Breast milk stops inflammation, combats infection
... new research reveals Human breast milk, which provides essential nutrients and…
Antioxidant use may promote spread of cancer
A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern…
Ebola virus fragments stays in survivors’ semen for at least nine months – WHO
Preliminary results of a study into persistence of Ebola virus in body…
LUTH gears up for Laparoscopic surgery
... as American firm donates equipment It is no longer news that…
More 2.8m Nigerians may die of HIV/AIDS soon – BOT NEPWHAN
An estimated 2.8 million Nigerians may be on their way to early…
Why Nigeria Must go pink to fight cancer – Prof. Okoye
Professor of Radiology, College of Med, UNN/UNTH, Coordinator, 'Breast Without Spot and…
Day Abuja turned pink against cancer
By Kemi Yesufu All over the world, October is the breast cancer…
Surgeons restore hand, arm movement to quadriplegic patients
A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to…
LUTH commissions IVF centre
Twenty-six years after it pioneered the IVF method of assisted reproduction in…
Discoverer of artemisinin wins Nobel Prize for medicine
Youyou Tu the Chinese scientist who discovered artemisinin, now the drug of…
NACA begins pilot study to prevent HIV/AIDS infection
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS(NACA) has begun a study…
Nigeria targets higher contraceptive prevalence rate
The Federal Government has assured it would lift the nation’s contraceptive prevalence…
NIMR commissions cancer research centre
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has established the first ever…
Why President Buhari must invest in Maternal and Child Health
Feature By DevComs Maternal death is one of the daunting consequences of…
Nigeria’s healthcare at 55: Still not good picture of health
Today, availability and accessibility to quality health care services in Nigeria remain…
Pregnancy complications may signal later risk of heart disease death – Study
Women who experience complications during pregnancy may be at greater risk of…
UK approves first womb transplants
Britain will attempt to carry out its first womb transplants after a…
Buhari hails delisting of Nigeria from polio-endemic countries
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday hailed WHO's delisting of Nigeria from the polio-endemic…
Nigeria’s new polio status: GPEI leaders react
Stakeholders in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the partners group coordinating…
WHO removes Nigeria from polio – endemic countries
Nigeria has been removed from the list of polio endemic countries, a…
Reconstitute Pharmacists Council, PSN urges Buhari
... marks World Pharmacists Day Pharmacistss in Nigeria today joined their counterparts…
Painful menstruation? See a doctor
... experts say it'ts a medical condition that requires treatment Recent studies…
HIV: Only 50% of Nigerian patients on treatment – NACA
Only about 747,000 people living with HIV are currently receiving treatment in…
