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Health Minister: FG to Focus on Primary, Secondary Health

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, on Wednesday said changes in the health sec…

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CCCRN Partners Imo Govt, Donates Medical Facilities

The Centre for Clinical Care and Clinical Research Nigeria (CCCRN) has begun partnership with the …

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NUC, Stakeholders Discuss New MBBS-BMAS; Recommend 7 Years MBBS Programme

The National Universities Commission (NUC), last week, convened a meeting of all stakeholders, com…

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Federal Staff Hospital Now Renamed Federal Medical Center Abuja

The Hospital popularly known as the federal staff hospital (FSH) has now been Renamed Federal Medi…

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Obese Children As Young As EIGHT Are Showing Signs of Significant Heart Disease, Experts Warn

  . Scans of obese children showed signs of significant heart disease  . Scientists …

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#MinisterialInauguration Isaac Adewole Emerges Minister of Health

Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, outgoing vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan has been s…

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Meningitis A Elimination: WHO Scores Nigeria, 15 Others High

The World Health Organisation, WHO, yesterday, scored Nigeria alongside 15 other African countries…

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Expert links increase in Mental illness to Stressful Environment

With 20  percent of nigerians said to be prone to mental disorder, expert has linked the risi…

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FG to Use ICT For integrated e-health

The Federal Government has said that  it is working  hard to achieve the Universal Healt…

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‘Energy Drink Harms Heart Health for Young Adults’

RESEARCHERS found that a single can of energy drink increased blood pressure and stress hormone re…

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N84.8m Scam: EFCC Arraigns Ex-CMD, Four Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former Chief Medical Director of the …

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The N250k Air Ambulance

The minimum possible cost of a short air ambulance journey is usually $10,000 (N2 million) accordi…

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Meningitis Jab in Africa a 'Stunning Success'

A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a "stunning success&quot…

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CPR by medics: Keep Pumping or Stop for Rescue Breathing?

Continuous chest compressions during out-of-hospital CPR by emergency medical responders did not o…

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Tribunal Reviews Stiffer Punishment For Erring Medical Doctors

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has disclosed that a law which would prescribe st…

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‘We need Centres on Drug Abuse’

Professor Isidore Obot, is a Psychology lecturer at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, and th…

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Lagos and illegal Pharmacies, Medicine Stores

It may be safely argued that the celebrated fervor and potency with which the National Agency for …

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PHN Team Promotes, Rewards Health Innovators

Stakeholders in Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria (PHN) have underscored the importance of…

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Experts Propose Trauma Counseling Framework

Health experts have proposed a framework that will guide government and the private sector in sett…

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Oshibogun Seeks Mandatory Health iInsurance for Every Nigerian

  Former Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Prof Akin …

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