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UNICAL: VC Tasks Inducted Radiographers on Professionalism

THE College of Medical Science in the Faculty of Allied Medical Science, University of Calabar, (U…

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Reactivate Yaba Vaccine Lab Now, Health Workers Urge Buhari

In the wake of the impending outbreak of meningitis epidemic in the country, the Joint Health Sect…

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Okowa Decries Delayed Implementation Of National Health Act

Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has said the delay in implementation of the National H…

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Obasanjo Persuaded Us to Call Off Strike – Doctors

After 105 days of strike, resident doctors of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, returned to…

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Reducing Risk of Stroke And Heart Attack

Heart disease remains the No. One cause of death, while stroke isn’t far behind. Protect you…

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When To See A Physician: 5 Body Pains You Should Never Ignore

  We all experience occasional aches and pains, and while it may be fine to grin and bear i…

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Seeing Blood in Your Urine is Not a Good Sign

Body fluids are contained in their own departments and, ideally, do not mix. For example, blood is…

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Cholera is Deadly, But Preventable

Sometime in February, there were reports of cholera outbreaks variously in Igbomotoru II, Southern…

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Health Workers Begin Strike at FTH Gombe

The Joint Health Sector Union of the Federal Teaching Hospital FTH  in Gombe State has begun …

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Sierra Leone Lifts Last Major Ebola Quarantine As Cases Recede

Sierra Leone lifted its last major Ebola quarantine on Friday as President Ernest Bai Koroma expre…

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Aging is Greatest Risk Factor For Cancer

CLEVEL AND —Former President Jimmy Carter recently announced that he has cancer. Carter is 9…

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Organ Transplantation Linked To Greater Risk of Aggressive Melanoma

A new study finds patients who undergo an organ transplant are at greater risk of developing melan…

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Vitamin D Supplements Offer Limited Benefit To Obese Teens

A new study suggests that vitamin D offers no benefits to obese teens in terms of heart health or …

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Doctors Back FG Plans to Privatise LUTH, UNTH, ABUTH, UBTH, Other Hospitals

UNLIKE other members of the health team, medical doctors and dentists have backed plans of the Fed…

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‘No Room For Quack Doctors in Riverine Areas’

THE Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, has asserted the commitments of the state g…

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Tackling Malnutrition in Children

NIGERIA is one of six countries that account for half of all child deaths worldwide, with one mill…

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Buhari Should Launch a National Health Plan

SIR: I wish to draw President Muhammadu Buhari’s attention to the health sector as one of th…

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Restoring The Glory Of Breast Feeding

IN Nigeria and Africa as a whole, breastfeeding has been the most culturally acceptable mode of fe…

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NHIS Takes Free Malaria Test To Abuja Suburb

As part of its determination to make health insurance accessible to the common people, the Nationa…

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Stop Paying Lip Service To Health, Ajimobi Urged

An appeal has gone to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State to stop paying lip service to the healt…

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