Health

National AIDS Control Agency (NACA) has revealed that the decrease in awareness creation campaign on HIV/AIDS has resulted in noticeable increase in the spread of the virus among Nigerian youth population.

Speaking during advocacy visits to media stations and government agencies in Ilorin on Tuesday, Head, Public Relations and Protocol of the agency, Mrs Toyin Aderibigbe, said that the deadly disease had been spreading mostly in rural communities of Nigeria.

The NACA boss, who lamented porous nature of most of the nation’s borders, stressed that increasing number of people living in rural boundary areas get infected through contact with HIV positive persons.

The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has reiterated government’s commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2025. The minister made this known while briefing newsmen on Monday in Abuja as part of activities to commemorate 2018 World Health Day with the theme “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere.”

Four in 10 prostate cancer cases in the UK are diagnosed late, a study suggests.

The report by charity Orchid found a "worrying trend" of late diagnosis with 37% of prostate cancer cases diagnosed at stages three and four.

The report found one in four cases of prostate cancer was diagnosed in A&E.

Welcome To The Future, these were the opening words of Dr. Raqif who appeared on The Doctors Show to talk about a highly advanced brain supplement that is sending shock-waves through the medical community.

Major pharmaceutical companies were up in arms after The Doctors referred to it as “Viagra for the Brain”. This ground-breaking pill is called +IQ Points and many experts believe it could be the most powerful brain enhancer in the world.

It first came into the spotlight about 3 years ago when the creators of the “Limitless” movie cited +IQ Points as their inspiration for the fictional drug NZT-48.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for increased and more quality investments in Africa’s health sector to achieve universal health coverage and address some of the health challenges currently confronting the continent. According to NAN, AfDB made the call on Saturday on the occasion of World Health Day tagged “Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere”, with the slogan “Health for All”.

There is hope for lung cancer sufferers worldwide. A breakthrough research has found that the use of two existing drugs could successfully treat the disease. The study delves deep into the molecular survival kit of lung tumours. Many cancer deaths are driven by the KRAS oncogene. KRAS is an essential gene, but in its mutant form, it is an important step in the generation of many types of cancer.