By Ayoola Olasupo Diseases are harmful conditions that negatively affect the structure or function of the body or mind. They are characterised by specific signs, symptoms,...
By Catherine Egwuom A senior medical practitioner, Dr Leo Odudu, says the government’s sponsorship of campaigns in local languages will help to tackle tobacco menace in...
Johnson Idowu The Lagos State Government on Saturday commended residents of Alimosho Local Government Area for their level of compliance with the monthly environmental sanitation exercise,...
By Dorcas Elusogbon The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the hospital’s management...
The UNICEF Enugu Field Office Chief, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe, has warned healthcare workers responsible for administering nutrition supplements to children in various healthcare facilities across Enugu...
By Lilian U. Okoro The Lagos State Unified Media Health Coalition has reiterated commitment to improving maternal and child health outcomes through a more...
Agency Report A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily halted the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals following a petition filed by a rights...
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday provided free healthcare services to a Lagos community through its Health Initiative for...
In four of the seven cancer types the researchers looked at (lung, breast, bowel and liver cancer) people who took GLP-1s were 38% to 50% less...
By Esha Aliku The Federal Government, through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, on Friday commissioned an expanded Emergency Operations Centre in Katsina State. The...