Health

FOR residents of Ogun State to enjoy benefits of the five points Agenda of Senator Ibikunle Amosun, a mini Laboratory has been launched in Abeokuta, the state capital, to meet part of their health demands.

Recently, a chest clinic was set up in Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, Lagos, with the support of Chevron Nigeria Plc. In this interview with Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Bolaji Adebiji, he spoke to PAUL ADUNWOKE, on the challenges and management of tuberculosis.

The thought of any emergency is worrisome, if not frightening, particularly when it concerns health; and many individuals of faith proactively pray specifically against emergencies, since it is true that ‘prevention is better than cure’.

IN order to treat depression and indeed other “psychiatric diseases” appropriately and effectively, it is important to know the root causes.

IT must be the grab-all syndrome that permeates our society that must be responsible for the situation or probably the propensity of certain individuals to want to be exhibitionists.

What are the challenges of reproductive health in Nigeria? WHEN we talk about maternal health, we are interested in women as young persons and at the reproductive age, even though we have a later stage of their lives. We are more concerned with women between the ages of 15 and 49, which is the age of reproduction.

THE Management of St Kizito Clinic, Lagos, has said about 8,000 tuberculosis patients have received treatment support at the directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) centre located at the clinic in the past 10 years.

Can eating meals rich in avocados help build resistance to air pollution, hepatitis, ‘bad’ cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension? CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes.

In continuation of our discuss on phytonutrients, I shall be looking at glucosinolates today. However, before I do that let’s refresh the memory a bit.

At the launch of ARI’s new publication, ‘Modern African Remedies’ on Thursday 23 April 2015, Father Anselm Adodo, the founder of Paxherbals, Nigeria’s foremost herbal medicine manufacturer, spoke passionately about how indigenous knowledge has been employed in Edo State to transform a community; and how herbal medicines can be a force for innovation and improvement in health care, in Nigeria and globally.

Nestlé Nutrition Institute Africa (NNIA) is holding its maiden edition of the International Course in Applied Nutrition where it will train 50 paramedics drawn from Anglophone countries of Central and West Africa.

It is well established that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can cause harm to the fetus.