Graduates of medical colleges from 9 Nigerian higher institutions seeking to register or obtain a license to practice in the United Kingdom have been barred by the General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom.

Authorities in Somalia launched on Friday a campaign to tackle cholera which has infected about 60,000 in the country since the start of the year, the World Health Organisation said.

A vaccine against malaria has been shown to reduce African children's risk of acquiring the disease by about half, according to the first results of an ongoing phase III trial released Tuesday.

Spain's crisis spending has cut a bit deeper with its richest region, Catalonia, suspending payments this past week to care homes and mental clinics because the money ran out.

Company-provided health insurance, one of the largest costs of US businesses and households alike, rose nine percent over the past year despite the sluggish economy, according to a new study released Tuesday.

Officials in Nigeria's northern Kano state say parents who refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio may be prosecuted. The government order issued this week comes as the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, has been pressuring Nigeria's northern states to promote vaccination against the highly contagious

Passive smoking nearly doubles a teenager's risk of hearing loss, research reveals. Investigators say the findings, from a study of over 1,500 US teens aged 12 to 19, suggest that secondhand tobacco smoke directly damages young ears.

Teenagers - especially girls - who binge drink could be damaging the part of their brain which controls memory and spatial awareness, say Californian researchers. Young women's brains are particularly vulnerable to harm from alcohol because they develop earlier than men's.

THE crusade for polio eradication assumed a new dimension yesterday, with the 36 governors announcing a quarterly sensitisation of Nigerians. Launching the programme under the aeges of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NUF), the governors said the essence is to raise the level of awareness on the need to end the deadly

Women with repeated miscarriages can be reassured that their chance of having a healthy baby is the same as women who have never miscarried, say experts. The news comes from a large meeting in Sweden where doctors are discussing the latest advances in fertility medicine.

A new report on malaria research says funding has risen dramatically and should lead to new drugs, vaccines and other weapons for the fight against malaria within a few years Amid all the gloomy talk of economic recession and dire warnings that the amount of money available for development aid is going to shrink, a report on the state

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro yesterday said cancer and other Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) could be curbed, if governments, the private sector, academia and scientists join forces against them.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for global action to end the Aids disease by 2020. "That is our goal - zero new infections, zero stigma and zero Aids-related deaths," Mr Ban said at a UN summit on Aids in New York.

As per a research done by MIT’s Josh Tenenbaum, Associate Professor of cognitive science and computation, infants’ 1-year-old, have the aptitude of making evaluation of any occurrence that they have never witnessed before.

On the ballot in San Francisco this fall will be a proposal making it a crime to circumcise male children. If the measure passes, anyone convicted of circumcising a baby boy could be fined up to $1,000 and sentenced to a year in prison. Even for San Francisco, this is madness.

The bacteria responsible for stomach ulcers have been linked to Parkinson's disease, according to researchers in the US. Mice infected with Helicobacter pylori went onto develop Parkinson's like symptoms. The study, presented at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, argues that infection could play "a significant role".

Bristol University is to carry out research into the causes of dementia with a new gene analysis machine. Alzheimer's Research UK has helped pay for the equipment with a £48,000 grant.

Luanda – The Japanese ambassador to Angola, Kazuhiko Koshikawa, Thursday in Luanda, delivered poliomyelitis vaccines estimated at Usd 4.7 million to the Health Ministry (MINSA), Angop learned. The donation was received by the deputy Health minister, Evelise Fresta and was part of a Japanese Government financial contribution

HIV positive mothers can exclusively breastfeed their babies for six months to keep them healthy and free of infection if placed on anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. David Okello, the WHO Country Representative, made the affirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

This Mother’s Day, moms in Tennessee and around the world have more to celebrate than ever before. Infant mortality rates are declining in many communities and many countries. Yet even today, where a woman gives birth determines dramatically different odds of survival for her child. We can, and must, change that.