Medical News


Victory On War Against Polio

Nigeria, for the first time last month, marked a full one year without recording a single fresh ca…

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FDA Approve New Drug To Treat High Cholesterol

Repatha has become the second drug in a new class known as "PCSK9 inhibitors" to be appr…

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Bayer Heart Failure Drug Cuts Deaths in Mid-Stage Trial

Bayer will move a heart failure drug into final-stage testing this year, boosting its ambitions in…

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Blood Sugar Monitor Tested On Diabetes Patients

A blood sugar monitor that can stay in the body for up to five months is being tested on NHS patie…

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Fresh Threat to Polio Eradication as Patient Sheds Immune Disease For 28 Years

A FRESH threat to global efforts to eradicate polio has emerged.   A study published on A…

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Nigerian Medical-Lawyer Appointed As First African Member of The Board of Governors of The World Association For Medical Law

The World Association for Medical Law at its 21st Annual World Congress, which took place at Coimb…

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Medical Practitioner Urges Better Policies On Maternal Mortality

MATERNAL MORTALITYA medical practitioner, Dr Stella Iwuagwu, has called on the Federal Government …

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High Blood Pressure And Diet

If you have been diagnosed with hypertension, a few smart-eating strategies can help you prevent f…

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Blood Test May One Day Predict Breast Cancer Relapse

An experimental blood test may one day detect the return of early stage breast cancer months befor…

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Impotence Drug Aids Treatment Of Rare Lung Disease: Study

A combination treatment using the erectile dysfunction drug Cialis may greatly reduce death and ho…

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Pregnant And Malnourished? Your Baby Risks Ill Health

Pregnancy is a trauma to the body; or so physicians want us to know and, I dare say, they know bet…

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What Future for SURE-P’s Maternal, Child Health Project?

As doubts mount over whether the federal government will end the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerm…

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Sokoto Health Insurance Hangs in The Balance Over Islamic Position

Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal is to consult with intellectual and Islamic leaders about the…

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Health Workers Waste Malaria Medicines-Research

New research into treatment of malaria suggests trained health workers are wasting anti-malaria dr…

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UNICEF To Spend N800m on Healthcare in Katsina

About N800 million is to be expended by UNICEF in Katsina State on health and water development pr…

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WHO: Water Sanitation and Hygiene to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Water sanitation and hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on neglected tropical diseas…

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Once-a-Week HIV Injections May Free Millions From Pills

  An injectable HIV treatment is entering advanced clinical trials, potentially freeing …

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Open Heart Surgery: How Affordable For Nigerians?

The National Hospital, Abuja, successfully carried out an open heart surgery on some children rece…

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CMD Decries Incessant Strikes In Health Sector

The problem of incessant strikes action in health sector have been a major set back that could plu…

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Scientists Identify Possible Key in Virus, Cancer Research

  Florida State University researchers have taken a big step forward in the fight against c…

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