Category Archives: HEALTH

Study shows women who eat strawberries and bluberries reduce risk of h...

January 16, 2013 no comments

A new study suggests that women who load up on strawberries and blueberries all year round reduce their risk of heart attack. According to the Daily Mail, experts believe the high content of flavonoi...

Hospital Sex: A hospital creates equipped “sex wards” for ...

January 6, 2013 1 comment

A hospital in China is taking a very personal interest in the fertility of its patients. According to HugChina, Songziniao Hospital in Hubei province is encouraging pregnancy in couples with fertilit...

Man hospitalized after eating too much veggies

December 23, 2012 no comments

So you know one can overdose on drugs, but what about vegetables? According to Metro UK, a man was hospitalized in Scotland after eating a plateful of festive vegetables, Brussels sprouts. The news w...

Before and after pictures show the gruesome effects of meth addiction

December 8, 2012 no comments

The images in this new ad campaign are nothing short of horrifying. Scars and sores mar once youthful skin and teeth rotten and decayed from abuse are visible past parched lips. These are no digitall...

Men’s health: Poor oral hygiene tied to erectile dysfunction

December 7, 2012 no comments

Gents! Here’s another reason to floss and brush your teeth on a daily basis and twice a day while you are at it. A group of Turkish scientists have found that great oral hygiene keeps erectile ...

3 dead, 42 hospitalized in Osun state cholera outbreak

November 23, 2012 no comments

A cholera outbreak in southwest Nigeria has claimed three lives and left 42 others hospitalized, health officials said on Friday. The affected zone, according to authorities is Ede north and south lo...

Fire razes medical student’s room at LUTH

November 21, 2012 no comments

NAN – A dawn fire on Wednesday razed a room at the students hostel of the College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Lagos. The cause of the fire was not immediately kn...

Medical Guild decries shortage of doctors in Lagos hospitals

November 20, 2012 no comments

NAN – The Medical Guild in Lagos State on Monday appealed to the state government to address the shortage of doctors in public hospitals. Chairman of the Guild, Dr. Olumuyinwa Odusote, made the...

Makeup on eyelashes could damage the eyes, expert says

October 22, 2012 no comments

A consultant Optometrist, Dr Michael Nwoko, on Sunday advised women not to apply eyelashes as makeup to avoid damaging the eyes. Nwoko, who is the Chairman, National Optometric Association, Edo chapt...

Beauty treatment kills one woman, leaves three ill

October 12, 2012 no comments

REUTERS – A 46-year-old woman has died in Hong Kong and three others are fighting for their lives following a beauty parlour treatment that involves blood transfusion, highlighting a lack of re...