Health

How well do you actually take care of your dental health? To make an appropriate assessment of your own situation, ask yourself these questions: Am I steadfast about visiting a dentist yearly for a checkup? Do I brush and floss my teeth twice daily? Am I vigilant about avoiding those sugary foods that can damage…

Can extracts of the tubers and leaves of some species of yam be used to beat cancer, diabetes, pain, arthritis, bone loss, and premenopausal syndrome?...

Committed to its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Polaris Bank has said that increased awareness, advocacy and support can reduce the incident of breast cancer in the country. Speaking at the 2018 Breast Cancer Survivors’ End-of-Year Get-Together, in Lagos, Group Managing Director, Polaris Bank, Tokunbo Abiru, reechoed their unwavering commitment to global and national efforts to stem…

Women in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda are often pressured by family and through societal expectations to have more children, but commonly resort to covert or indirect means of contraception to maintain some reproductive autonomy. This is a central finding from a cross-country study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,…

Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory Turmeric is one of the most potent anti-inflammatory plants in existence and has been used extensively in both Indian Ayurvedic Medicine and Chinese Traditional Medicine. Turmeric like we already know, is loaded with nutrients such as proteins, dietary fiber, vitamins like vitamins C, E and K. Minerals in Turmeric are potassium,…

The newly elected President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has pledged among other things to ensure that the increased reliance on local production of drugs as enshrined in the national health and drug policies are pursued determinedly to help promote national security and create more jobs for pharmacists in the…

Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Lanre Tejuosho has called for a rejig in the nation’s health institutions to stem medical tourism. Speaking during the committee’s oversight visit to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, he said, the appropriation for the institutions was drawn to improve the hospitals. “We are in LUTH to…

The Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOEHPON) has called on the Federal Ministry of Health as well as the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment to implement policies, laws and interventions that would strengthen the provision of occupational health and safety best practices in Nigeria. It noted that the existing regulations,…

Worried by the high burden of mental health disorder in the country, the stakeholders in the health sector have stressed the need to tackle poverty, joblessness and hardship being experienced Nigerians in order to bring the problem to an end. Speaking in Abuja, on Monday, at the Mental Health Action Committee and Stakeholders Workshop with…

The Institute of Public Analyst of Nigeria (IPAN) has called on the government to develop policies and regulations that can favour national development. They made the call during the 25th anniversary/ award night and induction of new members stressing that enhancing the profession of analysis is core to survival of mankind. President, IPAN, Dr Dahiru…

Every year, thousands of children are born with autism in Nigeria. These children with autism are not diagnosed and managed on time; hence their family and society see them as burden. Due to the inability of the parents and most health workers to detect children with autism early, they (children) suffer great health loss; some…

As part of its commitment towards promoting quality of life in Africa, Omnilife Group, a Mexico- based multi-development marketing company has launched its supplementary products and cosmetics in Nigeria to boost nutrition and beauty. The Omnilife Group, launched at the Victoria Crown Plaza (VCP) hotel in Lagos will officially commence operations in Nigeria in January…