Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) More teaching hospitals might shut down due to a shortage of nurses and doctors on account of their massive relocation abroad, the president of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Dele Abdullahi, has indicated. The fear follows reports that the Lagos […]
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Disturbed by the havoc being wreaked on the helpless people by quack medical personnel, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on doctors to join hands with goveenment in the battle to eradicate quackery. He made this passionate appeal at the opening ceremony of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the National Association of […]
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Diabetes Epidemic • Over 11.2 million Nigerians living with type 2 diabetes, 560,000 with type 1 • Patients lament increase in cost of insulin, drugs, tests, others As the global community marks the World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2023 today, the high morbidity, mortality and soaring cost of treating the killer disease have continued to worry […]
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By Dr. Sylvester Ikhisemojie Last week, we discussed how to maintain a moderate weight amongst middle-aged people. This week, we are exploring the spectre of sudden ill health appearing without warning in people aged 50 years and above. Some of these ailments can announce their presence painfully. One of the most common of these ailments […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Nigeria has the highest out-of-pocket expenditure on health in West Africa. In 2020, Nigeria’s out of pocket expenditure as a share of health expenditure was at the level 74.7%. The WHO representative in Nigeria, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, at a retreat for commissioners of health from 36 states of […]
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Male menopause, also known as andropause, usually starts at age that varies, depending on the individual but what are the signs, and what should you do? Although when testosterone decreases in men aged 50 or older. It can lead to fatigue, mood swings, and other symptoms, and it may affect fertility. Age-related testosterone issues, often […]
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By Kayode Oseni The dreaded pandemic sometime ago, and its resultant loss in lives was said to be as a result of a mutated corona virus, tagged covid-19. Conspiracy theories were circulating around about the possible implication of 5G network in that pandemic. Whether this is true or not is yet to be ascertained. But […]
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Resident Doctors. PIX: Channels Television The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State has called on the state government to commence immediate implementation of health workers’ hazard allowance to prevent its members working in state hospitals from going on strike. The NMA Chairman in the state, Dr. Omosehin Adeyemi-Osowe, made the call on Monday in […]
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Three nurses care for a 10-year-old girl at a clinic treating dozens of patients in Kano, northern Nigeria, amid the country’s worst diphtheria outbreak, which has killed hundreds of people since the start of the year. The girl lays inside a glass cubicle with a severe case of the contagious disease. “We have to admit […]
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The Federal Government says it has made plans in a new policy plans for cancer survivors to be catered to adequately. The Director-General, National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), Dr Usman Aliyu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the plan […]
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