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Stakeholders Urge Women to go for Cancer Screening Test

Stakeholders in the health sector has called on women to go for cervical cancer screening test so …

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African Leaders, Partners Launch Initiatives to Spur Scientific Research

A new initiative that aims to help drive Africa’s research agenda and build scientific capac…

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Progeria Syndrome: Teenager trapped in the body of a PENSIONER

Like most 14-year-olds, Nihal Bitla loves playing computer games - and those who know him say he h…

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Cyclopa: Baby Born With One Eye in the Middle of his Forehead

A baby born with one eye in the middle of his forehead is not expected to survive more than a few …

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WHO Backs HIV Drugs for All, as Prevention for Those at Risk

  AIDS drugs (inset the Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NA…

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‘Hand, Dish Washing Prevent Diseases, Burst Stress’

As part of efforts to reduce childhood mortality rates related respiratory and diarrheal diseases …

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UNAIDS Welcomes Nigeria’s New Commitment to Ending AIDS by 2030

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the commitment expressed by the P…

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Waiting for Mega Hospital

The multi-billion naira Akwa Ibom State 20th Anniversary Hospital is to start operation soon. But …

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National Optometric Association Marks World Sight Day

As part of efforts to reduce blindness in Nigeria, the Lagos branch of National Optometric Associa…

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Dearth of Statistical Record, Poor Monitoring Worry Health Expert

Dearth of statistical records and effective monitoring agencies have been identified as the most v…

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Model for Fighting Cancer

In a country where the health system is in silent turmoil, Nigeria is witnessing a steady increase…

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Polio Eradication: The Wining Ways

Nigeria has been able to interrupt the transmission of the devastating disease through sheer deter…

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Nosak Group, CCD Commence Maiden Edition of Free Medical Health Care

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibly Commodity Consumers Distributors (CCD) Superstores, a …

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NANNM: Nigerian Nurses are Overworked and Underpaid

The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has st…

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Healing Stripes Sensitises Nigerians on Kidney Care

As part of efforts to increase kidney awareness in Nigeria, the Healing Stripes Hospital in collab…

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Living with Quacks in Hospitals

Some Nigerian hospitals are filled with quacks, resulting in the death of several patients. Rebecc…

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DNA Research Scoops Nobel Prize

Three scientists from Sweden, the United States and Turkey won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry …

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Health Issues: Dignity in Mental Health

This year, the World Federation for Mental Health has chosen “Dignity in Mental Health&rdquo…

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Nigeria Medical School Get Foreign Boost

As part of efforts to boost the Medical Profession in Nigeria, a Medical Foundation Pathway Progra…

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Excess Weight at age 50 linked to Alzheimer’s Onset

Obesity at age 50 may be tied to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease at a younger age. …

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