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‘UNFPA Says Nigeria Records 111 Maternal Deaths Daily Owing To Socio-Economic Factors’

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has disclosed that about 111 women and girls die on dai…

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Health Institutions To Induct Ex-Gov Chime Into Hall Of Fame

The West African College of Nursing (WACN) and Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, has annou…

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Devolution Of Health Insurance: NHIS Engages Benue, Sokoto Governors

Determined to justify the nation’s confidence as the main hub for the realisation of univers…

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Report Shows Nearly 4 Million People Have Dementia

Researchers from Alzheimer’s Disease International has said the number of people living with…

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LSACA Takes HIV Campaign to Communities

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), in collaboration with Community AIDS Development Foun…

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Rivers’ PHC Board Urges Exclusive Breast Feeding

The Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board (RSPHCB) has organised an awareness week to …

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How To Tackle Babies’ Malnourishment

Many babies are malnourished. This condition affects their growth. Experts, think mothers need mor…

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Containing The Threat Of Malaria

Malaria is the number one killer disease in the world, especially in the tropics, and for the past…

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Survivors Of Childhood Cancer Have High-Risk Of Recurrent Stroke

Most people assume strokes only happen to octogenarians, but recent evidence suggests that survivo…

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21-Gene Recurrence Score And Receipt Of Chemotherapy In Patients With Breast Cancer

Use of the 21-gene recurrence test score was associated with lower chemotherapy use in high-risk p…

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Framework For Value-Based Pricing Of Cancer Drugs

At a time when cancer drug prices are rising rapidly, an innovative new study provides the framewo…

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Practitioners Advised On Manufacturing Standards

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has urged the National A…

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Meningitis Jab: Infant Paracetamol Will Help Baby Avoid Fever

Parents are being advised to give paracetamol to babies who have been given the new meningitis B v…

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Health Workers Wasting Expensive Malaria Drugs in Nigeria

Health providers trained to perform malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are still prescribing val…

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Breast Cancer Relapse Could Be Predicted With New Blood Test

A test that identifies genetic information in the blood picks up sensitive amounts of DNA that can…

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Antibiotic Use May Raise Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

The greater the number of antibiotic prescriptions an individual has each year, the higher their r…

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Blood Test Detects Cancer Relapse

Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London found traces of breast cancer eight month…

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Brain Cells Burn Out in Parkinsons Disease

Brain cells in Parkinson's disease exhaust themselves and die prematurely, burning out like an…

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Nigeria Loses 500,000 Children To Malnutrition Yearly, Says UNICEF

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), on Thursday, expressed worry that despite the huge natu…

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For Vaccines, Timing is Everything

Last year, scientists launched a trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola in Guinea. On Frid…

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