PUMPKIN seeds contain a heap of great nutrients and their inherent plant-based health benefits are often understated. There are loads of vitamins, minerals and other important phytonutrients in pumpkin seeds. These include manganese tryptophan, magnesium phosphorus, copper, zinc and iron.

TOWARDS changing the landscape of medicine and healthcare in Nigeria, 4 Dimension Technology in partnership with China-based organisation, Landwind Medicals recently introduced state-of-the-art 4D ultra sound scanners.

EVEN though she lost her sight at the tender age of 11, Ejiro Okotie has never lost sight of herself. She may not be sighted, but she has foresight. As a growing child she always knew what she wanted out of life. Today, as a full-grown young adult, battling the challenge of disability, Ejiro has nevertheless undergone a decisive transformation.

FOR the Nigerian health sector, 2013 opened with a strike. The year is also closing with a health sector strike. The outgoing year was serially punctuated with nerve-wracking industrial dispute often culminating in protracted strikes to protest often irreconciliable issues at stake.

In continuation of effots to push for the signing into law of the Nigerian Violence Against Person’s Prohibition Bill, the Wellbeing Foundation teamed up with the National Orientation Agency, The Orange Foundation for Women and Children for the Eradication of Domestic Violence at the First Domestic Violence Summit.

AS part of efforts to further improve patient care and treatment outcomes for patients in critical condition, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, has acquired a brand new state-of-the-art vital signs monitor courtesy Management of Taqwa Private Schools, Ifako, Agege, Lagos.

The Federal Government has taken a step towards establishing a world class medical facility designed to reduce the huge foreign exchange lost daily through medical tourism.

OVER the years, several incidents of rape, and other forms of sexual assault/abuse have not been investigated or pursued to logical conclusion either because the victims, who are usually girls and young women (single or married) failed to report the incident, or even if they reported, the culprit/culprits were not apprehended and prosecuted.

A new report by the United Nations Population Children’s Fund, UNICEF, shows improvement in birth registrations in Nigeria even though the births of about 230 million under-fives around the world, approximately 1 in 3 of all children, have never been registered.

Umunkaka community, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state came alive recently on the occasion of the formal opening of the new Primary Healthcare Centre tagged “Peace Health Centre”