February 04, 2015 - Page 5

A MEDICAL expert and professor of Obstetric and Gynecologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof. Friday Okonofua, has expressed worry over the high level of maternal deaths in Nigeria.

A COMMONLY used pesticide may alter the development of the brain’s dopamine system — responsible for emotional expression and cognitive function – and increase the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in

OFTENTIMES, the daunting tasks of taking care of the family gives mothers no room to think of themselves and how to also take good care of their own health; a negligence also

HAVE you ever wonder why the issue of counterfeit medicine is not dying? even in the global arena? The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says that the

NATIONAl Agency for Aids Control (NACA) has hailed the recent signing into law of human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Anti-Discrimination Act 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan describing it as landmark legislation.

• UN body, Lagos list measures to halt virus spread WORRIED about a possible epidemic of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus commonly called bird flu in the country, the World Health Organisation (WHO)