Monthly Archive: April 2019

Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital Commences Open Heart Surgery

Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital Commences Open Heart Surgery

The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto has commenced open heart surgery.   Briefing newsmen in Sokoto, acting Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Nasir Muhammed said the disease was a common problem...

NMA, MDCAN Bash Ngige for Saying Nigeria has More Than Enough Doctors

NMA, MDCAN Bash Ngige for Saying Nigeria has More Than Enough Doctors

The Nigerian Medical Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors, the Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project and human rights groups on Wednesday took a swipe at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris...

‘Exercise Can Reduce Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer’

‘Exercise Can Reduce Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer’

The Chief Executive Officer of Glow Health, Miss Adanna Monde, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to engage in exercise, saying it could improve people’s health and reduce the risk of developing several diseases...

How Oxytocin Helps Treat Alcohol use Disorder, by Researchers

How Oxytocin Helps Treat Alcohol use Disorder, by Researchers

The neuropeptide oxytocin blocks enhanced drinking in alcohol-dependent rats, according to a study published April 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology led by Drs. Tunstall, Koob and Vendruscolo of the National Institutes of...

‘Exercising in Evening More Productive Because Body Uses up Less Oxygen’

‘Exercising in Evening More Productive Because Body Uses up Less Oxygen’

Two papers appearing April 18 in the journal Cell Metabolism confirm that the circadian clock is an important factor in how the body responds to physical exertion. The studies focused on different components of...

Parboiling Method Reduces Inorganic Arsenic, Increases Calcium Content of Rice

Parboiling Method Reduces Inorganic Arsenic, Increases Calcium Content of Rice

Contamination of rice with arsenic is a major problem in some regions of the world with high rice consumption. Now, researchers reporting in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology have found a way...

Nigeria Lacks Facilities to Train Medical Doctors, Says Ngige

Nigeria Lacks Facilities to Train Medical Doctors, Says Ngige

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday said local medical institutions in the country absorb only about 20 per cent of medical doctors seeking opportunity for their residency programmes. Ngige, who was...

Ngige Tackles NMA, Doctors say FG Rejected Health Bank Proposal

Ngige Tackles NMA, Doctors say FG Rejected Health Bank Proposal

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Thursday said the doctors’ union should not only be for the purpose of personal aggrandisement and asking members to go on strike. This is...

Niger Delta University Faculty of Nursing Invitation to her 2019 5th Induction Ceremony for Nurses

Niger Delta University Faculty of Nursing Invitation to her 2019 5th Induction Ceremony for Nurses

The Faculty of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University cordially invites the public to her 5th Induction Ceremony of her Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSC) Graduates into the Nursing Profession. Date:...

Russian Doctor Murders, Cooks Woman After Sex With Her

Russian Doctor Murders, Cooks Woman After Sex With Her

A Russian doctor has confessed to murdering and dismembering a woman he dated when he discovered she had undergone sex change surgery. Mikhail Tikhonov, 27, cooked some of the victim’s body parts in an...