I HAVE a problem of grinding my teeth at night. I am also worried about the condition of my teeth, when the enamel of my teeth wears out, will it grow back?

Since 1986 when the first case of a person living with AIDS was reported in Nigeria, public perception about the disorder has gradually strengthened.

THE need for continuous education on ethical conduct of research for healthcare professionals across the country has been identified as a means towards minimising the high records of mishaps in human research. Dr. Adebayo Adejumo of the Centre for West African Bioethics & Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan made the call in Lagos last week while speaking at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) & African Malaria Network (AMANET) series of workshops.

The global psychiatric world is set to assemble in Nigeria as from Thursday October 22, 2009 as the 3-day meeting of Psychiatrists and Mental Health Professionals from all over the world takes off in Abuja.

CONTROVERSY continues to trail the issue of the handling of gunshot victims with the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) declaring the Bill on gunshot victims presently before the Senate as unnecessary, just as Federal government set up an implementation/publicity committee on the issue.

It is no longer news that two Nigerian children with Down Syndrome who were away for weeks, returned from Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bangalore, India, hale and hearty after a successful life -saving surgery. But yet another history was made when one of the children with heart problem was diagnosed to had been healed miraculously.

The growing prevalence of sudden deaths in the country has been blamed on unhealthy lifestyles even as Federal government has been urged to muster political will towards curbing illegal drug outlets in the country.

Regular screening with cutting edge technology of Nigerians who have attained the age of 40 and above, has been recommended as is the way forward in controlling the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disorders (CVDs) in Nigeria.

One of the major advances the Nigerian health sector has witnessed recent times, is the enactment of the National Health Bill as well as repositioning of Primary Health Care as vehicle for health care delivery in the country.

COST of food may rise astronomically by as much as 194 per cent in Nigeria and the rest of the world by 2050 as a result of the effects of climate change. The developement could also lead to increased hunger and malnourishment of 25 million more children across the world.

HEALTHIER workplaces have been identified as a major factor in the promotion of better heart health in Nigeria, Africa and the entire world at large. This was the message on this year’s World Heart Day, as stakeholders joined forces to call on governments, employers and workers around the world to make workplaces healthier.

As the world basks in the euphoria of the latest HIV vaccine, the Center for the Right to Health (CRH) kicked- off an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Shomolu Local Government area of Lagos aimed at creating, strengthening and supporting the adoption of healthy reproductive lifestyle and HIV prevention behaviour among the poor and Most At-Risk Populations (MARPs).

IF there is one belief the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa shares with the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC), it is that maximum punitive measures be alloted manufacturers, importers and distributors of fake, substandard, adulterated and counterfeit drugs in Nigeria.

WHO will be the last to eradicate polio? This is the million dollar question begging for answers even as the world enters the last lap of the race towards global polio eradication. The die is cast. In the last few years or so, the polio eradication race has been strictly between the so-called P-A-I-N countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria.

Following the formal commissioning of the Barrister Wuraola Adedoyin Research Library at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), the Chairman of the Board of Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Mrs. Rebecca Aikhomu has urged the management the Hospital to expedite action towards the accreditation of the its Post Basic School of Nursing.