Health

AS part of its commitment to improve the oral wellness of Nigerians, Procter & Gamble’s oral care brand, Oral-B, has entered into partnership with the Nigerian Dental Association (NDA) to grow the capacity of Nigerian dentists.

MEDICAL scientists say that anger is not just ordinary emotion; it is necessary emotion that may hurt, if not well handled. Consultant Psychiatrist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Dr Raphael Ogbolu, told The Guardian that although anger is considered to be a natural emotion, it can harm like a venomous snake, if not well controlled

YOUR month of birth may determine your risk of developing about 55 diseases. How? Columbia University, United States, scientists have developed a computational method to investigate the relationship between birth month and disease risk. The researchers used this algorithm to examine New York City medical databases and found 55 diseases that correlated with the season…

THE health benefits of exercise are well documented, but two new studies by researchers from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, find exercising at extreme levels may do more harm than good - it could lead to blood poisoning. On analyzing blood samples from marathon runners taken immediately after the extreme endurance event, researchers identified markers…

CAN eating groundnuts also known as peanuts prevent premature death? Previous research has hailed peanuts and nuts for their health benefits. Now, a new study supports such research, finding that consuming these foods may protect against death from numerous diseases, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Researchers found that eating 15 grams of nuts each…

The Institute of Corporate Wellness and Public Health said plans were underway to raise one billion dollars to support healthcare in Nigeria.

TO help Nigerians ensure that they live to the good old age in good health, the citizens have been advised to eat the right kind of foods that have adequate nutritional values.

THIS is a phytonutrient commonly found in grapes. It is a stilbenoid and one of a group of plant chemicals known as polyphenols.

NIGERIAN, United States (U.S.) and United Kingdom (U.K.) researchers have found more reasons why people must eat breakfast everyday.

SHARING a bathroom with other people can have its downfalls - wet towels all over the floor, toilet seats left up, and that person who never replaces the toilet paper. But a new study finds there is one communal bathroom issue that is much more pressing: faecal contamination on toothbrushes. More than 60 per cent…

DNA carries traces of past events meaning poor lifestyle can affect future generations IS poverty a disease? It is generally believed, in Nigeria, that poverty is a curse and could be inherited from generation to generation. Now scientists may have provided an explanation. Genetic faults caused by trauma, poor lifestyle or environmental stress can be…

The first issue of concern is that there is lack of professionalism in the Nigerian health care system. Medical workers are atomised into several quarrelsome trade unions that pursues mundane and parochial selfish interest to the detriment of the sector. Doctors are diametrically opposed to nurses even as other non-medical health workers are ganged up in their own cocoon waging trade wars consistently in their selfish and ambitious attempts to earn same salaries with the medical professionals such as doctors and pharmacists.