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Dried placenta may help men regain erections faster after prostate surgery – Study

Dried placenta may help men regain erections faster after prostate surgery – Study

By Sola Ogundipe For men undergoing surgery for prostate cancer, removing the tumour may solve the immediate threat, but it can leave behind another deeply personal problem: erectile dysfunction. Researchers are exploring an unusual way to help sexual function return. The approach, according to a publication in New Scientist, involves placing thin sheets of dehydrated […]
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Robotic medicine:  Healer or killer?

Robotic medicine: Healer or killer?

If there is a field that will forever be grateful to technology, it has to be the field of Medicine. It would seem in fact that from time immemorial, advancements in Medicine have been largely tied to advancements in health technology. Even before the invention of the medical syringe in 1863, and beyond the giant strides in robotic medicine today, this fact lives on.

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

This month – July – was a very auspicious month for Nigeria in 2014. Two health related occurrences took place in that month. On Sunday July 20 2014, Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos airport, a sick man with Ebola Virus Disease. He died five days later, but not before infecting other people – his primary contacts -health workers who took care of him and who subsequently infected other people.

Bridge Clinic is ‘IVF Service Provider of  the Year’

Bridge Clinic is ‘IVF Service Provider of the Year’

In recognition of its role and contributions to the development of healthcare sector in Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s foremost Health Fertility Clinic, The Bridge Clinic has won the best “IVF Service Provider “award in the Nigerian Health Excellence awards, NHEA, held recently in Lagos.

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

After Ebola, Nigeria can defeat polio

This month – July – was a very auspicious month for Nigeria in 2014. Two health related occurrences took place in that month. On Sunday July 20 2014, Patrick Sawyer flew into Lagos airport, a sick man with Ebola Virus Disease. He died five days later, but not before infecting other people – his primary contacts -health workers who took care of him and who subsequently infected other people.