Health Care

  A certified dermatologist on TikTok, known as @dermguru, has made a short video detailing a few of the reasons that certain people are more likely to attract mosquitos than others. She said: “Mosquitoes are attracted to sweat and people who have a higher body temperature – and they’re particularly attracted to ammonia, uric acid, […]

  The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Thursday that 128 people lost their lives in 376 road traffic crashes recorded in the state between January and October 2023. The Lagos Sector Commander, Mr Babatunde Farinloye, said this at a news conference in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), has said enforcement of more stringent penalties would drastically reduce sales and distribution of substandard and falsified (SF) medicines in the country. The agency put the value of global commerce in sub-standards and counterfeit drugs in 2016 at $4.4 billion, accounting for 0.84

  Renowned Psychiatrists have blamed the increasing rate of suicide attempts by Nigerians on social problems such as economic hardship, violence, poverty and indiscriminate use of drugs among others. They also identified the high cost of treatment as a major impediment to accessing mental health services in the country. Speaking during an event organised by

  As the price surge in drugs continue, the Federal Government has been called to intervene in the health sector in other to make drugs affordable for the masses even as Medplus makes provision for $30,000 dollars grant to female entrepreneurs. The Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of the highbrow Pharmacy Medplus, Mrs. Joke Bakare made

  Beaconhill Smile Group, under the umbrella of Beaconhill Smile Foundation, sensitised communities in the Victoria Island area of Lagos state on the significance of better oral health against the menace of oral cancer in Nigeria and Africa. The group executed this walk in partnership with Lakeshore Cancer Centre to mark this year’s International Oral

    Ufuoma Otarigho Foundation (UOF), inaugurated some projects at the Ekpan Central Hospital in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Dr. Emmanuel Sideso, Abe I, inaugurated the renovation and painting of the Labour Room, Children and Maternity Wards of the Ekpan Central Hospital. Other projects inaugurated

  Daniel Ogechi Akujobi Foundation, recently, commemorated the 2023 World Malaria Day with a two-day free medical outreach, held at Primary Health Center, Amaimo Community, Imo State, with the objective of providing solutions to the rampant health cases prevalent among the less privileged. With the theme, ‘Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement’, saw

  The founder of Nigerian health technology company, Mobihealth, Dr Funmi Adewara, was among top global entrepreneurs who had completed the NASDAQ Entrepreneurship Centre’s Milestone Makers programme. According to a release for Mobihealth, Adewara was one of the all-female entrepreneur cohorts of the recently concluded summer programme of NASDAQ and was promoted at the New