Health

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has placed the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), NAFDAC and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on a red alert over a Chinese drug made ...

While lack of proper sleep has been known to affect health, a new study has showed that people who sleep less or more than an average of seven ...

It is a well known fact that taking too much sugary things causes diabetes. People are being cautioned to reduce the intake of sugary things in order not ...

Medical practitioners say the belief that sucking or fondling a woman’s breasts could prevent lumps is not scientifically proven. Atara Nketim, a consultant oncologist; Bamidele Iwalokun, a medical ...

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has urged husbands to stop struggling with their babies over breasts, but rather allow their wives to put the babies on ...

The most popular questions people ask while dieting is, “How do they live longer?”, “What can they do for more energy?”, “How do they lose this tummy?” In ...

Your kidneys largely affect quality of life, because they are responsible for a hormone — called erythropoietin — which tells the body to make oxygen-carrying red blood cells. ...

Bitter Kola also known as Garcinia kola is a tropical flowering plant found in western and central Africa. Garcinia kola belongs to the species of a tropical flowering ...

Watching television these days cannot be easily avoided. Its possible that one may argue that educational shows on television helps, it is still a distraction to both kids ...

Stress is great. It makes us faster, stronger, more agile and our brains have better recall and flexibility. That’s why people are willing to put themselves in stressful ...

The tennis pro was competing in the Australian Open when a pregnancy test came up positive – a week before she went on to win the tournament. In ...

Fasting, as defined by Wikipedia, is the willing abstinence or reduction from some or all food, drink, or both, for a period, a day or weeks. The Christians ...

Sometimes, the underarm flab and back bulge are two body fat that brings discomfort to chubby people. Because they have a way of distorting the body, and are ...

Mental illness and, in particular, bipolar disorder, can be difficult to diagnose since many other conditions have similar symptoms, but delaying a diagnosis can be dangerous and lead ...

Do you drink too much water? Beware, overhydration — excess fluid accumulation — can lead to dangerously low sodium levels or in the blood or result in brain ...

The President of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), Dr Taiwo Sheikh, says according to a recent study, 85% of mad people in Nigeria are youths within ...

John Boyega is helping to fight cancer in his sleep and has urged others to do the same by downloading an app for cancer research data. The ‘Star ...

Scientists on Thursday cautioned adults above the age of 45 on the danger posed by sugary drinks. They said the consumption of large amounts of sugary beverages increases ...

We are drinking plastic particles! That is the shocking conclusion of the research of the world’s leading brands of bottled water in nine countries. The research found that ...

Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms in humans similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although ...

PRESCRIPTIONS for Viagra and similar drugs almost trebled in a decade, with nearly three million given out last year. Doctors said the pills have become particularly popular with ...