Monthly Archive: April 2019
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...