Dooyum Ianna, a teenager, is currently facing a health crisis that may eventually claim her life after being operated upon by a quack doctor in Benue State. The 18-year-old woman, who first had her menstruation at the age of 14, started experiencing abdominal pain each time her period came by the time she was 16…
Five persons are in the net of security operatives for engaging in the selling and buying of COVID-19 green cards. The incident happened in Bauchi. The cards are given to persons after receiving the COVID19 jabs. Disclosing this to newsmen, the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, BASPHCDA, Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed,…
Nigerian medical personnel, Dr. Olufunmilayo, has warned against the use of toilet rolls to cleanup whenever one passes excreta. In a thread shared on his Twitter handle, Dr. Olufunmilayo opined that toilet rolls are harmful to the anus. He said instead of using Tissue paper, people should use soap and water or wet towels to…
Moyosore Salihu Ajao, a professor of Anatomy at the University of Ilorin has decried the scarcity of cadavers for the study of anatomy and practical classes in medical schools. Delivering the 214th Inaugural Lecture of the university, Ajao noted that the challenge is more difficult because dead bodies are not sold in the market in any part…
A Nigerian doctor has warned against the excess consumption of energy drinks. The doctor who goes by the name Dr. George on Twitter, gave the warning while sharing a personal experience he had with a mother and her young son who he noticed had very high blood pressure. Upon inquiry, the woman told him that…
Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, the Minister of State for Health, on Tuesday, debunked news about free deoxyribonucleic acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests for Nigerians. The minister disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH In Abuja. Some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, with claims that the minister had said government…
Nigerian woman are the highest consumers of skin-whitening creams in Africa, according to CNN report. The data drawn by CNN ranked Nigeria as the top consumer of the creams. The data explained that 75 per cent of women in Nigeria patronise whitening products. This is followed closely by Senegal at 60 per cent, Mali at…
According to The PUNCH, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, on Sunday, decried the mass exodus of medical and dental consultants to developed countries. The association added that the exodus had caused significant disruptions to the Nigerian healthcare ecosystem. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the National President of the association, Dr Victor Makanjuola,…
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has disclosed that the consistent decrease in COVID-19 case positivity indicated the end of the fourth wave in the state. Abayomi disclosed this through his verified Twitter account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi today, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for January. 20. The state had on December 7 announced…
Two kidneys from a genetically modified pig was successfully transplanted to a human who was declared brain dead by researchers at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. It marks the second successful transplant of pig kidneys into a human in the United States, following a similar achievement by surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City…