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Environmental toxins linked to infertility, IVF failures — Ashiru

Environmental toxins linked to infertility, IVF failures — Ashiru

By Chioma Obinna A Nigerian fertility specialist, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, on Saturday warned that environmental toxins in air, water, food and everyday products have been linked to infertility and poor outcomes in assisted reproductive treatment.Ashiru, who is the Secretary-General of the International Federation of Fertility Societies, (IFFS), said there was an urgent need for greater […]
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Lagos says enough is enough for road accidents

Lagos says enough is enough for road accidents

Janet Egwuonwu sat by the road side looking sad and dejected. Her eyes were swollen and her mien was pensive. There was every indication that she had been crying since only God Knows when.

Polio: FG, Gombe State tackle non-compliance cases

Polio: FG, Gombe State tackle non-compliance cases

Abdulslam Abubakar, 45 stood vehemently by the door shielding his five -year- old child when he sighted a team of vaccinators coming towards his house. As they approach closer to his house, Abdulslam shouted “No, I will not watch you poison my child with that medicine of yours. I don’t like it, he said dragging Kabri, his child into his house.

UN tackles non-communicable diseases

UN tackles non-communicable diseases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed the new strategy adopted by the United Nations General Assembly resolution on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases – mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes- which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60.

Fidson Healthcare advances wellness generation policy

Fidson Healthcare advances wellness generation policy

Fidson Healthcare Plc, a visionary healthcare company in Nigeria, has taken initiative of leading the wellness generation in realization of the emerging age of wellness and preventive medicine. This is being achieved through the entrenchment of a wellness policy in the workplace.