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Vaccines: Arresting the blight in Nigeria

In this report, Joe Agbro Jr. writes on the need for and challenges confronting vaccination in Nigeria  Baby Ahmed looked guardedly at his mother as she handed him to the Vaccinator. And between screeches from Ahmed, his mother held him tight...

‘Why Nigeria can’t achieve MDGs’

SOME specialists have described as “unrealistic” the country’s chances of attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. They, however, said with adequate training of doctors and health care workers, access to treatment...

Onions: A remedy for many ailments, says dietician

A Dietician at the Garki Hospital, Abuja, Miss Yemisi Olowookere, on Monday recommended the consumption of onions as a remedy for many ailments. Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that consumption of onions was important...

Varsity Don calls for functional centre for diseases control in Nigeria

A university lecturer, Prof. Onyebiguwa Nmorsi, says if the country must control diseases, a functional centre for diseases control has to be set up. He said that lack of a disease control centre was responsible for disease specimens from Nigeria...
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How to improve health care

Ogun State has asked that the revolutionised efforts to enhance provision of qualitative health care in the state be sustained. Its Commissioner for Health, Dr Olaokun Soyinka, said one major way of doing this was through a Community- Based...
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I stay for many weeks without having the urge for sex with my wife; any solution?

Please Adeola Agoro, help me. I don’t enjoying sex with my wife. I can stay one month or many weeks before having sex with her. (2), I release quickly – like two minutes. Please, I want you to help my marriage. Any power control drugs? Unfortunately,...
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Hepatitis

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Unless further qualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a virus infection of the liver; also known as “infectious hepatitis”. Hepatitis is also (occasionally) a result of a bacterial, protozoan...
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‘Healthy lifestyle can prevent high blood pressure’

FIDSON Healthcare Plc has joined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the campaign against high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases. According to its General Manager, Marketing, Mr Ola Ijimakin, reports from WHO showed that one...
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Ekiti deputy governor on sick leave

EKITI State Deputy Governor Funmilayo Olayinka, has proceeded on a three-month leave to attend to her health. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday was, however,...
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Ekiti deputy governor on sick leave

EKITI State Deputy Governor Funmilayo Olayinka, has proceeded on a three-month leave to attend to her health. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday was, however,...