Category: Health

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday frowned and bluntly refused to answer a question posed by a reporter as regards whether President Muhammadu Buhari’s sojourn in the United Kingdom was not a form of medical tourism. Ehanire, who had just finished inspecting the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, urged Nigerians to shun travelling abroad for medical tourism, and should rather stay in the country and take advantage of the improved health services at the nation’s medical centres. Ehanire lamented that it is not right, as unpatriotic Nigerians,…

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Advanced vagina reconstruction surgeries on three women with Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) have been successfully carried out at the Maryam Abacha Children and Women Hospital, Sokoto. Vaginal reconstruction is the creation of a new or artificial vagina after surgery to remove part or the entire vagina; it is also used as a treatment for vaginal cancer. Dr Balarabe Kakale, Sokoto state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in Gusau at a three-day workshop organized by a USAID-assisted Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) Project implemented in Sokoto and Bauchi States. The…

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Dr Tajudeen Olawepo, an Ilorin based Medical Doctor has said that cigarette smoking hastens the commencement of menopause in women. He told stated this in Ilorin on Friday that studies had shown that smoking hastened menopause by approximately one to two years, regardless of race or genetic background. He said that in the case of heavy smokers, this could be up to nine years earlier than for average women with certain genetic variations. He added that menopause occurred when the female reproductive organs, the ovaries, stopped producing the hormones estrogen…

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The Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, in Abia, Prof. Fracis Otunta has confirmed the discovery of a new drug for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS. Otunta told newsmen at the university campus that the finding followed years of scientific research by the institution. He said that the breakthrough was made by Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, a researcher in the university. According to him, Ezeibe had presented the drug to the University management, Senate and Council, where he explained the processes he went through to arrive at…

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According to the UK Food Standards Agency, tests on best-selling crisps, biscuits and baby food showed raised levels of a chemical linked to cancer. The health alert comes just 24 hours after the official watchdog warned of the risks of eating burnt toast and roast potatoes. The latest products on the danger list include Kettle Chips, Burts crisps, Hovis, Fox’s biscuits, Kenco coffee, McVitie’s and products from Cow & Gate. According to the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA), 25 products have raised levels of acrylamide. Animal studies suggest the…

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About N9.6billion worth of substandard pharmaceutical products were yesterday destroyed by the National Agency for Foods Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Igwurita, near Port Harcourt. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who said the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and NAFDAC seized the products valued at N9.6 billion, stressed that nothing destroys a nation than the importation, distribution and consumption of fake items. He said the manufacturing of substandard products was the worst crime that anyone could commit against humanity.“The volume of trade has so far surpassed that of heroin…

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In a statement issued by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Zamfara, Doctors in the State have withdrawn all medical services to Police officers and their families. The statement was jointly signed by the Chairman of the association, Dr Tijjani Abubakar and the Secretary, Dr Mannir Bature, issued to newsmen on Monday in Gusau. The doctors said that the decision also affected family members of the police including their children. `We write to regrettably give notice to the general public the decision of all medical doctors practicing in Zamfara state…

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Pregnant women have been urged to donate their placenta for biomedical research by Dr. Abudu of the Hispathology department, University of Uyo, Akwa-Ibom. Dr. Abudu Kunle made the call in a paper titled: “Pregnant Women Perception of Placenta Donation for Biomedical Research — Experience at a Nigerian Tertiary Healthcare Institution’’. The expert, who delivered a lecture in Ilorin, said that the donated placenta would not only benefit medical research, but the findings would benefit other patients in need. According to him, personal, socio-economic and cultural factors, especially in Africa undermine…

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