Resident Doctors Set for Nationwide Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARDs), has issued a nationwide strike notice effective Sept. 4. Dr Olusegun Olaopa, the President of NARDs, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, announced this on Wednesday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan.

Depression: 7m Nigerians Affected – Family Health Expert

Dr Olabode Shabi, Chairman of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria, (SFPN) Ekiti Zone, has said that about seven million Nigerians currently suffer stress and depression. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the medical consultant made this disclosure at Ado Ekiti in a ceremony organized by the Information Chapel of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Too much of good cholesterol bad for your health

Researchers claim that while high levels of "good" cholesterol have long known to be beneficial, its excess can also raise the risk of death. The findings showed that people with extremely high levels of good cholesterol have a higher mortality rate than people with normal levels.

Eating too much salt could double the risk of heart failure

A new European study has found that a high intake of salt can double the risk of heart failure, with researchers now suggesting that salt consumption needs to be reduced to below even current guidelines. Carried out by researchers from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland, the study set out to assess the link between salt intake and its role in the development of heart failure.

Prof. Ganiyu Arinola, a Senior Lecturer of Immunology at the University of Ibadan, has said cell-phone radiation might likely cause male infertility. Arinola, the Head of Department of Chemical Pathology, University College Hospital (UCH), told the interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there had been a public attention on the issue.

WHO To Prevent Malaria, Cholera Outbreaks In Flood-Hit Sierra Leone

The United Nations health agency is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in the wake of last week's mudslides and flooding in the country's capital, Freetown.