for vaccines to fight an unprecedented outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, a veteran of the medical charity told...

This little critter is called an ASP. Believe it's a caterpillar. Kill if you come across one. These are painful when you are stung by one, will send you to...