Health

The Risks in Letting Other Women Breastfeed Your Baby

Agency Report/   Nursing mothers have been urged by a medical expert to avoid giving their babies to relatives or…

6 years ago

Cholera Outbreak: South Africa on Red Alert

Xinhua/ South Africa on Monday issued a cholera alert following an outbreak in neighbouring Zimbabwe. “There is a significant risk…

6 years ago

Academy of Pharmacy Makes Case for Safe, Affordable Medicines …As Gen Danjuma, Chief Akinkugbe Bag Award

Ronke Kehinde/   The Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy has made a passionate case for better, safer, more convenient and more…

6 years ago

10 Million to Die from Cancer in 2018

Agency Report/ Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, experts said Wednesday, warning the disease’s global burden continues…

6 years ago

Mobile Phones Aid Spread of Infectious Diseases – Expert

Agency Report/ A Public Health Physician, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has warned that mobile phones could transmit diseases and infections if…

6 years ago

Ebola Cases in DR Congo Rise to 103

Segun Atanda/ The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said no fewer than 103 cases of Ebola have…

6 years ago

Scientists Identify Gene Causing Breast Cancer in Nigerian Women

Agency Report/ A multinational research team has identified the genes responsible for inherited breast cancer in Nigerian women, according to…

6 years ago

Congo Uses Experimental Ebola Vaccine

Ololade Adeyanju & Reuters/ Democratic Republic of Congo has started using the experimental mAb114 Ebola treatment on patients in the…

6 years ago

Breast Sucking Cannot Prevent Cancer – Experts

NAN/ Some medical practitioners on Tuesday in Lagos said the belief that sucking or fondling of a woman’s breasts could…

6 years ago

Too Much Sleep Can Kill

standardmedia.co.ke/ Too little sleep can cause dysfunctions of the organs and kill, researchers have said in the past. Now another…

6 years ago