AMR: FG warns of growing threat of drug-resistant infections
…Ministers seek stronger surveillance, responsible antibiotic use By Sola Ogundipe The Federal government has raised the alarm over the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that patients are suffering prolonged illnesses, failing to respond to treatment and dying from infections that antibiotics should ordinarily help control. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]
Sex without pills: Nigeria could have prevented 11.7million unwanted pregnancies in 2016 alone – UN report
The husband, filled with regrets, said that if his wife had been on modern contraceptive, perhaps she would have been alive today
Okra can lead to infertility in men – Research
Lagos – Okra, though very nutritious, can lead to infertility in men of reproductive age, Dr Ochuko Erikainure, a Senior Research Officer at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, has warned.
Born with HIV, living free of infection
A 9-year-old South African child that was born with HIV is now free of infection. The unnamed child was treated briefly with antiretroviral therapy (ART) as a baby, and has successfully suppressed the virus for more than eight years after stopping the medication.
At last, baby Charlie Gard sentenced to death is dead
Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill British baby whose plight drew sympathy from Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump and sparked a debate about medical ethics, died on Friday, his mother said.
Patients agonise over breakdown of radiotherapy machine at LUTH
SCORES of cancer patients seeking treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos are going through harrowing times following the incessant breakdown of the radiotherapy machine at the health facility.
