Okechukwu Ossai, the Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, has urged Nigerians to embrace positive lifestyle in...
Eating foods wrapped in cellophane, preserving fruits with carbide, eating cow skin roasted with tyres and siting boreholes close to...
A new research by the American Heart Association journal Circulation has found that regular eating patterns and planning the timing and...
There seems to be some silent emergency in malnutrition in Nigeria, with the main underlying cause of nearly half of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has brought experts together from various Ministries and Agencies, academia and the private sector...
Some private hospital owners in Nigeria have indicated readiness to fully participate in the National Health Insurance Scheme which hitherto...
A nutrition specialist, Mrs Ada Ezeogu, says 13 per cent of newborn deaths can be averted if 90 per cent...
In so many ways, Nigeria is a case study in contrasts. An ambitious middle-income country and Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria...
The doctors’ advice hasn’t changed much, but it’s still so unsatisfying: You should not use cotton swabs to clean your...
A medical practitioner, Dr Arikawe Adeolu, said on Thursday in Abuja that excessive consumption of catfish could increase the chances...
The conflict in Libya has created a rippling effect on medical services causing general drug shortage including anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs...
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates warned on Friday that the world was vulnerable to a deadly epidemic of an illness like...
Nigeria has the biggest economy in Africa and the 9th most populous country in the world. The World Health Organisation...
Researchers from Italy who looked at 500 women uncovered some factors related to the risk of acne after the age...
Health practitioners are counselling Nigerians to shun excessive consumption of high calorie foods which is usually a feature of festive...