[ad_1] Angela Onwuzoo A Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr. Nurudeen Adeleke, has urged pregnant women to take enough folic acid to prevent poor spinal cord formation. According to him, folic acid deficiency in pregnancy can lead to giving birth to babies with spina bifida. Dr. Adeleke noted…
[ad_1] Lara Adejoro Health experts have said that the discovery of a new mosquito vector of malaria named Anopheles stephensi should be seen as a threat to efforts to eliminate malaria in the country. The new mosquito vector was detected in Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria, where there is a high prevalence…
[ad_1] Amarachi Okeh A new study has confirmed that children born via In Vitro Fertilisation do not develop differently compared to children conceived naturally. IVF, according to experts, is a method of assisted reproduction in which a man’s sperm and a woman’s eggs are combined outside of the body in a laboratory dish. One or…
[ad_1] From Felix Ikem, Nsukka The people of Edem-Ani community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, on Wednesday, unanimously elected Chief Samuel Asadu, a US-based Nurse, as their new traditional ruler. The election, which took place at the community’s Central School, was supervised and monitored by a government team from state’s Ministry of…
[ad_1] The Kaduna State Government has renamed some public buildings and roads in honour of persons that have served the state, Nigeria and humanity at large. Unveiling the names, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, said, “The state government has been implementing a street naming project since 2015 as a vital feature of helping to better organise our…
[ad_1] Oluwatobiloba Jaiyeola The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a cream called Opzelura as the first pharmacologic treatment to address the most common form of vitiligo. The FDA stated that the approved treatment is particularly for non-segmental vitiligo, adding that only individuals 12 years and older are authorised to use the cream….
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation on Tuesday said the rapid spread of the monkeypox outbreak could be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups. WHO Technical Lead on Monkeypox, Dr Rosamund Lewis, said at a press briefing at the UN health agency’s headquarters in Geneva that countries should act fast to stop the…
[ad_1] Oluwatobiloba Jaiyeola A recent study conducted in China has identified a possible link between taking frequent naps and having high blood pressure and eventually coming down with stroke. The Chinese researchers said they discovered that people who take naps regularly have a 12 per cent greater chance of having high blood pressure and a…
[ad_1] From Abel Leonard, Lafia The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has vowed to ensure that a policeman alleged to have raped and impregnated his niece in Nasarawa State is prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other sex offenders. Nasarawa FIDA Chairperson Mrs Rabiatu Addra made the disclosure while addressing reporters on Wednesday…
[ad_1] The Kaduna State Project Implementation Unit, World Bank-supported Accelerating Nutrition Result in Nigeria (ANRiN) project, has secured 2.7 million dollars (about N1.1 billion) for the treatment of malnourished children. ANRiN Project Coordinator in the state, Dr. Zainab Muhammad-Idris, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Wednesday. Muhammad-Idris said that…
