19 illegal hospitals closed down in Delta

The Delta state government through its Ministry of Health, has sealed 19 illegal private hospitals in the Delta North Senatorial District.

Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Daniel Omodon, who disclosed this in Asaba, on Tuesday, said that the closure was aimed at improving the quality of healthcare delivery in the state. He said that the exercise would continue next…

Nelson Mandela battles Lung Infection again

CAPE TOWN  (AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s lengthy absence from the spotlight has forced his adoring country to envisage what their hard-won and often fraught multi-racial democracy means without the man who forged it. The beloved and frail 94-year-old, who is back in hospital with a lung infection, still embodies for most South Africans the “Rainbow Nation” he strived for despite endless persecution…

Superbug Bacteria Increasing in Meats: Should You Be Concerned?

Superbug Bacteria Increasing in Meats: Should You Be Concerned?

In 2011, a branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention known as the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System conducted a study to gauge the amount of antibiotic resistant bacteria in common grocery store meats like pork chops and ground beef. The results were significant, and suggested that…

Eating Less Fish While Pregnant Results In Children With Lower IQ – STUDY REVEALS

Scientists are finding that there is a relationship between what a mother eats and her child’s IQ. Using women in Britain for the study, researchers concluded that women who eat less fish had kids with lower IQs than those whose mothers ate plenty of fish.Study leader, Margaret Rayman, of the University of Surrey worked with colleagues at the University of Bristol to…

New york Hospital allows doctor high on cocaine to perform surgery

A top New York hospital allowed a surgeon to perform surgery despite being high on drugs, according to court documents.

A world-renowned cardiologist was allowed to continue operating in a prestigious Manhattan hospital after testing positive for cocaine, according to court documents and the doctor himself.

Dr. Jeffrey Moses, 64, was accused by his two…

‘My Pikin’ killer syrup manufacturers bag 7-year jail term, court winds-up company

Two employees of Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Adeyemo Abiodun and Ebele Eromosele, were on Friday sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

The company and its employees were docked on a six-count charge of the production of a killer syrup, “my pikin.”

A mild drama played out, midway into the judgment, as one of the convicts, Adeyemo…

Study proves women who eat more bananas produce sons

Women can influence the gender of their child with what they eat before they conceive, according to new research that lends scientific support to age-old superstitions about pregnancy.

The discovery shows higher calorie intake prior to conception can significantly increase the chances of having a son while women on restricted diets are more likely to produce daughters.

Scientists at Britain’s Oxford and…

9,660 People Tested HIV Positive In Lagos Within One Year – Government

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday. disclosed that 9, 660 residents of the state tested positive to HIV virus of the 102,279 patients examined in the last one year.

The government also said 431 healthcare facilities across the state would be shut for contravening the state healthcare standards.

The state government, however, said it was impossible to guarantee total free healthcare services for the over 18…

Breast cancer cases soar, kills 12,000 women annually!

Women under 50 are being diagnosed with breast cancer at the record rate of 27 a day, reaching 10,000 a year for the first time.One in five cases now involve women in this age bracket, while the rate is still climbing among older women.

Experts fear modern lifestyles are to blame for the rise among younger women. Many are drinking excessively, overeating and failing…

40% of Bird Flu Victims Didn’t Touch Birds: Report

H7N9 is growing no less mysterious: Roughly 40% of those infected in China’s bird flu outbreak have never actually come in contact with poultry, according to a leading Chinese scientist, and the World Health Organization yesterday backed up that claim. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl acknowledged “there are people who have no history of contact with poultry. … This is…