Angela Onwuzoo As the world commemorates this year’s Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Month, a fertility specialist, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, has said about 70 percent of women living with the condition are not aware that they have it due to ignorance. PCOS is a common hormonal condition that ...

Angela Onwuzoo Child health specialists have given reasons why only trained and qualified health workers should be allowed to administer injections, citing the potential health risk associated with injections given to babies by quacks. According to them, injections should not just be given in ...

Angela Onwuzoo Gynaecologists under the aegis of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria have expressed concern over the high rate of home delivery among poor pregnant women in the country occasioned by economic hardship. Already, SOGON said about 80 per cent of women in the country ...

Angela Onwuzoo Nutrition experts have identified a lack of adequate dietary knowledge as one of the major reasons many Nigerians do not make efforts to include fruits, nuts, seeds, and whole grains in their diet. The nutritionists said healthy foods which are required to promote health and ...

Angela Onwuzoo   A professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bala Audu, has emerged as President of the Nigerian Medical Association. Audu, who will pilot the affairs of the association for the next two years was elected at the annual delegates meeting held in Calabar, Cross Rivers state. The ...

Angela Onwuzoo A non-profit organisation, DKT International Nigeria has enlightened residents of the Makoko community in Lagos State on the importance of family planning. The NGO said family planning has been identified as the most cost-effective means to improve the health of mothers in ...

Angela Onwuzoo A Nigerian-American critical care and pulmonary care physician, Dr. Ngozika Orjioke has called on the Federal Government to enact a law that will make sickle cell genotype testing compulsory for newborns in Nigeria. Orjioke, who is the co-founder of CMG Global Foundation, ...