Cancer cases set to rise 67% by 2050 — GLOBOCAN
…. 20.6m cases, 9.8m deaths recorded worldwide in 2024By Chioma Obinna The just-released GLOBOCAN report has revealed that the global cancer burden is rising sharply, with 20.6 million new cases and 9.8 million deaths recorded worldwide in 2024. It also showed that deep inequalities in prevention, early detection, treatment and cancer surveillance continue to leave […]
New Ebola outbreak has no approved vaccine, WHO warns
“And fifth, this epidemic is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola virus for which there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics,” Tedros warned.
‘Scale and speed’ of Ebola outbreak worry WHO
WHO has voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Damaturu Specialist Hospital performs first lower jaw surgery
The Yobe State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, has successfully carried out a highly specialized segmental mandibulectomy with reconstruction — a major maxillofacial surgical procedure performed for the first time at any state-owned facility and the first in North-eastern Nigeria.
‘Next pandemic could be worse than COVID’
Global health experts have warned that the world is now even more vulnerable to another devastating pandemic
Uncontrolled hypertension leads to stroke, heart failure, cardiologist warns
By Chioma Obinna As Nigerians join the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Hypertension Day, May 17, a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Dr. Ramon Moronkola, warned that millions of Nigerians may be living with high blood pressure unknowingly, raising concerns over the increasing burden of […]
