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Breast Cancer Patients Who Exercise 150 Minutes Weekly Halve Their Risk of Dying

*Over-60s who workout for just 60 minutes weekly face lower risk of heart disease, stroke *Walki…

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16 Of The Most Outrageous Health Claims Spread On Social Media In 2019

Health claims fly on social media and rack up thousands of likes and shares   From vagina…

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Armenia shocked by baby selling network as the countrys top obstetrician and orphanage head are arrested over scheme that sold children to Westerners

Armenia has launched an investigation into an apparent underground baby-selling network. The count…

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Containing The Drug Abuse Menace By Fayokanmi Omitade

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the prevalence of drug use among people aged betwe…

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‘Diabetes, Cancer No Longer Associated With Only the Rich’

A Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, Omobola Abioye Ogundahunsi says diabetes, cancer and othe…

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Gynaecologists Canvass Adequate Child Spacing To Reduce Maternal, Child Mortality

Two gynaecologists on Thursday urged women to adopt proper child-birth spacing to reduce maternal …

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Dangers of Irrational Use, Abuse of Herbal Medicines

Life in Erunkan, a slum area of Ketu in Lagos, offers a great study in many things. Olanle, popula…

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Drop in Cholera Cases Worldwide, As Key Endemic Countries Report Gains in Cholera Control - WHO

The number of cholera cases decreased globally by 60% in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

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Understanding Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infections that can affect the bladder, the kidneys and…

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eHealth as the Future of Medical Care Delivery

I will start by asking some questions – How can we connect patients with providers? How can …

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Coping With Harmattan - Related Diseases

As Nigerians welcome the Harmattan season, there are warnings of its harsh weather conditions asso…

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Quackery in the Nursing Profession by Smart Madu Ajaja RN

Warning;....... “Nigerian public, don’t put your lives in danger by exposures to tre…

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How to Manage Colon Cancer

Many young Nigerians have been hospitalised or died due to Colon Cancer. Why is this so? Nobody li…

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Disabilities Can Be Prevented At Prenatal Stage - Expert

The Medical Director, National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Dr Mustapha Alimi, has said that most…

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90% of Kidney Patients Die Annually – Expert

Speaking at the maiden launch of N500 million kidney care trust fund by At Remmy in Lagos on Tuesd…

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Opinion: Changing the Tide against Cancer in Nigeria

I am elated that discussions around cancer seem to be gaining ground and gradually coming to the f…

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UHC: An Achievable Dream that Nurses Can Help to Make a Reality

On 12 December 2012, the United Nations unanimously endorsed the concept of Universal Health Cover…

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More than one in three low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition - WHO

A new approach is needed to help reduce undernutrition and obesity at the same time, as the issues…

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Report: Harvest of Deadly Errors in Nigerian Hospitals

A presenter with Channels Television, Binta Badmus, passed on a few weeks ago in an undisclosed pr…

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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: Sensitive Surveillance System Required to Prevent Large Outbreaks

These are disease conditions caused by many unique families of viruses namely: Arenaviridae, Bunya…

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