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Heatwave: Drink plenty water, doctors issue safety tips to Nigerians
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has issued health safety guidelines for the heatwave currently being experienced in parts of the country.
The association made the advisory in a message posted via its X handle on…
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Experts advise men: Be sexually active to prevent prostate cancer
To prevent prostate cancer, some medical practitioners have advised men to eat a balanced diet and be engaged in regular sex.
The experts gave the advice on Friday in Lagos.
The Coordinator of One-Stop-Breast Cancer Clinic, Lagos…
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STIs, unwanted pregnancies loom as condom price skyrockets
As the price of condoms skyrockets in Nigeria, medical practitioners and other concerned stakeholders fear that it could lead to low demand and force many people into unsafe sex, which could increase sexually transmitted infections…
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Help! 23-years-old with cheek tumour needs N620,000 for surgery
A 23-year-old mechanic, Basit Ismail, has appealed to individuals and organisations to assist him in raising the sum of N620,000 for surgery to remove the tumour growing in his cheek.
Basit, who resides in Ikare, Ondo State,…
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Help! Woman needs N6m for cancer treatment
A Lagos-based woman, Mrs.Taiwo Shodola, who is battling breast cancer has cried to the public for financial help to pay for her treatment and surgery.
She said her husband has exhausted his life savings and sold valuable items to…
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Help! Parent seeks N1m to save baby with hole in the heart
The mother of one-year-old Mofeoluwa Ochoche-Samuel have requested assistance for their daughter who needs N1m for an open-heart surgery for multiple holes in the heart.
Little Mofeoluwa was diagnosed with this heart defect…
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How to prevent Parkinson’s disease — Expert
The National President of the Association of Clinical and Academic Physiotherapists of Nigeria, Dr Udoka Okafor, has identified age factors, and contaminated water as major causes of Parkinson’s disease in Nigeria.
Okafor, who…
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Physician begs FG: Remove taxes on menstrual pads
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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Nigeria only country where citizens pay for heart surgery – Expert
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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Tears as boy with missing intestine dies
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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