The idea that any medication available without a prescription is safe to take can be a dangerous one for those with diabetes, who risk spikes in blood glucose and blood pressure by taking the wrong medication for something as simple as the common cold, according to a researcher at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, who said that nonprescription medications can have contraindications and drug interactions similar to those posed by prescription medications.

A non-governmental organization, Crimsonbow Sickle Cell Initiative is organizing a programme aimed at educating the people, especially the unprivileged on sickle cell prevention and management.

HUNDREDS of traders at the Wappa market in Kano weekend benefitted from the ongoing nationwide free medical services organised Dexa Medica makers of Boska, under its Pain Free Day initiative programme.

THE immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has declared that political will and public financing are key to attainment of Universal Health Coverage, UHC, in Nigeria and the developed world.

COMMERCIAL crude oil exploration in Nigeria and the rest of the world would become unprofitable within the next 13 years, according to a report by the Centre for Social Justice, CSJ, a civil society organization.

Seated among hundreds of nursing mothers at the Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, was 29-year-old Mrs Saidat Ganiyu. Her face was radiating with smiles, while she proudly breastfeed her baby.

Medical services at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, have received a boost with the commissioning of new sets of Crystal Optics Centre, Stroke Centre; Modular Theatre; Blood Donor Clinic; and the School of Biomedical Engineering training centre.

WIFE of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has declared 2017 as the year to bridge the yawning gap in exclusive breastfeeding by Nigerian mothers through her pet project, Wellbeing Foundation.

THE Nigerian Institute of Training and Development, NITAD, has called on the Federal Government to concentrate more on tackling issues of skill gaps, which is responsible for the high rate of unemployment in the country.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it has secured $3.8 billion foreign direct investment, FDI, inflow into Nigeria for four major oil and gas projects.