AMR: FG warns of growing threat of drug-resistant infections
…Ministers seek stronger surveillance, responsible antibiotic use By Sola Ogundipe The Federal government has raised the alarm over the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that patients are suffering prolonged illnesses, failing to respond to treatment and dying from infections that antibiotics should ordinarily help control. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]
Scientists ‘hunt’ malaria with magnets
A research team from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, SMART, has devised a way to use magnetic resonance relaxometry,MRR, a close cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, to detect a parasitic waste product in the blood of malaria- infected patients.
Infant seeks N2.4m for corrective heart surgery
The prayer of every couple is the blessing of the fruit of the womb. When this prayer was answered for the family of Henry and Oluchi Mekwunye, and Master Emmanuel was born, little did anyone realise that he came with a health challenge.
Eve’s Desire tackles low libido in women
DATA from research suggests that 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men report some degree of sexual dysfunction yet it is a topic many people especially women are hesitant or embarrassed to discuss
Woman gives birth to quintuplets at NAUTH, Nnewi
THE industrial town of Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State recently played host to an uncommon occurrence but a pleasant surprise.
Resident doctors fail to resume work in Lagos
Five days after the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) suspended its strike, resident doctors in the Federal Government-owned hospitals in Lagos State have yet to resume work.
