The researchers of Qatar University have recently found that shisha smoking or water pipe smoking, increases the risk of heart diseases in adults.Shisha, also known as hookah, is a kind of water pipe used for smoking flavoured tobacco. It originated in the Middle East and has become a social activity across the region. The study…
Gov: we will continue to cater for the less privileged By Ayomide Otitoju Worried by challenges some Lagosians, especially the vulnerable and less privileged are facing currently as a result of naira and fuel scarcity in the country, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday said the State Government will roll out food packs…
The World Health Organisation has announced a cholera outbreak in 23 countries, warning that 20 more countries sharing land borders with the affected countries are at risk.WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus stated this during the bloc’s online media conference on Friday. Mr Ghebreyesus said more than one billion people globally were at risk of cholera. “Cholera…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has condemned the alleged killing of Uyi Iluobe, a Delta-based doctor, by aggrieved relatives of a patient. The incident is said to have occurred on Saturday in Oghara, Delta state. In a statement signed by Uche Ojinmah, NMA president, the association said it received news of the murder “with shock…
Arecent American Journal of Medicine has revealed that people who skipped the COVID-19 vaccination are at a high risk of being involved in car accidents.“The findings suggest that unvaccinated adults need to be careful indoors with other people and outside with surrounding traffic,” the report noted. The study examined the encrypted government-held records of more…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it seized unregistered/expired aphrodisiacs and other drugs in Kaduna. The agency made the seizures during a raid on 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria LGA on Monday. The items seized included microgynon (drugs meant to be distributed free to IDPs…
By ayomide otitoju •1988 set student, Ayodeji Fadoju, gives back to alma mater Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was the special guest at Baptist Academy in Obanikoro, on Tuesday, where he identified with a noble cause. The Governor inaugurated a 140-bed hall of residence built by an old student of the missionary school. The single-storey dormitory named…
By Taiwo Alimi DEATH AT CHILDBIRTH Forty-five-year-old accountant, Kehinde Ojo, recalled the date and time vividly. The event is engraved in his heart forever as he recollected the death of his wife after delivery, 15 years ago. “I was working late on March 8, 2007, when I received a call around 9 pm that my…
The Provost of the Institute of Counselling in Nigeria (ICN), Dr. Tolulope Oko-Igaire has urged Nigerians to visit professional counsellors and psychotherapists regularly for a mental health check to ensure they are in the right frame of mind considering the increasing rate of suicide, depressions and other related issues in the country. She made this…
