Acting Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Prof. Chris Bode, has asked the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to embrace dialogue as panacea towards solving industrial action.
Bode made the appeal while reacting to the ongoing nationwide strike that has crippled healthcare services across government health institutions in the country.
He said that incessant strikes was not the best way to press home demands

People with the itchy skin condition eczema are more likely than others to have osteoporosis – which may be undiagnosed – and fractures, according to a new analysis.
Eczema, which is marked by red, swollen, itchy skin, can be caused by other diseases, irritants or allergies. It is usually treated with topical corticosteroids or oral antihistamines.

Chairman of Medical Health Workers Union of Nigeria in Zamfara, Sabo Tsafe, said they would join the strike by National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) if the latter’s requests were not met by government.
Tsafe issued the threat during interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Saturday.
The chairman said they would join the strike if the Federal Government failed to respond to the demand of their colleagues.

No fewer than 50 doctors on Wednesday donated blood at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, for those in need.
The donation was part of the programmes lined up for the Annual General Meeting of the Association of Resident Doctors, LASUTH chapter.

Ultimate Health Management Services, one of the Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) re-accredited by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has announced a strategic implementation of a five year business consolidation plan with effect from January, 2015.
This new business concept was based on the recapitalization and re-accreditation of the company as a national HMO by the NHIS, which is the regulator.

An endocrinologist, Dr Aforke Isiavwe, Tuesday, urged operators of healthcare facilities to initiate, implement and strictly enforce standard safety measures to prevent resurgence of Ebola virus in the country.
Isiavwe, who is also the Medical Director of Rainbow Special Medical Centre, Lekki, Lagos, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.Ebola: Expert calls for enforcement of strict standard safety measures in health facilities

The Chief Executive Officer (Ceo), Sarisand Healthcare Consultancy, Lagos, DR Andrew Isiorho, on Sunday called for behavioural change and regular exercise, as a way of managing stress.
Isiorho gave the advice during a presentation titled “Stress: its relationship with hypertension and how it can be managed’’.

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TUBECULOSIS is a contagious infection that involves the lung. Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium mycobacterium tuberculosis and it is spread through the air. Nearly 1.5 million people are killed globally by the infection every year and there are concerns some cases are becoming untreatable. These diseases-causing bacteria are discharged into the atmosphere in the form of minute droplets when patients infected with tuberculosis cough, speak or sneeze. These droplets have a tendency to evaporate quickly but the bacteria continue to be airborne for a very long time.

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The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU),   and the Assembly of Health Care Professionals in a statement made available to newsmen and a copy obtained by Daily Champion has made its position known on the on-going nationwide strike embark by health workers.

RESEARCHERS  at the Oxford University in Britain have discovered that the age of 13 is the optimum age for monthly periods to begin and women who start their cycles at age ten or younger or 17 or older appear to be more likely to have a heart condition or stroke.