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…
Study links human breast cancer with virus in cattle
A new study by University of California, Berkeley, researchers establishes for the…
Malaria death declines – WHO/UNICEF report
Malaria death rates have plunged by 60% since 2000, translating into 6.2…
Eating imported chicken suicidal – Iwu
Renowned Professor of Pharmacognosy, Prof. Mauice Iwu has described the consumption of…
Good News: Cure for sickle cell confirmed!
• American doctors cure 12 adults • 87% success rate reported in…
Fruit and vegetables may protect your mind
... prevent depression, new study reveals Eating a Mediterranean diet or other…
Ministry begins plan to implement Health Act
... inaugurates committee to produce guidelines In a move to commence full…
