Ebola in Nigeria: Fears contacts could test positive mount
What happens when the emergency passes? Do the taps still run? Are protective supplies replenished? Can hospitals still isolate suspected cases safely? And do health workers have the equipment?
UN seeks greater collaboration with FBOs
The United Nations is presently exploring ways to increase better collaboration with the inter faith organisation as a means to reducing challenges in the area of security and health.
Breast cancer: Consistent screening, early detection saved my life— Dame Abimbola Fashola
Nigerian women have again been admonished to go for regular breast cancer screening as a means of ensuring they are protected from the menace of the disorder which kills more women than any other type of cancer in the country.
Bed space is our biggest challenge — LASUTH Board
The newly constituted Management Board of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH has identified bed space as its biggest challenge.
90% of ailments can be reversed by right foods — Experts
With growing numbers of prominent Nigerians fallen victims of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure, alternative health experts have recommended the use of natural foods to put diseases at bay even as they said that 90 per cent of the ailments that have befallen Nigerians could be reversed by proper intake of foods.
Suya and the cancer controversy
The controversy surrounding the link between consumption of barbecued or roasted meat and the risk of development of cancer is as old as the hills. In Nigeria, the local skewered savoury beef or chicken popularly called Suya, carries the can. Traditionally prepared by the Hausa, the thinly sliced meat is garnished in a complex mixture […]
