… Exposes gaps, demands accountability in PHC deliveryBy Chioma Obinna The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board, LSPHCB, has charged journalists to move beyond event-based reporting and use credible health data to expose gaps, demand accountability and drive improvements in primary healthcare delivery across the state. The Permanent Secretary of the Board, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, […]

By Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko Yesterday, Sunday, I, my wife Ugochi who is a dietitian, Nneoma Chisom Onwubiko my little daughter, drove my only son Nnadozie to a secondary school dormitory somewhere within the Federal Capital Territory, where he is to begin his first experience of boarding school in his second year of secondary education. I […]

By Sola Ogundipe  What if a person who needs a pacemaker no longer had to undergo surgery to have one implanted? Imagine having no wires threaded into the heart, no pulse generator implanted under the skin and, potentially, no repeat procedures to deal with implanted hardware? Instead, there is a small patch sitting on the […]

By Sola Ogundipe A drug already transforming the treatment of obesity and diabetes may have another, unexpected effect: slowing some aspects of ageing. Researchers have found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy, extended the lifespan of elderly female mice and improved several measures associated with healthy ageing. […]

By Folashade Ajayi, Co-Founder, CareStrong For many people, an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, looks intimidating. It is often portrayed in films as a sophisticated medical device operated by doctors in emergency rooms while alarms sound in the background. The reality is very different. An AED was designed for ordinary people.To understand why it matters, […]