I have heard and read many a times of this common statement, “The federal Ministry of Health warns that Tobacco smoking is dangerous to your health” or “The federal ministry of health warns that Smokers are liable to die young”. Despite all these warnings in Nigeria for instance, the production, sale and smoking of cigarette…
Lagos is a port city located in South West corner of Nigeria. Because it is located besides the Atlantic Ocean, this city became the economic and financial capital of Nigeria. Not only that, Lagos possess beautiful beaches, lagoons, and creeks, making this city a popular tourist spot in the continent of Africa. With its huge…
Medical science is a huge arena that is jammed with diversified sections and options. When a person falls sick, the medical treatment is immediately initiated by a general physician. He physically examines him/her to understand the reason for the ailment. If the medical practitioner fails to understand the internal issues or the initial level of…
In today’s rapidly growing world, health care and medicine remain controversial and important topics. The demand for doctors and health care specialists is always high, yet it takes years of specialized education and training to train these individuals. Medicine and surgery are serious professions, and the individuals who become certified physicians are highly skilled and…
Traditional classroom instructor, Mr. Dean Sahbroo, has a great job. He gets to school every morning at 8:00 am, reboots his computer, turns on the projector, and unzips the day’s lesson plans from the mini drive he carries around on his key chain. The computer screen initiates and little icons start appearing, then after a…
Nutrition is an unavoidable factor in education and health growth of a nation. A healthy student is a productive student. Good nutrition is increasingly perceived as an investment in human capital that yields returns today as well as in the future, while bad nutrition is a treat to the nation. The global loss of social…
Instead of exploiting new function for the lucrative Smartphone, Nokia is focusing on simpler cell phone market of the poorest consumers. Nokia plans to announce an expanding program, called Lift Tools, parts of its Ovi mobile service business, to Nigeria. Since then, it will only cost 250 Nigerian naira, or $1.75 a month, for Nigeria…
Maternal and Child Mortality in Nigeria For the most part, Nigeria is doing poorly in the health industry. Given its developmental stage however, the country is not expected to perform at the same level of excellence with Industrialized countries. But its poor and jeopardized developmental pathway has retarded its overall socioeconomic progress. The statistics is…
For some time now, there continues to be some confusion between the terms Medical Technologist (MT) and Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS). Are they synonymous? We will now elaborate on the history of this profession, explain the reason for this ambiguity, and clarify the correct name for this profession. Medical laboratorians have been a recognized profession…