Health

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body…

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has said Nigeria is ready to tap into about S100 billion worth of opportunities in the global medicinal plant market. Onu stated this when he received members of the National steering committee on the National summit on Plant Resources for Sustainable National Development at the ministry in…

Dr. Faisal Shuaib, a medical doctor and public health specialist, is the Executive Director (ED)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Abuja. Before his appointment in 2016 and resumption of duties at NPHCDA in January 2017, by President Muhammadu Buhari, he was a Senior Programme Officer (Africa) for…

Recent report has listed Nigeria as the least able to protect against emerging health threats due to weaker health infrastructures. This, according to the report, was evident with the Ebola crisis in 2014 West Africa, which saw a loss of 11,000 lives and $2.8 billion in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) losses in the countries hit…

I’m sure this isn’t going to be a very popular article as a lot of you may not want to read this truth. But in a country where alcoholism pretty much goes unchecked, someone has to say it. We drink way too much! I know some people that can get home from work and drink…

Lassa Fever incident has been reported in Enugu State, as Edo, Ondo record five new cases. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu confirmed this yesterday to The Guardian. He said the latest outbreak, which started late last year has continued, bringing the number of states so…

For the first time, researchers have created lungs in the lab and successfully transplanted them into pigs.

No alcohol is safe while breastfeeding, new research suggests.

Drinking ginger tea could help people to avoid bad breath, according to research. Gingerol, the chemical, which gives ginger its spicy flavour, stimulates an enzyme in the mouth which breaks down the substances which make breath smell bad. Sulphur-containing compounds from food can create an unpleasant smell in people's mouth, contributing to halitosis – the…

The crash diet experiment, reported last December, saw people on the 16-week diet lose 15 per cent of their weight on average.

Eating high fibre foods reduces stress levels in the body and may prevent food and bacteria leaking from the gut into the blood, a study shows.

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, says that Nigeria needs N4 billion to tackle infectious diseases.