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, […]
Sex tips for busy executives
You are a very busy person, so busy you have no time for frivolities like making time out for sex. Good news for you. Kristina Wright, author of Bedded Bliss: A Couple’s Guide to Lust Ever After, has put together a few tips to keep the flame burning even when you have no time to light the candle! Here they are…
Don seeks inclusion of oral diseases on NHIS
The Faculty of Dental Science of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, has called on Federal government to institute a General Dental Council in the country, as well as inclusion of gum disease and tooth decay on the primary provider list of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS.
Early detection, treatment, key to surviving breast cancer — COPE
With about 13,000 women dying of breast cancer annually in Nigeria, medical experts, cancer survivors and other stakeholders in cancer care have said that early detection and prompt treatment is key to surviving breast cancer.
Ebola resurgence: Treated British Ebola nurse now critically ill
A British nurse who was successfully treated in January after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone is now “critically ill” due to a resurgence of the virus, the hospital treating her said on Wednesday. “We are sad to announce that Pauline Cafferkey’s condition has deteriorated and she is now critically ill.
Mirabel takes war against sexual violence to Lagos schools
LAST week, the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, at the Lagos State secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, was full of secondary school students from various colleges across the state. Their faces revealed their excitement, as they aspired for knowledge about the scourge of rape and sexual violence during the sensitisation programme put together by the Mirabel Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
