CONHESS: JOHESU mobilises health workers for showdown with FG
… Threatens industrial action over 13-year salary adjustment delay By Chioma Obinna The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has begun mobilising health workers nationwide for possible industrial action over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS), a demand that has remained unresolved for about 13 years. The […]
How high blood pressure cripples the body
IN Nigeria and environs, High Blood Pressure, a.k.a. Hypertension, is increasingly becoming a problem. It puts people at risk of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke. Already a massive hidden killer, High Blood Pressure is set to sharply rise as Nigerians adopt western diets and sedentary lifestyles.
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.
