Health

WHO The World Health Organisation said Thursday it has revised a benchmark used by health professionals worldwide in caring for...

Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)...

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed expired drugs, food, cosmetics, and expired drinks worth...

Esophageal cancer Drinking hot or burning hot tea is associated with an increased risk for esophageal cancer when combined with...

The Senate on Thursday asked its Committees of Health (Secondary & Tertiary) and Primary Health Care & Communicable Diseases to...

A public health expert, Dr Toni Iken, has called on policy makers at all levels of government to be proactive...

Breastfeeding for six months or longer appears to significantly cut the risk of a woman developing type II diabetes, a...

Measles The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Primary Health Care Development Board, says plans have been concluded to immunise children against...

Mike Ogirima,president NMA Three hundred Nigerian doctors left the country in 2016,  the National President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof....

Isaac Adewole The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Friday in Abuja said 10,000 people die annually due to agony...