A gene tied to negative thoughts and impulses may lead to a blood test predicting suicide risk, according to researchers who said such a tool could help prevent a leading cause of death...
Handshakes spread more germs than fist bumps, new study reveals
A new study conducted in UK said fist bumps spread far fewer germs than the traditional handshake, and even the high fiv...
Nigeria records another suspected case of Ebola virus infection
Barely seven days after Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian, died in a private hospital in Lagos, one of the personnel, who helped him out of the aircraft on his arrival in Lagos, has shown signs of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)...
ILO and WHO partner to improve work in the health sector
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have jointly developed the "HealthWise work improvement in health services" programme that combines action and learning...
India, Nigeria partner to reduce medical tourism
India’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ghanashyam Rangaiah, on
Tuesday, said his tenure would mostly be directed at promoting education
and health cooperation with Nigeria...
Ebola not in Nigeria, govt shuts down hospital
None of the 20 persons so far screened out of a total of 59 that had
contact with the late Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola virus disease on Friday has tested positive, thus giving Nigeria a clean bill regarding the disease...
Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue - CDC
Viral hepatitis is a major global health issue affecting nearly 400
million people worldwide. In observance of World Hepatitis Day, July 28,
learn more about three common types of viral hepatitis: Hepatitis A,
Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C...
Ebola in Nigeria: Good hand washing practices can protect you
As Nigeria recently investigated and confirmed a first case of Ebola in the city of Lagos state, there have been various action plans aimed at preventing further spread and containment of the deadly virus
This included screening all the passengers aboard the airplane that also transported the victim....
Tension rises in Nigeria as first Ebola victim dies
Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance, who had
been quarantined since arriving Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday, July 20, 2014
with symptoms of the Ebola virus, has been reported dead...
Lagos state government releases emergency response numbers for Ebola disease
Following its confirmation of the first possible case of Ebola disease in Nigeria, Lagos state government has released numbers that members of the public can call to report suspected cases of the disease...
Nigerians hurriedly seeking information on Ebola virus
Since news broke yesterday that an infection suspected to be Ebola was reported on Thursday in Lagos, Nigerians, especially those that are active online are hurriedly seeking information on the disease, its spread, management and how to prevent the disease...
7 Exercises That Will Transform Your Body
Looking for some effective ways to transform your body? There are a few
great exercises that will help you to reach your fitness goal. These
exercises are easy but effective in strengthening your body along with
burning unwanted calories. However, sticking to these exercises is...
Indian boy with 260 teeth had successful surgery to remove 232
In a ground breaking surgery, doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from a young boy's mouth.
According to time.com website, "A boy in India endured a six-hour operation Monday to remove 232
teeth that grew as a result of a rare medical condition. Now, Ashik
Gavai, 17, has 28 teeth left—four...
Possible First case of Ebola under investigation in Nigeria
Investigations are currently underway to identify a possible first case of the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos Nigeri...
HPV test outperforms Pap for predicting cervical cancer
A new study involving data on more than 1 million women finds the HPV test outperforming the standard Pap test in assessing cervical cancer risk...
Cross River to Partner NHIS on Healthcare Delivery
Cross River State Government has expressed its commitment to partner any reputable organization that would help in its modest effort of actualizing first-class healthcare delivery services to its citizens...
Cholera kills six in Kano State - Commissioner
A cholera outbreak in Kano State has killed six people and infected scores, the state health commissioner said Sunday, although the toll was placed at a higher figure by a local charity...
MTN, others partner NHIS on health insurance
Nigeria's major telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria has partnered Salt & Einstein MTS and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to drive the localization of insurance in the country through the mobile platfor...
Tobacco Bill Scales Second Reading in House of Representative
The Nigerian Federal House of Representatives yesterday passed into second reading a bill seeking to reduce the effect of tobacco smoking in Nigeria.
While going through the processes, the House engaged manufacturers in the tobacco industry, civil society groups, nongovernmental organisations,...
GSK and Save the Children offer $1 million award for healthcare innovations in developing countries that reduce child deaths
GSK and Save the Children has announced the launch of their second annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award at the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health meeting in South Africa. The award was established to identify and reward innovations in healthcare that have proven successful...
WHO, ITU launch mDiabetes initiative in Senegal
The World
Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU) as part of the "Be Healthy, Be Mobile" initiative, as launched mDiabetes program in Senegal...
Novartis launches new high quality antimalarial formulation of Coartem for Africa
Novartis has announced today the launch of a new high quality antimalarial formulation of Coartem® 80/480 (artemether/lumefantrine 80 mg/480 mg), for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in adults and older children who weigh above 35kg.
The drug has been registered by the Pharmacy and...
Gemalto joins GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative
Gemalto,
the world leader in digital security, provides its support to the
GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI), a mobile ecosystem that
aims to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in sub-Saharan
Africa. ...
400% rise in number of requests for advice on Ebola - International SOS
International SOS has seen another rise in the number of requests for advice on Ebola in recent weeks. Since 1 March, 2014 the medical and travel security group has
received hundreds of requests for advice on the outbreak, which has
spread to different countries in West Africa....
Opposition party promises free health services for pregnant women in Osun state
If Labour Party wins the August 9, 2014 gubernatorial election, then all pregnant women in Osun State would enjoy free healthcare till after delivery, the Party candidate, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade has promised...
Portugal partners Nigeria to improve health, pharmaceuticals
Portugal has expressed its readiness to strengthen the trade ties with Nigeria, even as some Portuguese firms have concluded plans to leverage opportunities in the country and invest in the key sectors of the economy...
The environment and public health implications of power sector reform
The electricity industry in Nigeria has witnessed a lot of restructuring in recent times. This process which is still ongoing reached its peak in the past year with almost complete privatization of the power sector...
Insurgency taking toll on healthcare in northern Nigeria
When in October 2010 a bomb exploded during the Independence Day celebrations in Abuja killing about two dozen people, Nigerians couldn't have dreamt of a time bombing would become a serial occurrence as we now have today...
Omomi app seeks to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health
Tackling the high rate of child mortality, especially among infants below 5 years is one of the reasons for launching Omomi app, the developers told HealthNewsNG.co...
Doctors' strike - FG, NMA disagree
The Federal Government has expressed its disapproval of the strike action embarked upon by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), asking its members to resume work...
12 million Nigerians are infertile - ARFH
Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH) has revealed that about 12 million Nigerians are infertile...
Jigawa tackles disease spread with environmental sanitation
The Jigawa State Ministry of Health has urged people of the state to embank on environmental sanitation exercise to curtail the spread of contagious diseases...
Nigerian doctors' strike - situation remains dicey
The
meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that was scheduled to hold on Monday to resolve the issues started in the wee hours of the night, dimming hopes of quick call off of the strike....
Crack in NMA as consultants resume work
Relying on the judgment of the National Industrial Court which stopped the Federal Government from implementing the agreement it had earlier reached with the Joint Health Sector Union and their planned strike, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has assured all patients and...
Nigerian government urged to be proactive concerning spread of Ebola virus
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health, to take proactive measures to ensure that the deadly Ebola virus disease did not spread to Nigeria...
Clitoraid and Raëlian Church win case against obstetrician-gynaecologist over defamation
As a punishment, the court sentenced obstetrician-gynaecologist Professor Charlemagne Marie Ouédraogo, who opposed the opening of AVFE/CLITORAID’s Kamkaso Hospital, to pay a fixed fine of 100,000 CFA francs in addition to legal costs and the sum of 1,000,000 CFA francs in damages to the Raëlian...
Striking doctors to resume work on Monday - health minister
Nigeria's Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, has given the assurance that doctors will return to work on Monday, following the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)...
Enugu state government slammed for failing to fund maternal, newborn and child health
Focal persons and officers-in-charge of different health centres in Enugu State have lamented the inability of local government council chairmen in the state to pay their counterpart funds in the concluded first round of 2014 Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week (MNCHW) in the state...
Comedian Alibaba slams Nigerian pastors over healing
Nigeria's veteran comedian, Alibaba has slammed Nigerian pastors who ask their church members to pray instead of seeking medical treatment...
Less sleep quickens brain aging - research reveals
The less older adults sleep, the faster their brains age, a new study has warned. The findings could have important implications for the rise of dementia among the elderly, researchers said. Past research has examined the impact of sleep duration on cognitive functions in older adults...
Roche to acquire biotech firm Seragon for $1.7bn
Roche Holding AG said it will pay up to $1.725 billion to buy Seragon Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held U.S. biotech company that researches breast cancer treatments, according to Reuters...
Six Nigerian states to become open defecation free - UNICEF
In order to boost environmental sanitation, six states in Nigeria including Katsina, Bauchi, Benue, Jigawa, Kaduna and Zamfara have embarked on "Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in Nigeria (SHAWN)" project - Phase2 aimed at getting about 28,000 communities in Nigeria open defecation-free by the end...
Nigeria to explore nuclear science for development - VP
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo has stated that Nigeria is venturing into the development of nuclear science in the country for rapid socio-economic development...
Nigerian children at greater risk of developing cardiovascular diseases - experts
There are strong indications that young Nigerians are now at great risk of developing cardiovascular diseases which currently accounts for one- third of all deaths worldwide...
New inhaled drug treats asthma and allergies
A new inhaled medication has the potential to treat mild asthma and allergies by interrupting the production of an immune system protein that triggers allergic reactions, a new study reports...
Nigeria to determine indigenous reference values for lab investigations
Nigeria is set to have its own localised and evidence-based laboratory 'normal values' to be acceptable in medical diagnosis of her population while using blood testing samples...
Doctors' strike - Rivers engages private sector to provide uninterrupted free medical care
As the nationwide strike by medical doctors continues, the Rivers State Government has said it has engaged eight private hospitals, including the Professor Kelsey Harrison Hospital, to give free medical care to patients who registered under the Free Medical Care Programme of the state...
Strike won't help your cause, Fashola tells doctors
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has appealed to medical doctors to stop using strike as a means of forcing government to concede to their demands...
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