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Aisha Buhari Decries High Rate of Pregnancy Related Death

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday expressed sadness over loss of …

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Pesticide Exposure Tied To Diabetes Risk

Exposure to pesticides may increase your risk of diabetes, a new analysis suggests.   Aft…

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Time For Flu Vaccine, Updated After Misery Of Last Winter

It's time for flu shots again, and health officials expect to avoid a repeat of the misery las…

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Medical Experts Proffer Solution To Sound Paediatric Care

The complexities of infant and child health management especially in a developing country like Nig…

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Teaching Hospital Provides Free Health Services

The management of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Kaduna State, on Thurs…

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Headway for Parkinson’s Disease Management

Parkinson’s disease, which is a degenerative disease of the nervous system, can now be bette…

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Medical Workers Issue 10-Day Strike Notice

Members of the Osun State Association of Medical and Dental Officers, OSAMDO, yesterday gave gover…

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Health Care, Education, Top Priorities For Nigeria, 8 Others

When asked what the top priorities should be for their countries, that should figure prominently i…

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‘Family Physicians Will Turn Around Practice of Medicine in Nigeria’

Private medical doctors under the auspices of Association of General and Private Medical Practitio…

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Cure for Sickle Cell in Adults Validated

Physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have cured 12 adult…

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Malaria Death Rate Drops By 60% in 15 Years –WHO

Malaria death rate has plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives, main…

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Osun Doctors Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries

  Association of Medical and Dental Officers in Osun, has threatened to embark on indefinit…

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NPMCN Needs TETFund Intervention —President

President, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, NPMCN, Prof. Rasheed Arogundade has a…

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Health Ministry Yet To Get 2015 Budgetary Allocation

Less than four months before the end of 2015, the Federal Ministry of Health is yet to receive its…

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FG To Include HIV in Health Insurance Scheme

The Federal Government is considering adding HIV in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), H…

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Teaching Doctors To Communicate

There are some stories that just refuse to go away.  They keep popping up in various ways unt…

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‘Invest Recovered Loot in Education, Health’

President, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN), Prof. Rasheed Arogundade, has…

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Health Sector: Looking Up To Buhari For Rebirth

The health sector can do with a lot of help. Players in the sector believe that with President Muh…

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Nestlé Promotes Consumption of Vegetables Through Maggi Home Garden Initiative

Buoyed by the need to encourage consumption of vegetables as part of a healthy diet, Nestlé, thr…

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Ministry Launches Five-Year Strategic Plan on Nutrition

Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has launched a Five Year National Strategic Plan on nutrition, s…

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