In order to check or eliminate the taboo associated with the social vulnerability of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and to signify a major landmark in the campaign against HIV/AIDS, Mannerism Communications (MACOM) in conjunction the body of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)is hosting the first ever “Miss Positive, Nigeria “beauty pageant.

When Barnabas and Chioma Mbonu got married few years ago, their hope was to start a family as soon as possible and as fate would have it, Chioma took in almost immediately, and barely nine months later gave birth to a bouncing baby boy.

I HAVE a problem of grinding my teeth at night. I am also worried about the condition of my teeth, when the enamel of my teeth wears out, will it grow back?

Since 1986 when the first case of a person living with AIDS was reported in Nigeria, public perception about the disorder has gradually strengthened.

THE need for continuous education on ethical conduct of research for healthcare professionals across the country has been identified as a means towards minimising the high records of mishaps in human research. Dr. Adebayo Adejumo of the Centre for West African Bioethics & Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ibadan made the call in Lagos last week while speaking at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) & African Malaria Network (AMANET) series of workshops.

The global psychiatric world is set to assemble in Nigeria as from Thursday October 22, 2009 as the 3-day meeting of Psychiatrists and Mental Health Professionals from all over the world takes off in Abuja.

CONTROVERSY continues to trail the issue of the handling of gunshot victims with the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) declaring the Bill on gunshot victims presently before the Senate as unnecessary, just as Federal government set up an implementation/publicity committee on the issue.

It is no longer news that two Nigerian children with Down Syndrome who were away for weeks, returned from Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bangalore, India, hale and hearty after a successful life -saving surgery. But yet another history was made when one of the children with heart problem was diagnosed to had been healed miraculously.

The growing prevalence of sudden deaths in the country has been blamed on unhealthy lifestyles even as Federal government has been urged to muster political will towards curbing illegal drug outlets in the country.

Regular screening with cutting edge technology of Nigerians who have attained the age of 40 and above, has been recommended as is the way forward in controlling the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular disorders (CVDs) in Nigeria.