Health

Former Deputy Provost of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Dr Benneth Maduka, says cocoyam, an endangered...

Save the Children, an international NGO, says about 97 per cent of meningitis victims in Zamfara State are women. The...

An Optometrist, Dr Chika Okereke, has advised people to undertake regular eye examination for early detection of glaucoma, a leading...

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday called for increased global attention for HIV/AIDS funding in Nigeria. In a statement...

The Federal Government says the outbreak of “Type C’ form of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in some parts of the...

Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi, Secretary to the State Government in Zamfara, says  meningitis outbreak has claimed no fewer than 215 lives...

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that 328 deaths associated with Meningitis have been recorded in the country since...

Giving an insight into the severity of his illness on returning from his medical vacation, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that...

Another fake medical doctor has been arrested in Abeokuta, Ogun State, a top government official has said. Dr Sola Adebiyi,...

The university teacher who claimed to have discovered cure for HIV and AIDS, Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, has petitioned the Senate...

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to delist medicines from the list of items that...

A consultant opthalmologist, Dr Adeola Onakoya, on Wednesday warned the populace against patronising dispensing opticians for eye testing and screening....

A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has ordered the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to, forthwith,...

Dr Emmanuel Effa, a Consultant Physician with University of Calabar Teaching Hospital says early treatment and regular exercise can reduce...

A 36-year-old Egyptian woman reportedly the heaviest in the world has undergone successful weight-loss surgery at the Saifee Hospital in...

A consultant with the Federal Medical Centre Makurdi, Benue State, Dr Martins Adejo, has cautioned women against the effects of...

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, says the Nigerian Cancer Death Ratio of four to five...

Dr James Ogunmodede, a Consultant Cardiologist, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has attributed the increase in heart diseases to sedentary...

A medical practitioner has advised Nigerians to imbibe the habit of going for regular diabetes check-up and reduce consumption of...

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has emphasised the need for increased campaign against sickle cell anaemia to break the...