How Town Planners Can Help Reduce Diabetes as Nigeria Records High Risk
Ololade Adeyanju with NAN/ Town planners have a role to play in controlling diabetes that is killing about 425 million…
An Elegy for Ochanya Ogbaje
Monday Agbonika/ The Night you came for me was the night I died I didn’t know what your eyes saw…
Australia Scraps ‘Tampon Tax’
Agency Report/ After almost two decades of political wrangling, Australia on Wednesday finally agreed to scrap its so-called “tampon tax”.…
Nigerians Seek Support on Modern Healthcare Delivery, Mechanized Farming from Houston, U.S.
From Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu Houston, Texas/ Some Nigerian cultural ambassadors in the United States have asked the Mayor of Houston to…
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…