Marijuana has long been used to effectively treat symptoms associated with HIV, such as chronic pain and weight loss. But a growing body of research suggests the plant may be able to stop the spread of the virus itself.

Some health experts in Lagos on Friday urged Nigerians to exhibit and show more expressions of positive love to one another, saying it had health benefits.

Ghana’s President Mahama demand local production of AIDS drugs

THE string of successful specialist medical interventions, notably neonatal care and kidney transplants among others, at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Oghara, in Delta State, did not come by accident.

The political season is now slowly creeping on us. Soon radio, television and newspaper media will be filled with rhetoric, cliches and promises.

Management of the Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos has emphasized the need to prioritize primary healthcare services in Nigeria with a view to improving access as well as ensure excellence in healthcare delivery. To this end, the hospital has inaugurated a state-of-the art Primary healthcare Outpatient Complex on its Apapa premises.

Do you know that diabetes can affect any part of your body? Do you know that out of the estimated 20 million people that have diabetes, only two-third of these individuals are diagnosed? Studies have shown that oral infections tend to be more severe in diabetic patients than non-diabetic patients? And, do you know that this is because diabetics who do not have good control over their blood sugar levels tend to have more oral health problems.

Management of the Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos has emphasized the need to prioritize primary healthcare services in Nigeria with a view to improving access as well as ensure excellence in healthcare delivery. To this end, the hospital has inaugurated a state-of-the art Primary healthcare Outpatient Complex on its Apapa premises.

There is this very successful and very busy couple. The wife is 29 years old and she wants a baby quickly. She wants this baby so badly and so urgently she wants it yesterday. Money is no object so she opts to have the baby through In Vitro Fertilization, IVF. She does not want to waste time and wants to have this baby by the time she is 30. Of course, she could get pregnant in her own bedroom, but she prefers IVF because she doesn’t want to waste time. This is an unusual request isn’t it? But it is an approach that makes sense.

Health Maintenance Organisations, HMOs, are private corporations, usually managed by doctors and other medical practitioners, offering medical and health care to their client-members for a fixed rate or contribution. The HMO concept dates back to the 1900s when companies in Europe and the Americas entered into arrangements with medical institutions for prepaid medical services to their employees. The concept is a hybrid insurance and pre-need programme, and HMOs, figuratively, are engaged in life and death situations when they attend to the needs of their members.