Prescription medication “take-back” programmes are increasingly promoted as a way to safely dispose of unused drugs, but they are no better for the environment than simply throwing old drugs in the trash, a new study suggests.
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday described health professionals as vital to the attainment of Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, in Nigeria The Minister made this known at the 15th Mandatory Training Workshop on Environment, Laboratory and Standards, organized by the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria in Abuja.
Rhesus Solution Initiative (RSI), a Lagos-based non-governmental agency last week marked the 2012 Rhesus Factor Day with the objective of creating and promoting public awareness on rhesus factor. The day was for participants to know their blood group and rhesus status to prevent incompatibility during child birth for women and during blood transfusion for both sexes.
Magnesium is essential for normal muscle and nerve function, keeps your heart healthy, regulates blood sugar levels, supports your immune system and keeps bones strong.
Bedazzle Innovations, a frontline event management organisation based in Lagos launches her Hospital Pharmacists meeting titled “Excellence in Hospital Pharmacy Practice Conference’, tomorrow May 23, 2012 under the auspices of National Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists, NAHAP, Lagos branch.
As the world yesterday marked 2012 World Hypertension Day, a new report has shown that a 25 per cent increase in high blood pressure screening in 19 developing countries would reduce the number of cardiovascular disease, CVD, events and deaths that occur each year by up to 3 per cent in these countries.
In line with its vision of ‘working together for a healthier world’, Pfizer NEAR yesterday restated its commitment towards ensuring that Nigerian population is taken care of especially in the area of cardiovascular medicine.
Irked by rising number of deaths and diseases associated with smoking, health experts have stressed the need for government at all levels to adopt preventive comprehensive health education programmes on smoking cessation and control.
JULIUS Agbo, a top bank executive was being welcomed home one evening by his wife and children after a hard day at the office. He was in the process of returning their warm welcome when suddenly, he collapsed.
Reactions have been trailing the employment of what Lagosians have termed ‘baby doctors’ in place of the sacked doctors in Lagos State Government hospitals. Lagosians especially those seeking medical attention in the state hospitals have expressed doubts over the appointment of newly graduated doctors, raising questions if they would be able to proffer solutions to critical situations.
What started as a three-day warning strike over sundry issues whereby government issued queries to them and also ordered that they appear before a disciplinary panel to explain their action, the medical doctors in Lagos State-owned hospitals then embarked on indefinite strike which led to their mass dismissal, as both parties are now in court.
The Nigerian government has been called upon to commit significant resources to respond to the lead poisoning epidemic in Zamfara State, which has killed or maimed thousands of children since 2010.
The auction and donations of African artworks organised by the Arthouse Contemporary and in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank last week in Lagos, raised a total of $62,000.
Proprietors of community pharmacies in Ogun State have been admonished to always purchase genuine drugs and avoid fakes in order to prevent untimely death of patients.
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