Safe ways to manage and treat chronic pain detail how to tackle chronic pain through medications, alternative therapies, and even watchful waiting that observes symptoms without treatment. One major aspect of chronic pain is its persistence over a longer period, resistance to most medical treatments, and affects millions of people. Chronic pain is caused by many factors, including nerve damage, …

A 81-year-old woman from Aral Moreira, Brazil, Daniela Vera, has died after undergoing surgery to remove a 56-year-old lithopedion, a calcified foetus, from her abdomen. Daniela had unknowingly carried the foetus since her youth, with doctors dismissing her complaints of stomach pain over the years. As reported by NDTV, on Friday, Vera visited a local health centre on March 10, …

The Ogun State government, on Monday, began the registration of residents for free surgical operations. Speaking at the flag-off of the exercise at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, the Executive Secretary of the Ogun State Health Insurance Agency, Dr Afolabi Dosunmu, said the intervention was on the directive of Governor Dapo Abiodun to provide succour to the people at this …

A 27-year-old lady, Hassan Motunrayo has sought the financial support of Nigerians as she battles inner cheek cancer. The small scale business owner disclosed that her health challenge began as a tooth ache in 2017 at her right cheek. “It started six years ago at my right cheek. It began gradually like a tooth ache. It was paining me and …

The Lagos State Government says 213 children have been listed to benefit from its Free Limb Deformity Corrective Surgery and Rehabilitation Programme, an intervention targeted at the treatment and rehabilitation of children with lower limb deformities. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye said 60 out of that number had already been operated upon. He disclosed …

The mother of Ewatomi Awoleke has cried out for help to save the seven-year-old girl, who has been diagnosed with large restrictive ventricular septal defect. Ms Oluwatosin Ajoke Gbolahan said her daughter required N3.5 million to perform surgical operation. Ewatomi was first diagnosed at Lagos University Teaching Hospital and was referred to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Osun State. According to …