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