Medical News


Initiative Set to Combat Blood Cancers

Hosts drive to recruit voluntary bone marrow donors in Lagos on December 21 Ara, a volunteer …

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Disease Specialists identify Post-Ebola Threats

AS West Africans try to bring the calamitous Ebola outbreak to an end, the World Health Organizati…

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More Nigerians will Succumb to Kidney Failure, Say Experts

UNLESS certain measures are taken and quickly too, many more Nigerians may succumb to kidney failu…

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Communique of The National Executive Council(NEC) Meeting of the Nigerian Medical Association(NMA)

PREAMBLE    The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) held its National Executive Counc…

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FG Stops Commercial Sale of Sickle Cell Drug “Niprisan”

The Federal Government on Wednesday said it has stopped the commercialisation of Niprisan, a drug …

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WHO: Taming the AIDS Epidemic

The latest report that the world is winning the war against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)…

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Firms Assure on Multi-vitamins, Mineral Supplements

In a renewed fight against malnutrition, a firm, Pharmacy Plus Limited, has assured Nigerians that…

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Maternal Mortality Claims 145 out 1,000 Women in Nigeria Daily—ISTH Cmd

CHIEF Medical Director, CMD, of Federal Government’s Irrua Specialist and Teaching Hospital,…

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Lab Scientists kick over Alleged Neglect by UBTH

Trouble seems to be brewing for management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, as some…

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MLSCN Boss Urges Medical Lab Practitioners to Embrace Quality Assurance

Medical laboratory practitioners in the country have been urged to as a matter of urgency to embra…

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Osinbajo: Nigeria Has Capacity to Produce Anti-retroviral Drugs Locally

The Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has disclosed that Nigeria has the capacity to p…

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FMC Workers Threaten Strike over Colleague’s Abduction

Workers of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, have threatened to embark on an indefinite…

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Scientists Confirm New Sexually Transmitted Disease

. Scientists in the United Kingdom have confirmed the existence of a new sexually transmitted dise…

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The Sanofi Foundation 'Midwives for Life Award 2016' is now open!

Qualified midwives who are members of a midwifery association can enter their projects that aim to…

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New Report Signals Country Progress in the Path to Malaria Elimination

New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malar…

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Primary Healthcare: FG Brainstorms Towards Ending Medical Tourism

In providing affordable and accessible Primary Health Care system in the country, the federal gove…

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Reps Committee Calls For Overhauling Of NHIS, NAFDAC

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Healthcare Services has called for the repositi…

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Hope Rises for Cancer Cure

A GLIMMER of light may have appeared at the end of the tunnel in the search for cancer cure with n…

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UNICEF: Health Sector Calamity

UNICEF representative in Nigeria Ms. Jim Bolken told federal legislators last week that five women…

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UUTH CMD Seeks More Assistance For Disabled Persons

A university don and chief medical director (CMD) of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa I…

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