Over 235,000 Nigerians die from heart-related disease yearly — Heart Foundation
…Calls for early checks, healthier diets, exercise as warning signs go unnoticed By Chioma Obinna The Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, has disclosed that over 235,000 Nigerians die from cardiovascular diseases annually, warning that many heart conditions develop silently from childhood into adulthood.The Foundation, at a press conference to mark the 2026 World Heart Day in […]
Nigeria needs a cervical cancer policy now – EXPERTS
A call has gone to Federal government to put in place a policy that would create awareness and education for Nigerian women about cervical cancer.
New LUTH initiative to rekindle hope in health sector
AN intensified drive towards providing suatainable healthcare delivery in all ramifications has been embarked upon by Management and Board of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos.
Embracing anti-counterfeiting technology has paid off – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administrations and Control (NAFDAC) weekend said the move by the agency to embrace modern anti-counterfeiting technology has paid off as it has resulted to the prosecution and sentencing to death in China, six Chinese nationals involved in the manufacture of fake drugs exported to the country.
‘Life is not rosy in the wheelchair’
John Foppe, the American who triumphed over his natural disability is testimony that individuals have the capacity to succeed in whatever they choose to do regardless of the challenges.
Nigeria close to stopping polio if…
Nigeria’s Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunisation has concluded that the country could stop poliovirus transmission by mid-2011 if it were to intensify and upgrade its eradication programme, and build on the significant progress it has made.
