Wellness

A U.S. jury on Wednesday found that a herbicide weed killer produced by a unit of German agriculture and pharmaceuticals company Bayer, contributed to a man’s cancer. The federal jury in San Francisco determined unanimously that…

No fewer than 1.13 million children are expected to be vaccinated against polio in the ongoing four-day house-to-house immunisation exercise in Adamawa. The Information Officer of the State Ministry of Health, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar,…

By Joy Anyim   March every year is specially devoted by countries of the world to push for the awareness of Endometriosis at all levels. As a health issue that is peculiar to women, Endometriosis is said to be a major…

 In view of the increasing incidences of kidney diseases, the Renal Dialysis Centre (RDC), Ikeja, Lagos, says  the best way to manage the condition is through prevention. Dr John Okoh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RDC,…

Dr Ade Faponle, a Neurologist with the Department of Medicine, Renal Care Centre, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has advised Nigerians to get screened to prevent kidney diseases. Faponle gave the advice on Thursday in…

Joy Anyim As part of the activities lined to mark this year's Endometriosis Awareness Month, the Endometriosis Support Group, Nigeria (ESGN) is set to hold a walk come Saturday, March 16, 2019. According to the founder of ESGN,  Dr.…

Joy Anyim  The cervix is a cylinder-shaped neck tissue that is located at the lower part of the uterus. It connects the vagina and the uterus and exercises a level of control on what goes into the womb.  As important as this female…

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has called on world leaders to ensure women and girls are safe, secure and have unimpeded access to HIV testing, prevention and treatment services. Ms Loretta Wong, the AHF Senior Director of Global…

Why do humans sleep? A new study by scientists at the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, has unearthed a key factor that may lie at the center of sleep’s indispensability: its restorative effect on individual brain cells. The…

An Otorhinolaryngologist, Dr Festus Ogisi, on Thursday advised Nigerians on pragmatic ways to fight the increasing rate of deafness in the country. Ogisi is a retired surgeon in the Department of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery…