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 […]
Targeting HIV treatment goals through decentralisation, increased funding
The Federal Ministry of Health with support from the United States Agency for International Development is addressing the issue of Universal Access to Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Services in Nigeria through the decentralisation of HIV Treatment at the community level.
Stop indiscriminate prescription of antibiotics, doctors warned
Warning of a looming “disaster of antibiotics” if the current excessive use of the drugs is not curbed, Nobel laureate for Physiology, Dr John Robin Warren, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2005 for his discovery on the ‘bacterium Helicobacter pylori’ and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer diseases, noted specifically that …
WHO approves 2 Ebola vaccines …Trials begin Jan 2015
The World Health Organisation says the two most advanced Ebola vaccines — one made by GlaxoSmithKline and the other licensed by Merck and NewLink appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West Africa.
Poor reproductive, sexual health killing Africans enmasse — REPORT
INCONTROVERTIBLE evidence that poor sexual and reproductive health practices and policies are killing Africans enmasse necessitating prompt government action, has been released.
26% Nigerian men engage in sexual experimentation, says study
Despite widespread awareness about HIV/AIDs and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases, commercial sex trade in Nigeria is notorious for its growing market. Results of a study carried out in Lagos recently, revealed that 26% of men who patronize commercial sex workers do so to fulfill….
