Ogun to sanction seven companies over environmental pollution
The Ogun State Government has vowed to sanction seven companies for alleged environmental pollution in Veepee Avenue, Sango Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area...
Category : Health
Cancer patients urge govt to provide treatment similar to HIV/AIDS support
Patients battling cancer are urging the Federal Government to provide free treatment, similar to the support available for those with HIV/AIDS. The patients made their...
Physician calls for strict regulation of plastic surgery procedures
As the demand for aesthetic plastic procedures, also known as plastic surgery continues to increase, a Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Dr Charles Okwonna, has called for...
Blood donation won’t affect libido, haematologists reassure men
For men who have fears that donating blood would negatively affect their libido, haematologists and blood transfusion experts have clarified that the process is safe...
Resident doctors not on strike, seeing to patients’ care – LASUTH-ARD president
As the indefinite nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress enters the second day, the President of the Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos State University...
Aro psychiatric patients bite doctor while protesting poor treatment
Some patients on admission at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, on Wednesday, protested against alleged poor treatments the management subjects them to daily. The protesting patients...
Feeding children salty food raises hypertension risk later in life – Nutritionists
Nutritionists have said adding excess salt to food given to children should be discouraged as their taste preferences are formed early and also cited the...
Pharmacists urge Tinubu to nullify minister’s ban on syringes, needles importation
The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria have urged President Bola Tinubu, to nullify the ban on the importation of syringes and needles into the...
Four doses of paracetamol instead of two may cause organ failure – Physicians
Specialists in the treatment of disorders and diseases affecting the liver and other digestive systems have warned that taking four or more doses of paracetamol...
Traumatic period: Agony of girls using clothes for menstruation over expensive sanitary pads
The high cost of sanitary pads, aided by economic hardship and poverty, may expose Nigerian teenage girls to infections and infertility amid lack of access...