Stress is commonly described as the impact of a negative force (could be neutral or positive), from within and without on an individual’s mental and physical wellbeing. An individual’s response to stressors (stress-causing situations) generally affects the individual directly or his environment.

Clerics of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Gombe State have advised youths against denting the image of the country through drug abuse and internet fraud.

American sprinter Christian Coleman is under investigation over concerns he may have missed three drugs tests, BBC Sport has been told. If found guilty he would face an automatic one-year ban and would miss the World Championships in Qatar and the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year.

If a person has relatives who are mentally challenged, there is a higher chance that they themselves will have one. Much like some physical illness, such as high blood pressure or breast cancer, it is essential to be aware of a family history of mental health, as they can have a predisposition to mental illness.

Drug abuse is the increasing desire to use some certain amount of medicine without any prescription or  recommendation from a medical practitioner. This is prevalent in the society today, especially, among youths. Abuse of drugs has an adverse effect on all human activities, psychologically, emotionally and physically. Below are some of the effects of drug…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has destroyed about 58 containers of banned Tramadol and other illicit drugs worth N14.7 billion intercepted by its operatives at various Customs formation in Lagos, and other parts of the country.    

President, Nigerian Spine Society (NSS) Dr. Kabir Abubakar has cautioned members of the public, especially motorists not to drive under the influence of alcohol...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to treat a common genetic kidney disease, which is a major cause of kidney failure. Working with Glasgow-based biotech company Mironid and colleagues in the United States (U.S.), the Sheffield researchers have carried out successful laboratory…

For the first time, scientists have found a drug that can delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in those who are at high risk of developing the autoimmune disease, a finding some experts are calling a milestone in type 1 diabetes research. In high-risk people, 14 days of therapy with the experimental drug teplizumab…

Dr. Lolu Ojo is the Chairman of the Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy (NAP) Committee on drug and substance abuse. Ojo who is also the Managing Director, Merit Healthcare Limited, former Chairman, Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP), and Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) in this interview with The Guardian unveiled plans…

One of the leading contenders to replace Theresa May as Britain's next prime minister has admitted to using cocaine two decades ago. Environment Secretary Michael Gove, who is among the frontrunners to succeed May after she resigned as Conservative Party leader on Friday, said he regretted it. "About 20 years ago before I was married,…

Nigerian undergraduates have condemned lack of drugs in their various institutions’ health centres, saying they rely on chemists and roadside drug hawkers for their healthcare services. Recent checks by The Guardian on the state of health clinics in higher institutions situated in Lagos, following the death of a Part III student of Obafemi Awolowo University…