Kwara Health Workers Suspend Strike Over Lassa Fever Outbreak
The Congress of the Coalition of Health Sector Unions, Kwara State branch, has suspended its indefinite strike due to the outbreak of Lassa fever, Yellow fever and Polio in some…
NCDC Declares Outbreak Of Lassa Fever In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says Nigerians need not panic over the rising cases of Lassa fever because it has initiated measures to combat response to the disease in the…
Fever Can Boost Immune Mechanism — Study
Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences today suggested patients with a fever higher than 38.5 degrees Celsius should take fever-reducing medicines…
Scientist Claims Local Remedy For Diabetes
Prof. Chukwunonso Ejike, a researcher at Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi, says he has developed a local remedy for diabetes mellitus. He made this known in an interview with…
FG Working To Control Lassa Fever – NCDC Boss
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that the Federal Government would intensify efforts to control Lassa Fever in the country. Ihekweazu made this…
Green Tea Linked With Type 2 Diabetics
A recent international study found that drinking green tea was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults. A total of 119,373 participants from the Shanghai…
Scientists Develop ‘Superdrug’ To Cure Diabetes
Scientists have created a new drug cocktail that can induce insulin-producing cells to regenerate at a rate that is fast enough to work in human treatments. This is a…
How Fruits Ripened With Carbide Kill Nigerians
For the family of the late Emmanuel Okwuke, banana and plantain have become forbidden fruits. No member of the family dares bring them home. This was after Emmanuel’s life was…
FG launches 5yrs plan on health security
The Federal Ministry of Health and other stakeholders yesterday launched a five-year national action plan for health security in the country. The National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) which…
Nigeria probably breeding a generation of lunatics due to drug abuse, group warns
Nigeria will have a generation of mad people in the next 20 years if the issue of drug abuse and trafficking are not addressed, according to Drug-Free Arewa Campaign Movement.…
