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New Smallpox Vaccine Recommended for Approval in EU

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has reco…

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Govt Shuts Eight Hospitals Over Alleged Deficient Operations

  Delta State Ministry of Health has sealed up over eight private health institutions in As…

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Curing Cancer Or 'Selling Hope' To The Vulnerable?

Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been raised to send British patients to a doctor in America w…

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Doctors Call For Global Consensus On Diagnosis Of Death

There needs to be international agreement on when and how death is diagnosed, two leading doctors …

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Community Pharmacists Seek Urgent Review of NHIS scope

President Goodluck Jonathan has been called upon to urgently review the scope of the National Heal…

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HIV Inner Shell Structure Revealed

Researchers have for the first time unravelled the complex structure of the inner protein shell of…

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Nigerians Patronise Private-Owned Hospitals Over Govt – POLL

A new weekly poll results by NOI Polls shows 79 percent of Nigerians do not have access to health …

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New Flu Strains Prompt Review of Current Research, Call to Redouble Flu Fight

Despite numerous medical advances over the past century, the flu -- a seasonal rite of passage for…

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H7N9 Bird Flu Drug Resistance Concern

Drug resistance has been detected in patients infected with the new bird flu that has emerged in C…

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Increasing Problem of Prescription Drug Abuse Among Youth

Young people are increasingly turning to prescription drugs to get high. Research out of the Unive…

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Heart Attack Drug May Reduce Tissue Damage

A new drug that could help reduce damage to the body after a heart attack, stroke or major surgery…

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Ultimatum: Contractors in Imo have 6 months to Deliver 27 Hospitals

  Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha, is not a happy man. And for good reason.   He is …

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Nurses, Midwives Raise Alarm over Insecurity in Hospitals

 The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) dispatched a Save-Our-Soul (…

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NMA Bauchi Sets up Committee on Fake Doctors

  Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Bauchi State Chapter has restated its commitment to use…

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Gaidam Declares state of Emergency on Yobe Health Sector

  Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has declared a state of emergency in the Ministry of Health and b…

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Health Board Appointments: Pharmacists Allege Marginalisation

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has condemned the composition of  boards of Federal hea…

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WHO hails Nigeria for saving women, children’s lives

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said it recognised Nigeria’s efforts for saving l…

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Glucosamine Linked to Increased Intraocular Pressure

  Glucosamine supplementation was linked to significant, reversible increases in intraocula…

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Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%

Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and …

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Medical Students Protest Partial Passage Of Violence Bill

. Want Senate to include rights of womenTHE Nigerian Medical Students Association (NIMSA) has faulte…

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