HICKORY – More than 30 dogs were discovered in a Hickory building Wednesday morning and were severely malnourished and freezing while temperatures crept into the 20s. Hickory Police Department officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call in the 500 block…
Cardiologists worry over widespread ignorance of heart failure
ConsultantCardiologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Amam Mbakwem has called for more sensitization on the causes and how to prevent heart failure which is regard as life threatening disease. Speaking during an awareness programme put together by Novartis…
NGO wants training on reproductive health for persons with disabilities
Disability Journey Initiative, DJI, an NGO, has urged government, NGOs and stakeholders to train persons living with disabilities on their reproductive health needs to enable them to live productive lives. The founder of the organisation, Mr Greg Simon, made…
Men’s upper body strength accounts for 70 percent of attractiveness to women: study
Throughout the course of evolutionary history, mammalian female species like monkeys, dolphins and bears have always swooned over the strongest males in the group. Now a new study published by Griffith University in Australia on Wednesday, has revealed the same…
7 Unbelievable Things That Happen To Your Body When You Stop Taking Soft Drinks
A lot of us are addicted to taking soft drinks so much so that we cannot go a day without taking a bottle or two. Deciding to give soft drinks up is important giving the long term effects and risks…
Physician: Diabetes a ‘disease of choices’
Diabetes can lead to lots of serious, even life-threatening, complications. But it doesn’t have to. Dr. Thomas Grace, a family medicine physician in practice at Blanchard Valley Diabetes Center who himself has diabetes, recalled finding some doctor’s appointments intimidating when…
EU calls for better disease prevention
Life expectancy has increased by six years in the EU since 1990, but European countries must make more effort in the prevention of diseases, the European Commission said on Thursday (23 November). The EU executive, which was presenting the State…
NACA, States To Enroll 500,000 On HIV Treatment
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS said it would generate about N26 billion to fund HIV programmes and enroll another 500,000 people for treatment. Dr. Sani Aliyu, Director-General, NACA, said the money would be generated through deduction of…
NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS ,OTHERS SEEKS BETTER FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Nigerian scientists and their counterparts from the United States Centre for Disease Control, CDC, have called for adequate funding of innovative medical research with a view to ensuring national development and effective response to disease outbreaks. The scientists, who spoke…
Hepatitis victimised 325 million people worldwide in 2016
A new study has revealed a staggering figure of 325 million people who were gripped by the hepatitis virus in the year 2016. Out of the total number, 52 million children were exposed to viral hepatitis. The report also mentions…