Eating peanuts, vegetables beneficial in preventing stroke, heart disease
A study that investigated the frequency with which people reported eating peanuts in connection with cardiovascular disease, has shown that...
‘Why goitre is common in communities with hilly, mountainous surroundings’
Dr Adefemi Afolabi is an expert in thyroid disorders at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State. In this...
EU, UNICEF to address mental health of 5,129 out-of-school children in Borno
As children continue to bear the brunt of the 12-year conflict in North-Eastern Nigeria, the European Union (EU) and United...
Quelling COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, increasing vaccine uptake need pharmacists ― PSN
Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Oyo State Branch, Mr Adegboyega Oguntoye has told the Federal government that quelling COVID-19...
Why early screening for sickle cell disease is desirable
HENRY, a nine-year-old boy was diagnosed with sickle-cell disease when almost every other week his mother needed to bring him...
ALS is a disease with no known cause and no cure yet —Prof. Owolabi
Professor Mayowa Owolabi is a neurologist and Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan and also the Regional Director...
Nigeria’s health care system begging for help, says ex-minister of health, Adewole
The former Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole says that Nigeria’s health care system is at a critical junction and...
UI inaugurates University-wide task force for COVID-19
Acting Vice-chancellor, University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Adebola Ekanola, has inaugurated a University-wide task force for COVID-19 to ensure stricter...
1 million Nigerian children to miss school resumption due to insecurity ― UNICEF
UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins says that at least one million Nigerian children of the nation’s 37 million children...
Obasanjo gives recipe for ageing gracefully
NIGERIA’S former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says ageing is a natural process that cannot be reversed with drugs but could be...
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