Nick Partridge, chief executive of the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity the Terrence Higgins Trust, is knighted.

Orbit Medical is proud to announce that they have received accreditation from The Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).

New Year's Eve is one of the biggest nights of the year for partying until dawn. If you've ever suffered through the day-after hangover, it's probably something you'd like to avoid repeating.

Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simplesteps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk ofone of breast cancer's troubling legacies — the painful and sometimessevere arm swelling called lymphedema. Lymphedema has long been aneglected side

After Ben Roethlisberger got hit in Sunday's game against the Browns, the Steeler Nation collectively held its breath as he lay on a stretcher for 15 minutes. Then a sigh of relief as he raised a thumb to the crowd.

CHITUNGWIZA Central Hospital has recorded 58 normal births so far this festive season with 10 having been born on Christmas Day.

THE Government with support from the African Development Bank has given 22 ambulances worth sh94m each to hospitals and health centres in southwestern Uganda.

A groundbreaking program called Nurses Strengthening Our AIDS Response, or simply Nurses SOAR, is sending nurses specially trained in HIV/AIDS care from the United States to hospitals and clinics in Africa to act as mentors for increasingly burdened nursing staffs.

Special Adviser on Community Health to Governor Olusola Saraki of Kwara State, Hajia Rukayat Yissa has reiterated the state's commitment to the health care delivery service and wellbeing of the citizenry.

Mrs Grace Ekpiwhre, the immediate-past Minister of Science and Technology, says food shortage and diseases plaguing the African continent can be addressed through purposeful scientific research.

What a year 2008 was! But whether or not we need to shed a tear for the passing of this doomed year remains to be seen. Quite right, every Nigerian had fears at the beginning, but now that the year

Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong, the newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Health is like coming into a familiar terrain after serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation as well as

In a bid to ensure quality healthcare delivery to the people the Benue State Executive Council has approved the commencement of comprehensive renovation of 10 general hospitals across the state just as it also gave approval for the construction of

Last week President Umar Yar'Adua appointed new ministers and their various portfolios. National Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharm. Gbenga Olubowale, spoke to Chioma Obinna specifically, on the appointment of the new Minister of Health Minister.

GOVERNOR Peter Obi has commended the people of the state for what he described as the relatively crime-free Christmas celebration in the state and invited the people who returned from other parts of the country and beyond to feel free

The Minister of Health Dr. Richard Sezibera has said that the ministry is drafting a Patient Charter of Rights which will enable patients to understand their rights when receiving health services.

A GROUP of medical doctors from Ihiala in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State based in the United States of America (USA) have expressed shock at the number of people suffering from hypertension, diabetes, high blood pressure and other

At the moment, it is estimated that only one third of the world population has access to safe drinking water. Consequently, water borne diseases are prevalent and are major factors contributing to both mortality and morbidity, more especially among young

Women in Malawi continue to be exposed to the risk of HIV infection as the country does not have laws criminalizing social or cultural practices that negatively impinge their rights basing on their sex.