Health
Same pills, different price… how drug firms rip us off
Drug firms are selling exactly the same medicines for wildly different prices in different packaging, an investigation found. Consumer watchdog...
Adewole to VVF victims: No more leaking of urine
The story of another victim, Hajia Safiyat Kolawole, a mother of two, from a Lagos hospital, was pathetic. Safiyat claimed...
'Cohabiting with geckos increases risk of contracting typhoid fever'
Arikawe Adeolu, a physician at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, on Friday said cohabiting with geckos increases one’s risk...
Lassa fever: Contacts rise to 106 in Ogun
Ogun State government on Sunday disclosed that the number of suspected contacts of the victim of Lassa fever in the...
Lagos confirms two deaths from Lassa Fever
Two patients being treated for Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, have been confirmed died. Both patients...
Yemkem profers solutions to premature ejaculation with Titanic – K2
In a move to enhance the welfare of Nigerians against the backdrop of abject poverty ravaging the land, Yem-Kem International,...
Gonorrhoea is becoming untreatable, WHO warns
Gonorrhoea infections are increasing, but doctors are running out of antibiotics that can fight the increasingly resistant bacteria causing the...
LWC refutes claims of water polutlion in Victoria Island
The Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) has refuted a media report alleging the flow of diesel from a public water supply...
Too much sugar's unhealthy, Nestlé to cut more from brands
Consumer goods giant Nestlé has pledged to slash sugar in its cereals by a further 10 per cent across the...
Ogun shuts 186 health facilities in 1 year
The Ogun State Government says it has shut no fewer than 186 illegal health facilities in the last one year...