A Consultant Physician at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Prof. Godwin Onyebueke says the increase in diabetes and hypertension cases is due to economic stress caused by hardship in the country.
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A Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Bode Adejumo, has raised alarm that many Nigerian young adults in their 30s were being diagnosed with hypertension.
A Consultant Physician at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Dr. Samuel Ajayi, has advised Nigerians to consider reducing…
The President of Nigerian Hypertension Society, Prof. Simeon Isezuo, has advised Nigerians to ensure regular blood pressure check at reputable health facilities for healthy living.
Out of the 11.2 million Nigerians living with diabetes, 90% of them has type 2, and the disease can affect any part of the body.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African countries to implement their commitments through policies and programmes that would address the root causes of hypertension to promote healthy living.
A professor of Food Science and Technology, with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Olufunmilayo Omoba has said that…
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has instituted a research work that would help reduce the burden of high…
By Cecilia Ologunagba and Justina Auta The founder of Queen Zara Foundation, Joyce Roberts, has urged Nigerians to go for…
By Cecilia Ologunagba A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Queen Zara Foundation, is set to embark on ‘roll back hypertension’ campaign and …