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How Proposed Ebola Biobank Would Strengthen African Science, By Researchers

AS West Africa’s Ebola outbreak winds down, an effort is under way to make the best use of t…

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10 Health Risks Of Heavy Drinking

DRINKING too much alcohol on a regular basis is harmful to your health. Alcohol is a drug that aff…

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‘How Suya Lovers Are Exposed to Cancer-Causing Compounds’

   Suya is ready.... a suya joint at Ladipo market           …

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Owo FMC Doctors Commence Warning Strike

Resident doctors with Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, yesterday began a three-day warning…

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Jigawa Varsity to Start Medicine Sept - Dean

  The Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, Professor Usman Ah…

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Okowa Laments Stalling of National Health Act

  Medical college feeling impact of economic downturn   Delta State Governor, Sen. I…

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Trans Fats, But Not Saturated Fats, Linked To Risk Of Death

A large new review of existing research suggests that for healthy people, a reasonable amount of s…

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HMOs Seek Presidential Assent For Health Insurance Bill

Health managers in Nigeria have called on President Mohammadu Buhari to assent to the National Hea…

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Curbing Medical Tourism

What Nigeria requires stern measures to fix its health sector, like the other sectors, is not in d…

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Testosterone Therapy May Improve Heart Health For Older Men

Testosterone is not usually prescribed with the aim of improving heart health, yet restoring testo…

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Gene Therapy Hope For Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Patients

Using gene therapy consisting of a single injection of a modified sexual development protein stopp…

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Breath Test For Early-Stage Liver Disease Steps Closer

Scientists have identified a biomarker that could form the basis of a breath test for the detectio…

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Tomato Stops Wrinkles, Prostate Cancer, Boosts Sperm Quality, Researchers Find

Lycopene supplements may protect from ‘ageing’ infrared A rays    THE re…

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Expert Decries Increased Foot Amputation From Diabetes

… as hospital holds Podiatry training workshop   It has been estimated that a lowe…

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Don, MedEhanz, Urge Reduction in Diabetes-Related Deaths

A specialist in diabetes and other hormonal disorders, Prof. Babatope Kolawole, of the Department …

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How A Female X Chromosome is Inactivated

Chromosomes differentiate men from women. A woman’s somatic cells have two X chromosomes, wh…

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High Charges, Others Bane Of Mobile Health Cover

The acting Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Femi Akingbade, has said t…

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Hospital Workers Threaten Shut Down Over N254m Fraud

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, has petit…

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NAFDAC Warns Against Anti-Malaria Drugs Abuse

A recent survey conducted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has war…

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Jigawa Partners ABU on Kidney Disease

Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State yesterday said his government had entered into p…

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