Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh
…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, […]
Clearline HMO advocates best practices in healthcare industry
The need for best practices in corporate governance in health sector institutions, particularly among the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).
Ndubuisi seeks help as glaucoma steals his sight
Thirty five –year -old Ndujokwu Christian Ndubuisi is currently battling to save his sight. A native of Abriba in Abia State has been diagnosed with Glycoma, an eye condition commonly described among medical experts as ‘The Silent Thief of Sight’.
Strike: Should we return home and die?
The aggrieved doctors also claimed that they embarked on the strike because they were tired of hearing ‘I will do this’ from government, saying what they wanted to hear is ‘I have done this’
We need to help children battling cancer— Matilda, mother of three–year–old cancer survivor
In the whole of Nigeria, we have only nine radiotherapy machines and none is working currently
Even gentle exercise helps prevent breast cancer
Walking for just an hour a day can more than halve a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, a study has shown. Women who walk regularly and take further gentle exercise for at least an hour a week are 55 per cent more likely to reduce the risk of a tumour than those who never work out.
