58,000 Nigerian Infants tested positive With HIV Yearly - NGO

The Executive Director of ONE Campaign, Mr Jamie Drummond, an NGO said that about 58,000 Nigerian infants were being infected with preventable and treatable diseases, including HIV, from their mother…

Lassa Fever Kills Medical Doctor In Rivers

A medical Doctor, Ehivai Njamala died from the deadly viral disease, Lassa Fever in Rivers state today January 14th. The disease, which is fast growing into an epidemic in Nigeria, killed the doctor …

UCH Doctors, US Doctors Discover Cure for Sickle Cell Disease

Over five million sickle cell patients in Nigeria and other African countries can now heave a sigh of relief as the University of Ibadan in partnership with the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA a…

Poor Nutrition May Hamper A Child's Future

An Associate Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Dr. Rasaki Sanusi, has warned that lack of good nutritional intake for pregnant women and in the first 1000 days of …

Banana Peels Help to Lose Weight

Banana peel is packed with nutrients that can prove beneficial to the body. While it may strike you as an alien concept to use banana skin in your daily diet, in many parts of the world, notably Indi…

Sperm Quality Enhanced by Sleeping Naked

Researchers, in a report published yesterday in an online science journal, have found that a man’s choice of underwear makes a big difference to the quality of their sperm. It seems that airier…

Stroke, The Subtle Killer

The Nigeria Stroke Reference Group, an advocacy group on stroke care in Nigeria, says more than 160,000 Nigerians die from stroke every year. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by Dr Biodun Ogung…

The Dangers of Using Vegetable Oil

Vegetable oils are oils that have been extracted from various seeds. The most common include rapeseed (canola oil), soybean, corn, sunflower, safflower, peanut, etc. Unlike coconut oil or olive oil t…

Simple Hand Washing Can Save Your Life

Hand hygiene is a life saver. Clean hands save lives. This is the message to Nigerians on this year’s global Hand Hygiene Day on October 15, with the theme “Raise a Hand for Hygiene&rdquo…

How High Blood Pressure Cripples the Body

In Nigeria and environs, High Blood Pressure, a.k.a. Hypertension, is increasingly becoming a problem. It puts people at risk of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke. Already a massive hidden kil…

Simple Tricks To Get Pregnant Fast

If you and your partner have been trying hard for a baby for quite sometime, but still have not been able to conceive, there are possibilities that you missed out on some rules that might help increa…

Keep the Doctor Away with Watermelon

Watermelon contains lots of nutrients and vitamins, like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, choli…

7 Foods that Can Predispose to Cancer

Last year over 1.5 million people were diagnosed with cancer. But few people do not think about if the foods they are eating contain deadly carcinogens or are harming them in a way that might cause c…

42,000 Have HIV in Kwara-NACA

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Has revealed that out of 3.2 million Nigerians living with HIV, 42,000 are in Kwara State. He said Kwara state is one of the states with the least n…

African Dishes, the Secret to Sound Health

A recent study documented what many African elders have long known; traditional diets are healthy and protective against disease. Unlike many from the generations that follow them, most of the elders…

Liver Problems Are Increased with the Use of Antibiotics

Taking too many antibiotics could damage your liver and raise your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study that was  published in Gastroenterology, which is an official journal of the Am…

Bird Flu Discovered Again In Rivers State

Six months ago, River state and a number of other states in Nigeria were hit by bird flu. The government is already warning the general public again of another impending bird flu outbreak in Rivers S…

Doctors Decried Nigeria's High Maternal Death Rate

The rate of maternal death is becoming worrisome and this had prompted the doctors practicing across Nigeria to call on government and their health agencies to provide top quality antenatal care faci…

Why antioxidants could actually harm younger skin

Expensive skin creams which are rich in antioxidants are championed by the beauty industry for their anti-ageing and wrinkle-reducing effects. But a new study suggests that they could actually be har…