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What kind of physical exercise can help you stay young?
Endurance training, resistance training, or high-intensity interval training — what type of physical exercise will help your body to stay youthful for longer? A new study aims to answer that question.
What type of training should you…
World Food Safety Day: Safety expert wants people to adopt proper food hygiene
The Nigerian Chapter of World Safety Organisation (WSO) on Thursday advised people to keep everything that should come in contact with food in the home clean always to prevent foodborne diseases.
Mr Sean Nwaogu, Lagos State Head of…
How limb lengthening transforms lives
Leg-lengthening surgery is a new cosmetic procedure that can make short people’s wish to be taller come true. In this report by Sade Oguntola, experts say it is also corrective of severe limb deformities and shortened legs from injury,…
Clinical trial shows why energy drinks are bad for the heart
Energy drinks are popular, especially among teenagers and young adults. But a clinical trial reports that energy drinks caused disturbances to the volunteers’ heart rhythms and blood pressure.
How do energy drinks affect the…
‘Our own government is killing us’
Chairman, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMG-MAN), Dr Fidelis Ayebae, in this interview by Sade Oguntola speaks on the plight of pharmaceutical industries and what the industry expects from…
University beauty salon possible reservoir of dangerous diseases —Study
Despite the brightly lit and stylishly decorated salons that dot many university environs, experts say they may serve as a reservoir of dangerous diseases such as hepatitis, HIV and ringworm because of some unhygienic practices.
In a…
Declare state of emergency in health sector —NMA
President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Dr Adebayo Faduyile, in this interview with Sade Oguntola, X-rays the challenges in the health sector and why improving health of Nigerians should be prioritized by state governors.
Immunisation: Sokoto set for increased coverage as it achieve 59%
The Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, has challenged the immunisation stakeholders to work harder in order to achieve 80 percent performance of coverage target.
Inname stated this Monday in Sokoto at the opening…
Study suggests avocados suppress hunger
Can avocados curb hunger?
The avocado is widely hailed as a super food. With its creamy green flesh, it adorns dishes of all varieties and features in breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.
The fruit contains a rare combination of healthful…
Foot ulcer constitutes 25% diabetes-related hospital admissions in Nigeria —Study
In a new study, experts say that the high burden of diabetic foot ulcer accounted for about a quarter of diabetes-related hospital admissions in Nigeria.
Researchers in a multicentre evaluation of diabetic foot ulcer in Nigeria over a…