Diabetes mellitus is now on the increase worldwide and diabetic foot complications, though preventable, are a leading cause of admission, amputation and mortality in diabetic patients worldwide. The president, Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), Dr….
1. Banana: Bananas are high in magnesium, which happens to be a muscle relaxant. Although bananas are an easy and healthy snack to throw in your backpack, their magnesium makes them a great sleep aid,…
A new maternity clinic in Gbaga, off Ijede Road, Ikorodu has been commissioned. Located at Plot 10, Amadi Street, co-owners, Captain and Mrs Aigbogun Alloysius, said government should partner well-meaning people to give “sound healthcare…
A Nutritional Biochemist, Dr Ochuko Erukainure, said on Sunday that consumption of maize was good for the management of diabetes and obesity in both children and adult. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that…
THE National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, yesterday, warned traditional medicine practitioners in the country against using herbal drugs on patients when such drug has not been confirmed or approved by the…
By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, has said that about 95 per cent of the medical laboratories in some hospitals in Nigeria, as well as private medical laboratories that are…
Federal Government has warned citizens and sick individuals against the use of fake malaria drug, which is currently in circulation. The Federal Government has stepped up vigilance within the drug supply chains in the country…
Ayoola Adetayo I Pulse As the Polio virus continues to spread in the north-eastern part of the country, efforts intensify in a bid to put an end to its damaging effect on affected communities. In…
Most people start racking up scars from an early age with scraped knees and elbows. While many of these fade over time, more severe types such as keloids and scars from burns are largely untreatable….
Sierra Leone has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world, with nine in 10 women and adolescent girls cut, says U.N. The death of a teenage girl in Sierra Leone during a…