Health

A study published on Monday by the University of Exeter, London, has shown that sleep not only protects events from...

A team of doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, on Wednesday successfully carried out the first...

President Muhammadu Buhari has donated $1 million to the fight against Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) in the West African region....

A Nigerian medical group and its U.S. counterpart, BIOHEART Inc, U.S., have concluded plans to introduce regenerative medical therapy for...

A Dietician with Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, Mrs Funmi Lawal, has advised hypertensive patients to eat the right foods such...

A United States (U.S.) Fulbright Scholar, Prof. Ngozi Ugochukwu, has advised Federal Government to urgently implement prevention strategies and improve...

Sakari Momoi, certified as world's oldest living male by Guinness World Records, died on Sunday, July 5 in Japan, an...

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) chapter, on Monday commenced an indefinite strike over their working...

Haematologists have advised the Federal Government to initiate policies that would encourage the production of `hydroxyurea’, a drug for the...

Since April 1, 2001 when The Netherlands legalised same-sex marriage, some countries, especially in the Western world, have followed suit....

Sitting in his surgical gown inside a large medical suite in Reston, a Vienna man prepared for his colonoscopy by...

A widely used farm chemical that is a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes...

Nigeria has the largest population of people with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in the world, with over 150,000 babies born...

Lagos State Government, on Friday, said that it had developed treatment guidelines for better management of Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD)...

Medical experts observe that Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) remains one of the main causes of premature death among children under...

South-West Coordinator, Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN), Prof. Nora Akinola, on Thursday, said eliminating malaria in Nigeria could...

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN), is collaborating with an American company to provide kits...

A Nutritionist with Garki Hospital, Abuja, Miss Yemisi Olowookere, has advised Nigerians to consume walnuts as they contain omega-3 fatty...

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (ARD-LUTH), Idi-Araba, branch said on Monday that its members would embark...

Three Nigerian medical experts have performed a successful 26-hour surgery on 10-month old conjoined twins in a hospital in Houston,...