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Firm Unveils New Drug to Tackle Heart Diseases

Sandoz, a global generics company that is a significant part of the Novartis group, has unveiled a…

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Firm Tackles Immune-Compromising Diseases

Fidson Healthcare Plc has entered into a partnership with three American firms – Immune Ther…

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Controversy Over Nigerian Test-Tube Baby

The duo of professors Oladapo Ashiru and Osato Giwa-Osagie have faulted a claim attributing the de…

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Pregnant Women Fault Lagos Hospitals’ N18,000 Ante-Natal Fee

Pregnant women in Lagos State have rejected the hike in the registration fee for ante-natal servic…

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Scientists, Mortein Inaugurate Malaria Research

Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, in collaboration with Reckit Benck…

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9 weeks Pregnant: Your Pregnancy Week By Week

During week 9 of your pregnancy, your baby, who only last week was in the embryonic stage, has now…

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Experts to Investigate New Ebola Case in North Sierra Leone

Ebola experts are in Sierra Leone's Kambia district investigating a case that emerged less tha…

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New Guidelines For Cancer Doctors Aim To Make Sense Of Gene Tests

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued guidelines on how cancer doctors shoul…

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Maternal health: ‘Nigeria Still Dwelling on Promises’

As the world signals the end of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, commitment period and the …

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First Consultants Medical Centre: Ebola Survivors, Relatives Speak Out

It was an outpouring of emotions weekend at the First Consultants Medical Centre, Lagos, as  …

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High Protein Foods Boost Cardiovascular

Heart disease — includes numerous problems occurs when the blood flow to a part of the heart…

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Nigeria’s First IVF Baby to Study Medicine Abroad

Nigeria’s first test tube baby is heading for Hungary to study medicine.   Hannatu …

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Privatisation of Public Health Institutions

Ongoing moves by the Federal Government to privatise public hospitals in the country have been gen…

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Nigeria Will Be Polio-free By 2017 – PMB

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday restated his resolve to ensure that Nigeria is finally certif…

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Doctor Wants Better Policies For Potential Mothers

The Executive Director of an Abuja-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Centre for the Right to He…

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Child Malnutrition – Nigeria’s Silent Crisis – UNICEF

Between August 6-9, 2015, the United Nations Children’sFund (UNICEF) in Nigeria invited jour…

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On Teaching Hospitals And Partnerships

THE parlous state of Nigeria’s healthcare sector is easily measured by Nigerians’ lack…

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Buhari Restates Commitment to Polio-Free Nigeria by 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari monday restated his commitment to ensuring that the World Health Organi…

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FG, USAID Move Against Chaotic Medicines Distribution

From left : USAID Country Director, Michael Harvey; Acting U.S. Consul General Dehab Ghebreab, and…

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‘Our Grassroots Healthcare Needs Urgent Attention’

Dr. Cecilia Ojabo is the Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Benue State. In this interv…

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