Antibiotic resistance, which can turn common ailments into killers, has reached dangerous levels worldwide, the World Health Organization warned Monday, saying users still know too little about how antibiotics work. Antibiotic resistance happens when bugs become immune to existing drugs, allowing minor injuries and common infections to become deadly.

With Nigeria topping the list of Sub Sahara African countries with highest burden of parasitic infections, scientists have warned that unless there are concerted efforts to change unhealthy behavioural activities that cause the bulk of human parasitic diseases, the World Health Organisation’s , WHO, ‘Year 2020 Health for All’ will be an illusion.

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC weekend took its fight against fake drugs to the Lagos International Trade Fair, warning producers of unregistered products to stay away from the fair or face its wrath.

THIRTY nine-year-old Sodiq Momoh is not a happy man. The father of five is upset for two reasons. First, he is unable to urinate through his male sex organ like a normal male, rather, he is only able to pass water with the aid of a catheter (rubber tube) that he carries around.

By Sola Ogundipe In an effort to ensure better care for heart related problems, Medtronic and SoWIFE of former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Arese Carrington, has called for sustained emancipation of Nigerian women in the drive to attain a developed status for the country. Carrington, an International Public Health Consultant and Vice President, Africana Consultants, […]