Dark clouds gathered over Nigeria weekend as the cold hands of death snatched away wife of former Military Head of State, Mrs Maryam Babangida after a prolonged battle against cancer of the ovary.

THE last may yet to be heard about the recent approval of new salary structures in the nation’a health sector as the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria is raising dust over the the stand of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on the issue.

Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians in the country have until 31st of March 2010 to register their licenses and premises with the Optometrists and Dispensing Registration Board of Nigeria.

With the World’s 80 per cent universal coverage on the usage of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLLIN), beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s free LLIN in Ogun State last week have been urged to make proper use of the nets to ensure that efforts to halt the burden of malaria yield the expected outcomes.

Beloved talk host Oprah Winfrey is dying, say medical experts who predict the TV titan has just three years to live.
That chilling forecast is the real secret behind the talk queen, who turns 56 on Jan. 29, quitting her TV show in 2011, according to insiders.

Small incision procedures such as hysteroscopy have been identified as the future of gynaecology in Nigeria and the world at large.

A KEY step that needs to be urgently taken if the objective of the Millennium Developemnt Goals (MDGs) on maternal mortality is to be attained in Nigeria and other developing countries by 2015 was one of lessons learned in the course of the International Conference on Family Planning, held at the Speke Resort Limited, in Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda.

THE task of enhancing the acceptance of immunisation of children against the six killer diseases continues to be a challenge in Yobe State as several parents resisted the administration of the protective vaccines on their children during the just concluded national immunisation exercise.

AS the festive season approaches its zenith, Management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, Lagos, and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) are exploring measures through which the spate of fatalities of road accident victims can be minimised.

The Youth Resource Centre newly commissioned for the Nigerian youths in Epe area of Lagos would not only increase the needed awareness on HIV & AIDS among the youths but would reduce youths’ restiveness and spread of the virus. Just recently, a new report advocated for a special focus on young people as more than half of newly infected is between 15 and 29 years of age.