Health

Nail salon employees face increased health risks due to high levels of indoor airborne pollutants such as formaldehyde and benzene, new University of Colorado Boulder, United States (U.S.) research finds, concluding that working in a salon is akin to working at an oil refinery or an auto garage. The new study, which monitored volatile organic…

A mysterious epidemic of chronic kidney disease among agricultural workers and manual laborers may be caused by a combination of increasingly hot temperatures, toxins and infections, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In recent years, chronic kidney disease has…

Consuming fruit juices is just as bad for your health and likely to lead to an early death as drinking cola or lemonade, research suggests. A new study found an increased risk of dying early from any cause for people who consumed a lot of sugary drinks. United States (US) researchers compared, for the first…

A cancer expert and radiologist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, Prof. Ifeoma Okoye, has given reasons why Nigeria should urgently tap into the $68.9 billion (N24.8 trillion) clinical trial market. Okoye, who is also the pioneer director of the University of Nigeria Centre for Clinical Trials (UNNCECT), told The Guardian: “It…

One of the biggest priorities of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government in its first tenure was to strengthen and revitalise Nigeria’s health sector. This was evident in several ways. Perhaps one of the most valuable long-term investments of this administration is the passage of the Act establishing the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).…

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Edo State, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, on Tuesday appealed to well meaning Nigerians to save lives by providing financial support in the way of ‘intervention funds’ for quality healthcare delivery in the country. Obaseki said this yesterday in Benin while speaking with journalists as…

With one out of four Nigerians born with sickle cell traits, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Abosede B. Afolabi, has charged government to initiate a policy that would have newborns screened to enable everyone know his or her genotype...

Food packs have become so handy that they are daily put to different uses. From using them to serve and sell food items, to storing things in the fridge, food packs have become somewhat indispensable.

The Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) has declared free-cardiovascular tests for month of May 2019, as its own contribution to mark this year’s World Hypertension Day (WHD).

Nigeria is reportedly one of the worst places to give birth. Nigeria’s Maternal Mortality Rate, otherwise called MMR, according to statistics from the World Bank remains as high as 821 per 100,000 live births.

The Nigerian Hypertension Society, an affiliate of the International Society of Hypertension and World Hypertension League has advised people to check their blood pressure regularly and avoid unhealthy habits that would lead to heart attack and kidney failure.   The group of experts made the call yesterday to mark the World Hypertension Day (WHD), celebrated yearly…

The Coordinator, Suicide Research and Prevention Initiative (SURPIN), Dr. Emeka Ogbolu, said its “One More Day” campaign has succeeded in saving more than 50 lives of Nigerians who were on the verge of committing suicide. He also revealed that up till February this year, the organisation has received 150 calls from people in crisis, those…