Medical News


Health Workers Suspend Strike

Normalcy may soon return to the nation’s health sector as members of the Nigerian Union of A…

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JOHESU’s Influence Wanes –Investigation

All seem not to be well with the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, a front used by health worker…

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Giving Birth Without Medical Assistance or Presence

Women giving birth with no one present are mostly subsumed under deliveries unattended   …

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REVEALED: Gross Financial Misconduct and HIgh-handedness By FMC Owerri CMD

Gross Financial Misconduct and Highhandedness: The staff of the federal medical center Owerri…

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We Didn’t Bar Medical Director, Uwakwem From Duty — FMC Striking Workers

OWERRI—Striking workers of Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, have denied barring the embattled…

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Programming DNA to Reverse Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

At its annual assembly in Geneva last week, the World Health Organisation approved a radical and f…

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Fusion of Normal Cells May Trigger Genetic Changes Leading To Cancer

As the number two leading cause of death in the US, cancer touches just about everyone in some way…

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HIV/AIDS Infection Rate Decreasing In Nigeria: National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a recent report averred that most deaths in…

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UN: Reformulation of HIV Treatment ’ll Save More Children’s Lives

The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AID (UNAIDS) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announce…

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New Strategies For Stopping The Spread of Staph and MRSA

  Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as Staph -- is a common inhabitant of the human nos…

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National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) To Proceed on Indefinite Industrial Action

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) of Nigeria has directed its members to Proceed…

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Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) to Call off Strike

The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) is set to Call off its strike action on …

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Text of AMLSN Media Briefing to Commemorate International Biomedical Lab Science Day

The objective of commemorating the Biomedical Laboratory Science Day is to increase awareness on t…

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Fake Doctor Working at Health Ministry Arrested After 10 Years

Investigations have led police to arrest a top official who’s been working in the federal mi…

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Could Diabetes Protect Against ALS?

A reduced risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS - the most common motor neuron disorder, f…

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Female Viagra Gets Nod From FDA Advisory Committee

. The drug, dubbed by some as "female Viagra," is for treatment of hypoactive sexual des…

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Lung Cancer Blood Test Steps Closer With New Biomarker Discovery

It is estimated that more than 158,000 people in the US will die from lung cancer this year, empha…

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How A Single Blood Test Could Identify Your Entire Viral Infection History

Researchers have created what they say is a "one-stop shop" for diagnosing infections - …

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Vaccinologist Develops Immunogenic Experimental Ebola Vaccine

A vaccine developer from Nigeria, Dr Simon Agwale Friday in Paris, France, presented his progress …

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Electricity disconnection paralyses operations of Orthopaedic Hospital in Sokoto.

The disconnection of electricity supply to the Sokoto state-owned Orthopaedic Hospital in Wamakko,…

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