Adequate water intake and consumption of healthy meals are keys to preventing haemorrhoids or piles, an Abuja-based medical doctor, Dr Kingsley Umeh has said.

As Nigerians join the rest of the World to mark World Cancer Day today, medical experts have said that 30 percent of cancers can be prevented through healthy life style. This is even as they blamed superstitious belief as major factor fueling cancer treatment abandonment in the country.

Succour weekend came on the way of Nigerians with hearing loss as a team of medical experts at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH performed first-ever Cochlear implantation in the country.

When I told the elderly diabetic woman that her ischemic leg pain may require treatment with electrical stimulation, she grabbed her bag, leapt up and mumbled:“Na NEPA you go take treat me?” “It’s not NEPA Ma,” I smiled. “It is actually a pulse generator.” She was having none of it and headed for the door. “Electricity, NEPA, generator…..all na same family. I de come.”

food safety expert, Dr Malgwi Usman, on Friday advised Nigerians against consuming food sold by roadside vendors to reduce the risk of food and water borne diseases.

Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA,Professor John Idoko, has assured that the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013, will not deny access to HIV/AIDS treatment to anyone, even as Projekthope Nigeria, an HIV/AIDS-focuse NGO has faulted NACA’s official position on the matter.

NIGERIA is taking her place among nations worldwide in March 2014 as activities for the “Million Woman March for Endometriosis Worldwide” kick off in earnest as part of the ongoing campaign to save Nigerian women from the pain and trauma of endometriosis.

When Edna, 32, a graduate of English Language, was diagnosed with leprosy, an old but neglected disease. Her world turned upside down.

A HEALTH professional and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr. Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, has proposed the principle of clinical governance as solution to the perennial crisis within the nations health sector.

Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA,Professor John Idoko, has assured that the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013, will not deny access to HIV/AIDS treatment to anyone, even as Projekthope Nigeria, an HIV/AIDS-focuse NGO has faulted NACA’s official position on the matter.