Health

More top officials of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), have been suspended by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF), a humanitarian organization, on Sunday said it had deployed more than 1, 700 personnel to Borno to provide emergency support services to communities ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency. The organisation also known as ‘MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES’, said it was providing intervention in the areas of health care delivery, food and nutrition support as well as water and sanitation services.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has expressed worry over reports that more than half of foreign trained doctors and dentist failed the requisite examinations to secure practice license of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).

A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abiodun Aboyeji said the use of contraceptive in Nigeria was low, a development that has accounted for the increase in sexually transmitted diseases as well as unwanted pregnancies.

According to new research, having sex once a week could slow down the ageing process. A study published in Psychoneuroendocrinology in March found that women who have regular sex have longer telomeres – the caps on chromosomes that protect the integrity of the DNA.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 10-0 on Wednesday in favor of the leukemia treatment developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis Corp. The FDA usually follows recommendations from its expert panels, but isn't obligated to do so.