HEALTH

Gynaecologist advises women with B-negative blood on steps to take after miscarriage

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2017

A gynaecologist/obstetrician, Dr. Nathaniel Adewole, has urged women with B-negative blood, who have had miscarriage before, to always take Rhogam, a drug, during subsequent pregnancies before delivery. Adewole told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that taking the medicine, a special immune

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Minister of Health suspends more NHIS officers

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has approved the suspension of more top officials of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pave way for thorough investigation. Boade Akinola, Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The minister had earlier suspended the Executive […]

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Alcohol causes mental disorders in young people

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2017

The excessive consumption of alcohol beverages left more than 2,014 young people with mental disorders in Maputo, Mozambique. Mozambique’s Office of Prevention and Combat Against Drugs (GPCD) said the young people are between the ages of 16 and 25. GPCD director Sara Jafete is quoted by state-controlled as saying that the group affected includes students, […]

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50 % of foreign-trained Nigerian doctors fail practice test

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

More than half of the foreign-trained doctors and dentists failed examinations to secure practice licence of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, this year. A total 334 doctors and seven dentists who graduated from medical colleges outside Nigeria sat for the assessment this year, Daily Trust on Sunday gathered. Only 160 doctors and four […]

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CSO Urges FG To Raise Taxes, Prices Of Tobacco To Reduce Consumption

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on the Federal Government to raise taxes on and prices of tobacco to reduce its consumption in the country. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director, CISLAC said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, insisting that such measure had been implemented in countries where the tobacco […]

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Sedentary lifestyles cause heart related diseases-Cardiologist

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Dr Ogunmodede James, a consultant cardiologist, on Tuesday advised the public to avoid sedentary lifestyles to prevent heart related diseases. James told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran, Kwara, that lifestyles with little or no physical activities could hamper functions of the heart in humans. The expert, who works at the University of […]