Health

U.S. reiterates commitment to health, wellbeing of Nigerians

The United States Government has reiterated its commitment to work with the Nigerian government to improve the health and wellbeing of the Nigerians.

This according to the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, Ms. Kathleen FitzGibbon, is part of the long-standing diplomatic, econo [...]

Ebola vaccine still effective when highly diluted, study finds

A single dose of a highly diluted VSV-Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine -- approximately one-millionth of what is in the vaccine being used to help control the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) -- remains fully protective against disease in experimentally infected monkeys, [...]

Phone, computer light may accelerate aging - Study

Prolonged exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity, even if it's not shining in your eyes.

New research at Oregon State University suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting dio [...]

Contraceptive cancer free, no negative effect for child spacing

The director of family planning, Federal Ministry of Health, Adebimpe Adebiyi, has said family planning or the uses of contraceptives do not cause cancer.

Mrs Adebiyi disclosed this at the National Health Dialogue held in Abuja.

The two-day event with the theme “Universal Health Co [...]

PSN seeks ban on hawking of psychotic drugs

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has called for the removal of psychotic drugs from the streets hawkers and those that sell in a commercial bus.

The president Pharmaceutical society of Nigeria, PSN, Sam Ohuabunwa, stated this at a briefing in Abuja, organised by the society to mark t [...]

Seek medical help for mental health sufferers, not chains, experts caution

As people all over the World mark the 2019 World Mental Health Day, WMHD, psychiatry experts have advocated for proper awareness creation concerning mental illness calling on families with mentally ill patients to stop chaining them to a stake.

The experts, who stated that mental illness is cur [...]

Germany offers €30.5m support to end polio, strengthen Nigeria’s health system

The German Minister of Health, Mr Jens Spahn, has announced 30.5millon euros support to Nigeria to end polio, enhance health security and strengthen the country’s health system.

Spahn made the disclosure during bilateral dialogue between Federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Heal [...]

How gonorrhea develops resistance to antibiotics

Steadily and relentlessly, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea has slipped past medicine's defenses, acquiring resistance to once-reliable drugs, including penicillin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin. These former stalwarts are no longer used to treat the sexually transmitted disease.

In 20 [...]