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Leading Nigerian health specialists have launched the Osteoporosis Care Network (TOCAN) in a coordinated effort to confront osteoporosis, a disease experts warn is silently increasing the…

The Federal Government has launched the Nigerians in Diaspora Advanced Health Programme (NiDAH-P) and its digital portal to harness the expertise of Nigerian health professionals across…

Professor of Paediatric Cardiology at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, John Akíntúndé Òkèníyì, has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s child healthcare system, urging sustained…

Jigawa State Executive Council has approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lafiya Nigeria to strengthen reproductive healthcare services and improve maternal health…

Stakeholders have identified unhealthy parenting patterns, unresolved trauma and conflicting parental roles as major contributors to the growing mental health challenges facing the male child, urging…

Chronic kidney disease (CKD), sometimes referred to as a hidden epidemic because it goes undetected in its early stages, is now the ninth greatest cause of…

In many cultures, the placenta is more than tissue left over after birth. It is understood as spiritually linked to the baby, treated as a companion…

Stroke is no longer just an older person’s disease. Experts in a new study revealed that high blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke among…

Researchers have developed a wearable robotic system that could help people with hand paralysis regain movement and even the sense of touch. The device, called SensoExo,…

A low-intensity ultrasound treatment may help prevent arthritis after joint injuries by shifting the body’s immune response from inflammation to healing, according to a new study.…