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Hypertension Patients Four Times More Likely To Be Bedridden

Nigerian researchers have found that hypertension posed an increased risk of severe morbidity (appro…

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Exclusive Breastfeeding Builds Child’s Immunity against Infection – Nutritionist

A nutritionist, Mrs Josephine Chukwunweike, has urged nursing mothers not to joke with exclusive bre…

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Doctors’ Strike and the Shamelessness of Nigeria’s Leadership

There is a very deep and fundamental challenge bedeviling the nation’s leadership at all levels curr…

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How to Stem Brain Drain, Medical Tourism in Nigeria, By Academy Of Medicine Specialties

The Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria (AMSN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stem b…

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Why Doctors Don’t Like Rural Areas – NMA

The Nigerian Medical Association has identified poor remuneration and lack of basic amenities as som…

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Vaccination Key to Eliminating Hepatitis, Says Expert

Consultant Gastroenterologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr Kolawole Aka…

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Most Cholera Patients Don’t Take Clean Water, Lacked Personal Hygiene, Govt Should Help Affected Communities – Doctors

Cholera cases have continued to be recorded in some states in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Diseas…

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@NurselifeRn Creator Nurse Ebi Passes Away

Ebiowei Porbeni, better known online as Ebi Eats or NurseLifeRN was a popular social media influence…

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‘People Living With HIV More Vulnerable To COVID-19’

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has lamented the plight of people living with HIV, sa…

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‘Family Planning Can Help Prevent Transmission of HIV from Mother to Child’

In Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), family planning, a…

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Nigeria runs out of COVID vaccine amid third wave of infections

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria has exhausted the COVID-19…

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Living with long COVID, 1 Year On By Amy Murnan

My experience with COVID-19 began on March 9, 2020. I’d generally been feeling under the weather, bu…

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How Benue Youths Nabbed Two Fake Doctors

Two alleged fake doctors were recently apprehended by Igede youths in Benue State. Before then, the …

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Murder of Enugu Nurse: Court acquits, discharges suspects

An Enugu State High Court, on Thursday, acquitted three suspects arraigned before it over the murder…

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Fake medical doctor nabbed for impersonation in Bayelsa

The Bayelsa State Police Command says its operatives have apprehended a suspected fake surgeon Akpov…

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COVID-19: 39 UNILAG Staff, Students Infected

• NAFDAC approves 2 Korean, 1 Russian vaccines for use in NigeriaNo fewer than 34 students of the Un…

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Our wards not filled with COVID-19 patients — LUTH

Says only 2 patients are receiving treatment presentlyThe Management of the Lagos University Teachin…

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Ekiti Govt restates commitment to doctors welfare

The Ekiti Government has restated its commitment to the welfare of medical doctors to boost healthca…

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Pharmacist Council Shuts 340 Chemists In Edo

The Pharmacist Council of Nigeria has sealed 340 premises and stores in Edo State over non-complianc…

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Riverside Nurse Pleads Guilty To Elder Abuse After Patient Dies; Gets Probation And Loses Nursing License

A Riverside nurse whose failure to properly assess and treat a 69-year-old nursing home resident’s b…

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