Health

A student who fell asleep while listening to music on his earbuds woke up completely deaf in one ear. One of the student’s earbuds fell out while he was sleeping, otherwise he might have lost hearing in both of his ears, medics say. Luckily, the unidentified second-year university student received …

A parasitic twin has been successfully separated from his brother, Abubakar Sani, by a team of surgeons at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa university Teaching hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi State. Sani was born, two months ago, in Azare, Katagum LGA of the State, through natural delivery and taken to Federal Medical Center …

Doctors at the Quang Tri General Hospital in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, recently, took an unorthodox approach to treating a patient suffering from alcohol poisoning – feeding him 15 cans of beer in a bid to save his life. Nguyen Van Nhat, 48, was hospitalized on December 25, 2018, with …

A witness, Mrs Fatima Abdurrahman, has told a Lagos High Court in Igbosere that justice was being sought by the family of the late Nabil Hanga, a 26-year-old graduate student of Stamford University, who died aboard a flight arranged by De Flight Medics, commonly known as Flying Doctors. “I would …

Popular Nigerian singer, Tekno Miles, has asked fans to pray for him as he is currently away receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Apparently Tekno has been in the background because of his health and has been unable to chase up with work. In a note posted on Instagram, Tekno gave …

For 39 years, a Nigerian couple prayed and hoped fervently for a child of their own. The wife, 67, went from one hospital to another in Nigeria and India to have the fruit of the womb.     The couple consulted doctor after doctor. They went through various tests and procedures. …

Five persons have been rushed to Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium clinic due to rush for entry into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) convention venue, the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. The health cases arose from the rush at the entry /exit point of the convention arena. The security personnel had a …

Nigeria has less than 36,000 doctors attending to over 182 million patients. A medical expert of Health Policy/ Systems Development Unit Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Jubril Mohammad Bashar, has disclosed Bashar disclosed this at a one-day capacity building workshop on Basic Healthcare Funding in …

While other kids head for school every morning enthusiastic about the long day ahead, Uwais Usman, a fourteen-year-old boy, lies in his hospital bed, writhing in severe pain and agony, wishing he had functioning kidneys to go to enable him go to school like other kids. He will be fifteen …

Joe Stramondo and his wife, Leah, could have been any other 30-something couple hoping for a child as they sat answering questions in a doctor’s office. They had miscarried once before, when Leah was seven weeks along, and they were desperate for a baby; Leah eagerly, if nervously, answered questions …