I warned when we started accepting illicit drug trade as a way of life. But as usual, no one would listen because it was coming from me. Now, don’t get…

This topic is one that generates so much anxiety in a number of people. To others, it is an inconvenience that they have learnt to ignore completely; they just wake…

Nutrition and diet experts have urged women to build their nutritional status for at least six months before becoming pregnant to avoid giving birth to babies with low birth weight.…

Aside from vaccine hesitancy, the scarcity of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in vaccination centres across the Lagos metropolis has become a stumbling block to the government’s mass vaccination campaign. Some residents…

Health experts say typhoid and malaria infections are often wrongly diagnosed by some laboratories in Nigeria, noting that steps should be taken to curb the misdiagnosis of the health conditions.…

In Nigeria, getting bitten by a snake is one thing, paying the ‘price’ to stay alive, as many have discovered, is another. Some survivors gave an insight into their traumatic…

A consultant public health physician, Dr Tosin Ilori, tells ALEXANDER OKERE about syphilis, its mode of transmission and treatment How would you define syphilis? Syphilis is a highly contagious disease…

An unsuccessful IVF cycle can be emotionally and financially devastating, nevertheless, it is no longer an assumption that IVF success rates are higher for infertile couples that go through multiple…

As someone who lives with sickle cell, I usually go to the hospital for an out-patient appointment every quarter.  I remember some years ago, my haematology consultant told me about…

                                   Edith Declan     A Urinary Tract Infection is an infection of the urinary system (vagina, bladder, urethra, kidneys) leading to an inflammatory response. UTIs occur when the normal…