Medichealth

04/07/2017

How modern life affects our physical and mental health

Modern day living is a multifaceted compendium of evolving technology and social media. Communication outlets are changing every part of our lives so rapidly that it can be tough to adjust. Are technology and media affecting our physical and mental health?
Technology has improved the lives of many people, with almost half of adults in the United States unable to imagine life without their smartphone.

03/07/2017

Ebola Outbreak Declared Over in Democratic Republic of Congo After Four Deaths

03/07/2017

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Many women at high risk for breast cancer do not take the drug tamoxifen to prevent the disease, often because they confuse naturally occurring symptoms with side effects from the drug. That’s the finding of a new study of nearly 4,000 women tracked for almost five years in the United Kingdom. One U...

19/06/2017

What do turmeric, apples, and grapes have in common? According to a new study, they could hold the key to preventing and treating one of the most common cancers in the United States. Researchers have identified a number of natural compounds that have the potential to “starve” prostate cancer tumor...

08/06/2017

According to the research abstract published recently in an online supplement of Sleep, social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health outcomes. http://medichealth.com.ng/difference-between-weekday-and-weekend-sleep-found-to-be-connected-to-negative-health-outcomes/

09/05/2017

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has assured the newly freed Chibok schoolgirls of the commitment of the federal government to their health and well-being. Mr. Adewole gave the assurance on Monday during a visit to the 82 girls at a health facility in Abuja where they are currently receiving c...

09/05/2017

Film has risen up out of China that demonstrates the moment an eel is surgically expelled from a patient’s body, after it was supposedly embedded for sexual delight. The video presented on LiveLeak has gotten more than 50,000 perspectives in under 24 hours. In the video, a surgeon delicately holds o...

08/05/2017

A restorative specialist, Dr. Florence Onua, has been shot dead by Gunmen around Government Area in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. Onua, an expert and family doctor at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMSH, Port Harcourt, was supposedly shot while coming back from work on F...

08/05/2017

Two specialists were discovered dead in their Boston penthouse with their throats cut on Friday night, as indicated by numerous reports. Dr. Richard Field, 49, and Dr. Lina Bolanos, 38, who were engaged, were found with their hands bound and there was “a message of retaliation” purportedly composed…

05/05/2017

The first Private University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria with the proposed name PAMO University is under way, the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Rasheed has said. Talking while at the same time getting the records of the proposed college, including…

04/05/2017

The Programme Manager, Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA), Mr. Francis Umoh, has noted that even though about 196,000 adolescents are living with Human Immuno Virus/Acquired Immune Disease (HIV/AIDS) in Nigeria, only about 20 per cent knows their status. He said it was disheartening that ad...

04/05/2017

Chairman, Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency, DSPHCDA, Dr Richard Kofi, has restated the resolve of the agency to adopt the Primary Health Care Under One Roof, PHCUOR, in the state. Kofi, who spoke at a one-day sensitisation meeting on health sector towards domesticating the Nationa...