Browsing: Health & Wellness

FOR years, studies have linked coffee drinking to a longer life and a lower risk of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes. Now, scientists believe…

Dr Olayemi Dawodu, laboratory physician and the Chief Executive officer of Cerba-Lancet Laboratories Nigeria, in this interview with Sade Oguntola, says AI, telepathology and government support…

AFRICA has made significant progress in strengthening its ability to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks since the COVID-19 pandemic, but glaring gaps in health security…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new global action plan to tackle drowning, a preventable killer that claims nearly 300,000 lives every year, ahead…

FOR decades, longer life expectancy has been celebrated as one of humanity’s greatest achievements. But a new global study has found that millions of people are…

THE Lagos State Government on Monday commenced the first round of the 2026 Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAH+N) Week, urging residents to embrace…

RESEARCHERS at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have developed an herbal ointment that significantly accelerated wound healing in laboratory animals, raising hopes that plant-based formulations could one…

PROFESSOR and Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada, Prof. Tolulope Sajobi, has said that methodologists are…

The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has commenced a two-day capacity-building programme for journalists to strengthen the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), saying the media…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced a nationwide mop-up exercise to remove all alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and…