Food & Health

Whether you eat tiger nuts, tiger nut milk, or tiger nut flour, indulging in this amazing superfood is a good way to boost your health. Whether you eat tiger nuts, tiger nut milk, or tiger nut flour, indulging in this amazing superfood…

Neem leaves popularly known as “Dongoyaro” leaves in Nigeria also known as ‘Wonder leaves’, is a herb known to have numerous health benefits and has been used for beauty regimes for thousands of years now. Neem leaves are well known…

Sugary drinks contain a lot of empty calories and have been linked to numerous health issues. Learn how to kick these drinks to the curb with five healthy alternatives. Trading in your sugary chai latte for a chai tea made with…

Ebola may soon be a “preventable and treatable” disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates, scientists have said. Four drugs were trialled on patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where…

Dr Emeka Nwaolisah, Consultant Paediatrician, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, says women who abstain from breastfeeding their children are not only unfair to the child but the society. Nwaolisah told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…

The management of NISA Premier Hospital, Abuja, has carried out its first kidney transplantation in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, the Chairman of the hospital, Dr Ibrahim Wade said the…

Chinese researchers have recently made a breakthrough in discovering a gene responsible for deafness, providing a target for treating hearing impairment. The study published online earlier this month in the international journal…

Mrs Esther Adekoya, President, Heartrose Care Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged parents, guardians and teachers to be more attentive to the needs and emotions of children. Adekoya made the plea during a…

Antibiotics are drugs that assist prevent bacterial infections. They do this by murdering or preventing the bacteria from copying or reproducing themselves. The organism utilizes the body of that person to support, replicate, and colonize…

A professor of paediatrics at the University of Ibadan, Ikeoluwa Lagunju, has stressed the need to protect the brains of infants in order to reduce child disability in Nigeria. Lagunju stated this at the inaugural lecture she delivered…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged fruit sellers to refrain from using calcium carbide to ripen fruits for commercial purpose. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the…

The death toll in the latest outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen to 1,540, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an update on Friday, the world health body said 2,284 people had been…

A medical expert, Dr Omale Garba, has advised Nigerians to take proper hygiene seriously during the rainy season to prevent tumbu fly infection. Garba, a medical doctor in Bwari General Hospital, Abuja, gave the advice in an interview…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  on Wednesday  advised Nigerians to use soap or ash and running water to wash hands after defecation to prevent infection and illness Mr  Bioye Ogunjobi, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene…

The WarriorStory Initiative, an NGO, on Sunday in Lagos inaugurated a Sickle Cell Clinic for carriers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the aim of the initiative was for sickle cell patients to have access to affordable,…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will soon ban the use of Paraquat and Atrazine products by farmers. The agency said it would mount evidence that the products hurt applicators and the…

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm. The…

The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now spread to Uganda, experts said as a WHO advisory panel met on Friday.…

The Federal  Ministry of Health ( FMoH) said on Friday that Nigeria required an estimated two 2 million units of blood per annum to adequately meet the blood requirements of the populace. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry,…

Indonesia’s communications ministry on Thursday said it would remove all cigarette advertisements from the internet, following a request from the health ministry. A cigarette, also known colloquially as a fag in British English, is a…