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‘Nigeria Loses N250b on Medical Tourism’

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has raised the alarm that Nigeria loses N250 billion yearly…

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‘Better Nutrition Panacea For Childhood Brain Disorder’

Children, whose diets lack vital fatty acids, such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are at risk of h…

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Too Much Air Conditioning Can Make You Sick!

Mr. Tunde Adeniyi is the Chief Executive Officer of his company of 20 employees. They all know the…

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Three Litres of Water Daily Prevents Kidney Stones – Urologist

A Consultant Urologist with the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India, Dr. Narasimhan Su…

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UNILAG Medical Centre Refused to Treat Oluchi ─ Victim’s sister

Nkem Anekwe, the elder sister of Oluchi Anekwe, a first-class student of the University of Lagos, …

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Ebola And A World Of Ignorance

It was last year. The noise about the deadly Ebola virus was deafening. Lives had been lost in the…

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N25 Million Worth of Fake Drugs Seized By NAFDAC, Shops Sealed

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said…

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‘Nigeria Needs N200b To Address Nutritional Issues For Next Five Years’

Nigeria is in dire need of about N200 billion to address the nutritional needs of the country, whi…

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Anambra Sensitizes Public on 2015 Measles Campaign

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Anambra state has commenced sensitization of the public for vaccin…

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Lagos Woos Private Hospitals To Family Planning Campaign

Health workers, healthcare providers and community mobilisers in Lagos State have been tasked to c…

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Deadly Parasite Could Be Zapped Like a Cancer Cell

The ameba Entamoeba histolytica is among the deadliest parasites in the world, infecting more than…

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WHO: Child Mortality Under 6 Million For First Time

Deaths among children aged 5 and under worldwide have more than halved over the last 25 years, fal…

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‘Hospitals Exhibition To Reduce Overseas Medical Trips’

As part of efforts to discourage overseas medical trips or rather medical tourism and save billion…

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Curbing Menace of Cataract in Nigeria

MTN Foundation offers 15,896 free surgeries, 17,946 reading glasses, 16,808 drug packs to treat va…

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Former NMA President Laments Poor Budgetary Allocation To Sector

FOR Nigeria to ensure adequate programme for its citizens, full implementation of the National Hea…

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Workers Fault Doctors’ Call For Ban On Foreign Medical Trips, Others

Health workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) & Allied Health Profe…

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Tussle For Headship Dogs Yaba Psychiatric Hospital

All is not well with the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Yaba, Lagos, as medical doctor…

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NOA, Orthodontic Treatment And Nigerian Child

The Nigerian Association of Orthodontists (NAO) is an association with the vision to be the leadin…

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Anti-HIV Daily Pill Has 100% Success Rate In Preventing STD

San Francisco's biggest health insurance company announced on September 2, Wednesday that none…

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The Liver As A Detoxifier

The liver detoxifies by a complex series of chemical, enzymatic reactions, which are beyond the sc…

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