A lifesaving therapy—and the researcher who helped launch it
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT)—a mixture of water, sugar, and salt that is remarkably effective at rehydrating people with cholera or other diarrheal diseases—is credited with saving...
Smoking, excessive intake of alcohol increase risk of colon cancer – Expert warns
Dr Ehiatamah Ehinomem, an Oncologist with National Hospital, Abuja, has advised Nigerians to avoid smoking and indulging in excessive intake of alcohol to reduce...
Healthy Living: Bitter leaf boosts fertility, fights prostate
Dr. Grace Johnson, a specialist, has said bitter leaf works so well for fertility, and fights prostate cancer because its boost the functions of...
Dietary fat is good? Dietary fat is bad? Coming to consensus
Which is better, a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet or a high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet—or is it the type of fat that matters? In a new paper featured on the...
Nigeria has only 7 Geriatricians for over 9m aged people, GAN President declares
President of Geriatrics Association of Nigeria (GAN), Prof. Usman Ahmed has declared there only 7 geriatricians in Nigeria adding they are highly inadequate to...
