The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) in Ekiti State, South west Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has entered into partnership with the Africa Development Bank (ADB) to acquire high end diagnostic facilities at the University Teaching Hospital to provide the best medical services in the country; this according to him will help to reduce frequent medical travels to abroad by Nigerians. …
Daily Archives : Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
Fire engulfs Mogadishu biggest Hospital, Somalia.
Mar 22, 2016 0
A medical officer confirmed the fire outbreak that tore through the surgical unit of Medina Hospital, the biggest medical centre in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
The Medina Hospital Director, Dr. Mohammed Yusuf said that an intense blaze that appeared have severely damaged the Operating Room (OR) and medical equipments in the building but fire fighters managed to contain the blaze and all patients and medical staff members of the hospital were safe after the fire tragedy. …
Governor’s SA canvases for exclusive breast feeding in Calabar.
Mar 22, 2016 0
Speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ advocacy and sensitization dialogue of breastfeeding held in Calabar, Cross River State, the Special Adviser to the Governor of the State on Primary Health care, Dr. Betta Edu, urged nursing mothers in the country to begin exclusive breastfeeding for their new-born babies up to two years as this goes a long way to fortifying babies immune system.
She also said that exclusive breastfeeding helps to build a child’s sensory, cognitive abilities, enhance bonding as well as help to guard against some infectious diseases.
Link between poor sleep and mental health problems- Expert.
Mar 22, 2016 0
At a seminar organized by Vitafoam Nigeria plc as part of activities to mark the World Sleep Day in Lagos, An Internal Medicine Specialist, Dr. Patrick Ijewere who spoke at the seminar said that individuals who suffer Insomnia and other poor sleeping problems are at the risk of developing psychological and mental health challenges. …
Two blasts kill 26 in Belgium
Mar 22, 2016 0
Two bomb blasts today in Brussels, Capital of Belgium have claimed 26 lives and injured 130 others. The first went off at about 8.30 am at the departure hall of Brussels airport while the seond occurred about an hour later at a metro sub station near the EU headquarters. …
Cases of fake products, drugs on the increase in South-east Nigeria..
Mar 22, 2016 0
While delivering the 104th inaugural lecture, the Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Mrs. Justina Nnabuko lamented that substandard products as well as un-registered pharmaceutical drugs and products were still common in the South-East of Nigeria and that despite committed efforts by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), some desperate business men still flood the country with fake products. …
Free surgical outreach project in Ikot-Abasi, Akwa ibom.
Mar 22, 2016 0
A free surgical outreach exercise organized by the Family Empowerment and Youths Reorientation programme (FEYReP) in conjunction with the Pro-Health International and the Akwa-Ibom State Association of Nigeria (AKISAN USA incorporated) tookplace at the Ikot-Abasi General Hospital and not less than 5000 indigenes of Ikot-Abasi and its environs benefitted from it. …
Facts on glaucoma
Mar 22, 2016 0
The eye consists of three cavities. The “front” two chambers are connected through the pupil. The dividing diaphragm is the mobile iris (the iris is that part of the eye which labels a person black, brown or blue-eyed).
The “front” two cavities are called anterior and posterior chambers respectively. The posterior chamber is separated by the lens from the very large vitreous chamber.
A specialized tissue from which the disc-like lens is suspended (Ciliary body) continuously produces a watery, transparent fluid called aqueous humor. The ciliary body, the lens and the suspensory ligaments, divide the vitreous chamber from the posterior chamber.
