HEALTH

Days after emerging from prison, pastor says: ‘I Wish I was back there!

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2020

Midnight from New Year’s Day to the wee hours of January 2, Pastor Abel Olukayode Adewale, 59 and his wife Beatrice, 50, took turns to comfort and massage the pain-wracked limbs of Ruth, their second surviving daughter with sickle cell anaemia, in their Modakeke, Osun State home. Such a

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AIDS agency warns Nigerians against indiscriminate sex

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2020

The Director-General, of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu has cautioned Nigerians against HIV/AIDS infection through indiscriminate sex in 2020. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Aliyu gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja, urging them to strive hard to know their status which was necessary for preventive interventions […]

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Israeli researchers develop innovative drug for heart failure

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2019

Kaplan Medical Centre in Central Israel on Tuesday revealed that some Israeli doctors have developed an innovative medicine for heart failure. Heart Failure is a chronic condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as well as it should. One of the main causes of heart failure is the amyloidosis disease (“Alzheimer’s of the heart”), […]

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Gynaecologist decries high infertility rate among Bauchi women

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2019

Dr Abdullah Kabir, a gynaecologist with Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), has stressed the need for addressing growing cases of infertility in women of reproductive age in Bauchi State. Kabiru stated this in Bauchi on Thursday. He noted that cases of infertility were currently on the increase, especially among spinsters. “These days, cases […]

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Minister says 4 million Nigerians benefited from NSIP

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2019

Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has said no fewer than four million Nigerians have benefitted from the National Social Investment Programme, so far. Farouq disclosed this at an interactive session with the Focal Persons of the National Social Investment Programme, on Saturday in Abuja. She explained

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Buhari appoints new CMD for Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor A. Abba Sheshe, as the new Chief Medical Director (CMD), of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital(AKTH), Kano State. Congratulating the new CMD in his office on Friday, the Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, reminded him of the enormous responsibilities of his office and the […]