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Dr Patricia Onianwa A Study in Reputation By Victor Ubogu

REPUTATION and merit are not always the closest of companions. John Chipman Gray, a professor of l…

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OPINION: Whats Really Wrong With ECWA School Of Nursing, Egbe (ESON)? By Ernest O.

I learnt recently that ESON has asked some Nov. 2016 Nursing Council candidates to return to the s…

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Teens Who Sleep Less Have Greater Chance of Depression, Drug-Taking, Risky Behaviour

Teens who do not get enough sleep are at higher risk for depression and addiction, a new study fin…

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Herbalist Fortified Us Before We Kidnapped Rivers Doctor, Collected N9.5m Ransom –Suspects

For two months, a group of kidnappers planned and plotted how to abduct a consultant ophthalmologi…

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Mrs Bolanle Ambode: Reduce Maternal And Infant Mortality, Visit Primary Health Care Centers and Registered Midwives

Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, has called on expectant mothers to patro…

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STUDY: Birth Control Still Linked To Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer

Birth control can increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by up to 38%, depending on how long…

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Harmful Effects of Being Overweight Underestimated as Study Measured Effects of High, Low BMI

The harmful effects of being overweight have been underestimated, according to a new study that an…

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Why Blood Pressure Declines 14 to 18 Years Before Death, By Researchers

Blood Pressure in the elderly gradually begins to decrease about 14 or so years before death, acco…

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Uganda: Doctors Reject Plans to Import Cuban Medics

Doctors under Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have criticised the government plan to import Cuban…

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Doctors Rally Against Efforts To Strike off Senior Paediatrician Hadiza Bawa-Garba, 35, Convicted Of Manslaughter

Doctors have come out in defence of a paediatrician who was found guilty of the manslaughter of a …

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Dr Samuel Manuwa And The Architecture Of Medical Services In Nigeria

The  problem with genuine patriots is that they always carry about a strange death wish. In f…

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What Nurses Should Learn From Medical Doctors For Rapid Professional Attainment By Bilyaminu Bala Yahya RN

Professional attainment is the major aim of every professional group in every field. This attainme…

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Punch Editorial: Doctors’ Mass Resignation and Relocation Abroad

Mass resignation of doctors from the country’s public health institutions is an unwholesome …

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#WorldAIDSDay2017: What You Need To Know To Stay Alive By Avalon

Friday December 1st 2017 marks World AIDS Day, a time to pay our respects to those we've lost …

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How Do I Know I Need A Change Of Glasses?

Ade is five years old. He is on his third pair of glasses but his last eye examination was Novembe…

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Study: Malaria Takes Up To 25% Of Health Facilitys Annual Budget

In a new study, researchers have said that the treatment of uncomplicated malaria consumed up to 2…

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Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI): 8 Year Olds Now Sexually Active

Oyo State Team Leader, Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Mrs Stella Akinso ca…

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Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI): 8 Year Olds Now Sexually Active

Oyo State Team Leader, Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Mrs Stella Akinso ca…

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University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine: More Doctors Are Becoming Nursing Home Specialists

The number of doctors and advance practitioners in the United States who focus on nursing home car…

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@PlanGlobal Donates Health Equipment To 216 Facilities In Bauchi State

Plan International, an International Non Governmental organisation ( NGO ), has donated maternal, …

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