[ad_1] A Clinical Consultant and Radiation Oncologist at the NSIA-LUTH Cancer Center, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Adewumi Alabi, has stressed the need to invest more in clinical research in breast cancer so as to allow practitioners to win the war against the disease. For him, the importance of clinical research in breast…
[ad_1] Stephanie Igben The prevalence of breast cancer was the preoccupation of Pfizer’s virtual media roundtable to commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month recently. In 2020 the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBACAN) reported 28,380 and 4,482 new cases of breast cancer for Nigeria and Ghana respectively. At a…
[ad_1] From Abel Leonard, Lafia The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has slated Nov 14, 2022, for the third reading of a Bill for a Law to Establish the Nasarawa State Infectious Disease and Research Centre ( NASIDARC) and Other Matters Connected Therein. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House announced this after…
[ad_1] The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr Zakari Usman has said that the flood has sacked 514 communities while 400,000, persons have been displaced, including over 150,000 children, women. Also, he said 17 deaths were recorded in the nine affected LGAs in the state during the peak of the flood. Flood-ravaged farmers in dilemma…
[ad_1] Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health, on Monday, began the inspection of 50 healthcare facilities across the 20 local government areas and 37 LCDAs in the state. The inspection, according to the chairman of the committee, Hon. Hakeem Shokunle is aimed at strengthening the capacity and identifying challenges hindering quality healthcare delivery…
[ad_1] The team at Stem on Hindley Street is opening a “non-pretentious” small bar across the road, featuring a small natural wine list, cocktails, and a “relaxed” atmosphere. A new hospitality collective, featuring co-founders of Bank Street Social and Stem, is about to open Nearly – a wine bar which aims to emulate the feeling…
[ad_1] “When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” — Anthony Douglas Williams, Canadian author, spiritualist and animal rights advocate ASHLAND Animals come, not two by two, but in a variety of configurations to receive…
[ad_1] From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan There was rumpus in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday over the removal of the body parts of a nonagenarian woman who died in a privately owned hospital in the Ososami area of the city. The deceased, Madam Rachel Oshuntolu, 91, was said to have been taken to Ibadan…
[ad_1] Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has announced a ban on the holding of political rallies in public schools in the state with effect from November 1. Umahi also banned commercial motorcyclists from operating between 7pm and 6am to checkmate insecurity. The governor announced the bans in Abakiliki on Monday at a stakeholders’ summit…
[ad_1] Professor Rosemary Ogu, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, has declared that with a monthly check on the breasts, no one can die of cancer. This she said is possible because such checks would lead to prevention, early detection, treatment, and recovery from cancer. Prof….
