Dr.
Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, Chairman, Management Board of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has recommended clinical governance as the panacea to the lingering crises in the Nigerian health sector.
Expert advocates citizen-focused new health system for Nigeria
Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe has called for a new health system that is tailored to the needs of the ordinary man in the street
Why Nigerians defecate publicly
Special report on why improved public awareness is not enough to reduce public defecation in Nigeria
First aid tips to save accident victims
The first few minutes of a medical emergency are always critical, but nearly two thirds of us admit we wouldn’t know what to do
Study identifies risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria
A new study has identified risk factors associated with neonatal deaths in Nigeria using the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey
Doctors call for Lassa fever treatment centers in south east Nigeria
The South East zonal caucus of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has enjoined the Nigerian government to establish health centres and facilities where Lassa fever patients could be treated and managed
Nigerian oil company to build world-class medical service and research city
Groups urge lawmakers to pass National Tobacco Control Bill into law
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the
Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and the Civil Society Legislative Advocate Centre
(CISLAC) have enjoined Nigerian lawmakers to expedite actions on the passage of
the National Tobacco Control Bill (NTCB).
Scientists discover new drug target to help reduce cocaine addiction
Nigeria to spend more on presidential clinic's elite wing than on two federal teaching hospitals
US will not stop HIV/AIDS funds to Nigeria over anti-gay law, says ambassador
Nigerian health workers suspend strike
Nigerian state to recruit more health workers
Homosexuals will be severely affected by Nigeria's ani-gay lway - UNAIDS
Hospitals shut nationwide as Nigerian health workers begin strike
Following
the expiration of the 15-day ultimatum issued by the Joint Health Sector Unions
(JOHESU) for the federal government to address the various injustices in the
Nigerian health sector, all cadres of health professionals except physicians
today (Wednesday) began a 3-day warning strike to press home demand.
Doctors warn against uncertified mobile health tips
New drug approved for the treatment of Hepatitis C
Nigeria to become polio free in December - minister
Study identifies unique differences in individuals that will experience heart attack
Their study on 111 people, published in the journal Physical Biology, could spot the difference between healthy and heart-attack patients.They are investigating whether testing for the cells can be used to predict those about to have a heart attack.
The British Heart Foundation said it was unlikely to change practice in the short term.
The team, at the Scripps Research Institute in California, looked for circulating endothelial cells in the blood of patients.
Heart attack
Fatty plaques build up on the walls of blood vessels and can ultimately rupture, releasing fragments of the plaque into the bloodstream. This can block the flow of blood in the vessels around the heart and cause a heart attack.
During this process endothelial cells were also released into the blood, the researchers said.
Tests in 79 patients after a heart attack were compared with 25 healthy people and seven having treatment for diseased blood vessels.
One of the researchers, Prof Peter Kuhn, said: "The goal of this paper was to establish evidence that these circulating endothelial cells can be detected reliably in patients following a heart attack and do not exist in healthy controls, which we have achieved.
"Our results were so significant relative to the healthy controls that the obvious next step is to assess the usefulness of the test in identifying patients during the early stages of a heart attack."
Commenting on the findings, Dr Mike Knapton, from the British Heart Foundation, said: "In the short to medium term, it is unlikely to change how people in the UK are treated as we already have good ways to treat and diagnose heart attacks, and targets to ensure rapid pain-to-treatment times.
"This study appears to be laying the groundwork for future research to see if this test could be used to identify patients in the early stages of a heart attack."
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Africa Health Forum, the first international forum focusing on the health economy in Africa has been launched by Groupe Jeune Afrique
and the
African Development Bank, the forum will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 and 17 May 2014.
US Budget bill increases funding for CDC, FDA
Health expert calls for cheaper antimalaria drugs
State carries out first healthcare revalidation exercise in 26 years
Nigerian state spends $1.1 million on 62 medical students
Nigerian health workers to sue FG over Surgeon-General appointment
Hospital in Nigeria carries out first renal transplant
Nigerian doctors suspend indefinite strike
State in Nigeria records 153 new cases of cholera in 2014
Nigeria certified guinea worm free by WHO
Nigerian government to provide universal health coverage in 2014
How to prevent heart attack
Nigerian government and corporate bodies are not supporting youth leadership in HIV/AIDS initiatives enough
Few weeks ago, the Kick Out HIV/AIDS Jamboree was held at
the City Centre “Ibom Plaza” Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria with the goal of
offering youths and teenagers unrestricted access to the recreation facility;
they also got information and resources on the subject of HIV/AIDS prevention
and related health issues.
Nigerian nurses, pharmacists, others to embark on strike
Civil servants in Niger state to embark on mandatory annual medical check-up
Doctors in Edo state threaten to go on strike
Bauchi state tackles maternal and infant mortality with drug distribution
MDG distributes multi-million dollar health and water facilities
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