Fly up the mountains with the On Running Cloudventure Peak trail running shoes

Trail running is one of the few sports that doesn't require excessive amount of equipment to be practised efficiently. You'll need your trail running shoes, probably a good reusable water bottle (we don't want to pollute the planet even more with single use plastics) and  if you are keen on monitoring your performance a fitness tracker for running. 

U.S. abortion rights groups sue over Missouri law

Prominent U.S. abortion rights groups Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late on Tuesday in an effort to stop a new Missouri law that bans almost all terminations of pregnancies after eight weeks.

NDLEA said that: Female students abuse drugs more than males

NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said female students in most Nigerian universities abuse hard drugs more than their male counterparts.

Nigerian dies in Japanese health centre after several days of hunger strike

Ilustrative Photo: Starving to death 

A Nigerian man detained at a Japanese immigration detention center has reportedly died after embarking on a hunger strike for several days to protest his lengthy detention.

The alarm over mercury poisoning

The recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the hazardous impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the country on human health and the environmental is disconcerting. According to the global health agency, as many as 850, 000 persons in 12 states of the country were exposed to mercury poisoning as a result of such activities.  WHO listed the affected states as Niger, Osun, Zamfara, Kebbi, Katsina, Kaduna, Kwara, Borno, Kaduna, Jigawa, Yobe and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). 

Latest: Nigeria not producing enough doctors said by Osibogun

A Nigeria Prof. Akin Osibogun, a former Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, has decried the shortage of manpower in the health sector.

Germany Investigates Chemical Material Exports to Syria

Although the exported materials can be used in manufacturing

drugs, they are also used in producing chemical weapons such as sarin gas writes Asharq al-Awsat.

Women take cocaine, tromadol, other hard drugs than men in Rivers – NDLEA

Revelation has emerged that there are now more females engaging in drugs and substance abuse in Rivers State than the male counterparts.

Hundreds of Malaysian schools close over pollution fears

More than 400 schools in southern Malaysia have been temporarily closed this week when dozens of students fell ill after being exposed to chemical pollution for the second time in three months.

We’re investing $180m domestic resources on health in 2019, FG

Federal Government has said it is currently investing over $180 million domestic resources on Nigeria’s health care system, exclusive of the 2019 budgetary allocation to the sector.

Health Professionals Need to Be Cautious on Social Media advertisement

For health professionals on social media, posting just one negative comment in frustration may harm their credibility with current or potential clients, according to a new Canadian study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Over 250 residents benefit from CLIY medical outreach

Not fewer than 250 residents benefited from a free medical outreach programme organized by the Concerned Lagos Island Youths (CLIY) at Razak Okoya lane, Lagos Island, Lagos State.

We can see faintly now, say Kaduna eye patients blinded by injection

They approached the National Eye Centre, Kaduna for poor eye sight due to cataract and other ailments, but the 10 patients went blind for three weeks after taking an injection at the centre.

Cholera Outbreak In Adamawa, One Dead, 76 Hospitalized

“Yola North reported 44 cases with 1 death (CFR= 2.3%); Yola South has 1 case with no death (CFR = 0%); and Girei recorded 31 cases with no death (CFR=0%).

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Adamawa State Government says it has recorded 76 cases since the outbreak of cholera in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.