The Chief Medical Director, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Darlington Obaseki, has advised Nigerians to always observe regular handwashing and other stipulated safety measures to avoid the current third wave of COVID-19 raging in India and some other countries.

Public Health expert, Dr. Gabriel Adakole, says people who are asthmatic are more at risk while the COVID-19 pandemic lasts, urging them to be aware and well informed about the condition. Adakole noted that asthma and COVID-19 have certain symptoms in common, underscoring the need for health workers to effectively differentiate between the two in order not to jeopardise lives.

,Experts say where you carry the weight in your body will determine whether or not you are susceptible to developing cardiovascular disease later in life. The five most common cardiovascular disease are: Heart Attack — or myocardial infarction, which usually tops the list of cardiovascular diseases in the United States, for instance.

It may seem like an unusual place to go looking for answers, but the contents of a baby’s first diaper can reveal a lot about a newborn’s future health. In a new study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of University of British Columbia researchers says that the composition of a baby’s first poop —

A sexual health educator, Dr. Opeyemi Adeyemi, says exposure to high temperatures for a long time can kill the sperm and lower sperm count. According to her, exposure to high temperatures like hot tubs, hot baths, or saunas even placing a laptop on the laps can cause the temperature of the testes to become too hot and can lead to a lower sperm count.

Chief Executive Director of Health, Environment and Development Foundation, Dr. Bamgboye Afolabi, says that malaria in pregnancy is dangerous, noting that it often leads to placental malaria which is deadly to both mother and child.

The President, Federation of African Nutrition Societies, Prof. Ngozi Nnam, says people who want to lose weight should be involved in physical activities rather than consuming concoctions that could jeopardise their health.

Physicians have warned against skipping the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination. They noted that such a decision can totally eliminate immunity already built against the virus and increase the risk of vulnerability to variants of COVID-19.

A Sociologist, Prof. Onipede Wusu, says sexual and reproductive wellbeing are critical to health and life expectancy rate in any society. Wusu, of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lagos State University, Ojo, made the call while delivering the institution’s 77th inaugural lecture on Tuesday in Lagos.

Women who are underweight or overweight are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing recurrent miscarriages compared to those of average weight, says a new United Kingdom study. The study, led by a team of researchers from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, notes that abnormal Body Mass Index exacerbates a woman’s risk of suffering from repeated miscarriages.