Health

A Public Health Specialist, Mrs. Tonia Sodunke, has appealed to the Federal Government to remove taxes on menstrual pads to make them more accessible for girls, particularly those living in rural areas. She made the call Thursday…
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Government at all levels have been advised to come up with an initiative that will take off the burden of payment for open heart surgery by sufferers of the ailments in the country. This advice was given by the Head of Cardiac…
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Twelve-year-old Adebola Akin-Bright, whose small part of his intestines was missing while undergoing treatment has died. The PUNCH learnt that he died on Tuesday evening at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. …
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The Director General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr Muhammad Mahmud has said that about 520 children are suspected to have lost their lives following the diphtheria outbreak in the state this year (2023). …
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A 52-year-old mother-of-five, Mrs Amaka Animba, is fighting for her life after she was diagnosed with kidney disease. Since December 2022, the once happy and easy-going woman has become a shadow of herself. Speaking…
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A doctor, Dr. Kunal Sood, has revealed a hack that can help you get rid of your pounding headache — and it has ‘no side effects’. Dr. Sood is a board-certified acute and chronic pain doctor who resides in Germantown, Maryland. He…
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Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a bioreactor device that uses human kidney cells cultured in the laboratory and mimics some of the key functions of a kidney. The device, according to the scientists,…
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A 60-year-old woman, Adebisi Odubiro, who hails from Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, has appealed to kind-hearted Nigerians to urgently come to her aid to raise N20m for a kidney transplant. Odubiro, according to her medical report issued by…
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