Ember Months: The season of financial stress and its health challenges
By Dr.Michael Nyemenim
Today's series on health talk, we are going to be talking about stress, depression and those medical conditions that occur during this...
Seven foods women should avoid during menstruation
Nkechi Uduma
When it comes to period cramps, women right from the tender age of 12 and above have the knowledge and understanding that...
REDUCING INFANT MORTALITY VIA EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Roy-Omoni Ogaga.
The basic tenet of the medical profession is to save lives especially...
Dogs can now detect malaria by sniffing – study says
Sniff dogs could be trained to detect malaria in people infected with the disease even if they are not showing symptoms, according to a...
Cholera scare in Port Harcourt as residents decry lack of clean drinking water
Brave Dickson
Residents of Creek Road axis and its environs in Port Harcourt are now suffering from cholera and other water-borne diseases, resulting from the...
Rivers State to partner UNICEF on birth registration
Rivers State Government has said it will partner with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to ensure full birth registration in the state.
The Secretary...
Internet linked to mental health disorder in young people
Tina Amanda
A consultant at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Rumuigbo, Dr. Ferdinand Ogbe has attributed excessive exposure of young people to internet usage to an increase...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: CADEC calls for regular breasts cancer screening
As part of the streamlined activities to commemorate this year's Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) globally, Care and Development Center (CADEC), a healthy lifestyle...
Processed meat linked to breast cancer
Regularly eating foods like bacon and sausages may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to researchers.
A review of studies found women who ate...
Women at greater risk of stroke,dementia and Parkinson’s
Nearly half of women and one in three men are at risk of developing stroke or degenerative neurological diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s...
