“Spit don’t rinse” is the message from a medical practitioner, Dr. Olufunmilayo Adeniyi as she reveals many of us could be putting our oral health at risk by making the mistake of rinsing after we brush our teeth. Speaking in an interview on Your View – a TV programme on Television Continental – Dr. Adeniyi said rinsing the mouth immediately after brushing washes away the concentrated fluoride in the remaining toothpaste by diluting it and reducing its preventative effects...

YOLA — About 4,000 lives were lost daily due to Tuberculosis infection with 28,000 people falling sick to the disease globally. Adamawa State Programme Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Doctor Boniface Gundiri disclosed this at a one-day sensitization programme to educate the public about the ailment to commemorate this year World TB Day. The programme which took place Thursday at the premises of the Out-Patient Department, OPD, of the Specialist Hospital Yola, was organized by...

Dr. Martin Adejo, a medical expert, has debunked the belief that grey hair is only for the aged. Responding to the News Agency of Nigeria’s survey on grey hair in Jos on Friday, Adejo attributed grey hair in people to genetics, stress, disease, and deficiency of vitamins. He said that some people could have grey hair very early in life from their primary or post-primary schools but that did not imply they were diseased. “I said earlier,...