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Adopting Healthy Lifestyles Key to Preventing Chronic Diseases, Says Prof Wright

Adopting Healthy Lifestyles Key to Preventing Chronic Diseases, Says Prof Wright

As the burden of non- communicable diseases (NCDs) continues to increase worldwide, a Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Lagos State University Teach- ing Hospital (LASUTH), Ololade Wright has advised Nigerians to…

Children: Report Cautions Against Taking Energy Drinks

Children: Report Cautions Against Taking Energy Drinks

Researchers report that children who drink energy drinks might be at higher risk for Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, poor sleep quality, and poor academic performance. They said that high levels of caffeine and sugar are…

Cockroaches Could Spread Antimicrobial Resistance, Infections

Cockroaches Could Spread Antimicrobial Resistance, Infections

Scientists have linked cockroaches to serious food-borne viruses, making it imperative that house- holds should keep them at bay so as to maintain high levels of hygiene. Scientists have said a new study has found…

ACPN Tasks Tinubu on Depreciating Naira, Open Drug Market

ACPN Tasks Tinubu on Depreciating Naira, Open Drug Market

Pharmacists under the auspices of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have charged President Bola Tinubu to take urgent steps to stabilise the value of the Naira as well as eliminate the unconventional…

2024 Budget: Health Minister Lauds Zulum For 15% Health Allocation

2024 Budget: Health Minister Lauds Zulum For 15% Health Allocation

The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, for allocating 15 per cent of the state’s budget to the healthcare sector in compliance with…

Lassa Fever Resurfaces In Abuja, With Two Confirmed Cases – FCTA

Lassa Fever Resurfaces In Abuja, With Two Confirmed Cases – FCTA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) on Monday decried the resurgence of Lassa Fever, with two confirmed cases in Abuja. The Mandate Secretary, FCTA’s Secretariat for Health and Environmental Services, Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, who…

We’re Committed To Providing Health Care Services To Edo People – Obaseki

We’re Committed To Providing Health Care Services To Edo People – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has restated the commitment of his administration to bequeath a standard health care service to the Edo people. Governor Obaseki, who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr…

NAFDAC Probes Plantain Chips Fried With Adulterated Oil

NAFDAC Probes Plantain Chips Fried With Adulterated Oil

Against the background of the alleged frying of plantain chips with oil adulterated with polythene, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said it would take a science-based approach in…

Resistant ‘Steve’ Mosquito Threatens Malaria Fight In Nigeria, Other African Countries – WHO

Resistant ‘Steve’ Mosquito Threatens Malaria Fight In Nigeria, Other African Countries – WHO

A new species of mosquito, the Anopheles Stephensi mosquito, shortened by some entomologists to “Steve”, is driving up malaria infections in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The WHO has said that the…

FG Hails Women Medical Professionals In Tackling Cervical Cancer

FG Hails Women Medical Professionals In Tackling Cervical Cancer

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, has commended the Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) for their commitment and collaboration with the Federal Government in the second phase rollout…