Vaccines can prevent cervical cancer — Hospital
EverCare Hospital, Lagos, has said vaccines can prevent the preclinical stage of cervical cancer. A statement by the hospital explained that approximately 8,000 women die yearly in Nigeria from cancer…
NGO bemoans 1.2m preventable deaths from illnesses, accidents
The Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Response Africa, Folake Owodunni, has bemoaned the high rate of preventable deaths in Nigeria through illnesses and accidents owing to the dearth of fast emergency…
Group seeks reduction of neonate mortality
Wellbeing Foundation and the Medela Cares’ Switzerland are set to reduce the mortality rate of neonates at the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of participating hospitals in its Lactation Care and…
Why children under five should consume four eggs weekly —Physician
Consultant Public Health Physician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Modupe Akinyinka, says proteins like fish, meat, egg, and crayfish are very essential for the growth and development…
Have you had a biopsy before?
A biopsy is a medical procedure which is performed by a surgeon for the purpose of harvesting a piece of the body’s tissue in order for a proper diagnosis to…
We begged our husbands to leave our breasts to exclusively breastfeed —Mothers
As Nigeria joins the global community to mark the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week starting tomorrow, PUNCH HealthWise delves into the difficulties women in Nigeria face to achieve exclusive breastfeeding by…
Caffeine, using phone in bed can cause sleep disorder – Neurologist
A neurologist at the College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Prof Yakub Nyandaiti, tells EMMANUEL OJO how wrong eating habits can cause insomnia and how the disorder…
Lying down to breastfeed babies can cause aspiration, lung infection, paediatrician warns mothers
A Paediatrician, Dr. Faidat Yusuf, has cautioned nursing mothers against laying flat on their backs while breastfeeding their babies, noting that doing so could result in harmful health effects. The…
Sickle cell and mobility
Most people living with sickle cell have problems with their bones or have mobility issues. I always say that symptoms and complications of SCD are different for each person and…
NCDC reports 857 Lassa fever cases, 164 deaths
A total of 164 people have so far died of Lassa fever in Nigeria in 2022. The latest Lassa fever situation report for week 29, obtained from the Nigeria Centre…