With floodwaters spreading across communities and waste piling up, epidemiologists say Lagos is at growing risk of a cholera outbreak and increased malaria transmission. They explained...
Resident doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, have commenced an indefinite strike over poor residential accommodation, delayed salary payments for newly employed doctors,...
By Aderogba GeorgeThe Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jabi, Abuja, has advocated greater investment in preventive...
Citing their immature livers, kidneys and smaller body size, paediatricians have urged parents to stop giving children, especially those under five, adult medicines, warning that the...
As the global community commemorates World Brain Day tomorrow, July 22, leading neurologists in Nigeria have said that at least one Nigerian develops a stroke every...
By Oluwafunke Ishola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Shortly after midnight, when labour pains intensified and panic began to set in, Mrs Tolu Badmus knew exactly...
By Catherine Egwuom Dr Leo Odudu, Medical Director, Emel Hospital, Festac, has urged parents to seek prompt medical care for children with seizures, describing the condition...
By Catherine Egwuom Early, prolonged screen exposure may contribute to childhood speech delay, especially as clinicians now see more cases compared with a decade ago, a...
Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria on Monday inducted 85 foreign-trained Nigerian pharmacists into the profession, charging them to uphold the highest standards of integrity,...
Janet Ogundepo A new report has found that four in five patients across Africa do not get appropriate diagnostic tests at primary health care facilities. The...