HEALTHWISE

By Raymond Osho ABEOKUTA: Nurses and Midwives in Ogun state have called the attention of the State government to the rise in the activities of quack medical practitioners in the state. The nurses who expressed fear that the quack practitioners might further cause damage on people’s health in the society, …

BY DOLAPO JINAD The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider them in his ministerial appointment by appointing a Medical Laboratory Scientists into his cabinet to revamp health sectors, especially now that the system is begging for serious attention of government.   …

The Africa’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, will once again assembly some of the world’s leading experts in Autism for two days of critical discourse on supporting children and adults living with Autism in Africa. The Annual Autism Conference being put together as part of GTBank’s Orange Ribbon …

BY RAYMOND OSHO Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration would revolutionalise the health sector for effective services.  Abiodun who disclosed this on Tuesday July 16, 2019 at the 43rd Annual General Scientific Meeting of the West African College Of Physicians (WACP) held in Abeokuta, the …

In its quest at addressing the neglect and stigmatization of children living with Autism face, daily, GTBank PLC., has created a short film “A Mother Knows” to raise awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Nigeria. The film; “The mother knows” which was designed to help Speak up against the …

By Denis Campbell The four-time Olympic champion didn’t know if he would ever recover from his stroke. Eight months later, he warns: it could happen to anyone ‘‘I experienced no pain. There was no jolting moment that made me think: I’m having a stroke,” posited by Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson …

Have you been ransacking every part of your house but you still can’t find your keys? It might be you are slowly losing your memory. Whatever you eat affects both your physical fitness as well as your mental health. Some of the foods we eat end up affecting our brain …

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report says men are more likely to die earlier than women due to uneven access to health services. According to “2019 World Health Statistics” published on the WHO website recently, the trend is similar in low and high-income countries as men often seek health care …

The US government has finally accepted that cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern. Doing a U-turn on their warnings to us to stay away from high-cholesterol foods since the 1970s to avoid heart disease and clogged arteries. This means eggs, butter, full-fat dairy products, nuts, coconut oil and meat have …

BY ISMAIL USMAN The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has declared Osun the leading state in the provision of Social Protection programmes, commending Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his commitment to social, educational and economic development of the state. Nigeria’s representative of UNICEF, Mr. Mohammed Fall said the various …