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Medical Consultation Goes Online with ‘Phone a Doctor’

The next time you talk to a doctor might not be in a consulting room, but on a mobile phone, as ef…

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Polio: Delisting of Nigeria Vindicated Traditional Rulers – Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, yesterday said the removal of Nigeria from the l…

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Nutritionist warns Nigerians Against Skipping Breakfast

The Vice-President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Mr. Bartholomew Brai, has said that skipping bre…

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Eradicate Leprosy Like Ebola, FG Urged

The Funds Manager, the Leprosy Mission Nigeria, Mr. Terver Anyor, has urged the Federal Government…

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Climate Change’ll Expose more Children to Malaria, Cholera – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund has said children will feel the impact of droughts, flood…

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Ambode Asks Doctors to be Faithful to Oath

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday urged medical professionals to continuously …

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Cancer Management: task Before New Health Minister

Every day, no fewer than 200 people die from cancer in Nigeria. According to recent GLOBOCAN data,…

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Why Cancer Cases are Rampant in Nigeria –Experts

Through the years, cancer-related illnesses and deaths have doubled in Nigeria and the conditions …

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‘Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Eradicate Malaria’

A strain of genetically modified mosquitoes could be the key to wiping out malaria, scientists hav…

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A’Ibom Specialist Hospital Begins Operation

Barely six months after its official commissioning, the Akwa Ibom State 20thanniversary Specialist…

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We Operate Patients in Reptile-infested Theatres – UBTH doctors

Resident doctors working at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, have decried the…

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UN Aims To Double Access To AIDS Drugs To End Epidemic By 2030

The United Nations said to meet the international goal of stopping AIDS epidemic by 2030, all conc…

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Communique issue at the end of the AMLSN 51st Annual Scientific Conference and Workshop

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) held her 51" Annual Scien…

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What are the Risks Associated with Blood Transfusion?

I was transfused with four pints of blood for five days after an accident. Please what are the ris…

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‘Harness Private Sector to improve Healthcare’

Dr Stefan Oschmann is the CEO elect of Merck, a leading science and technology company in healthca…

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Emergency Transport Scheme Helps Reduce Maternal Mortality

A pilot emergency transport scheme has helped reduce maternal mortality in four northern states an…

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How Women Can be Encouraged to Give Birth in Hospitals

One of the factors contributing to maternal mortality in the north is the reluctance of some women…

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Highlights of 2015 Assessment Report on Immunization

Early November this year, I participated in a telephone meeting where a brief on the 2015 assessme…

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Study Reveals Parasitic Worm Can Boost Women’s Fertility

A recent study has found that infection with a species of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides can i…

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Enugu Hospital, Group train Medical Practitioners on Cancer, Heart Diseases

Disturbed by rising cases of cancer and heart diseases in Nigeria, the Niger foundation Hospital i…

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