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Diabetes Foot Care

The nerve and blood vessel damage caused by diabetes can become a problem for your feet if you dev…

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Liver Disease Drug Could Slow Parkinsons Disease

Researchers have discovered a drug that has long been used to treat liver disease could also be us…

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For Diabetics, Foot Care Saves Lives And Limbs

Diabetes is a disease in a class of its own. While it is non communicable because it isn’t i…

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Declare War On Drug Abuse, Cleric Says

The Founder of Nigas Rehabilitation and Skills Acquisition Training Centre in Rigasa, a suburb of …

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Expert Calls For More Psychiatric Hospitals

Medical Director of Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Dr Joseph Okegbe has called for the estab…

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A Drug Company with a Conscience? GlaxoSmithKline Trying to Save 1 Million Children’s Lives

  A Drug company with a conscience? It seems like an oxymoron but Australian Lisa B…

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Patients at Risk of Clots May Be Missing Out On Life-Saving Treatment

The formation of blood clots in the veins known as venous thromboembolism is the most common cause…

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Brain Injury Recovery May Be Hampered by Commonly Used Drugs

New research reveals that a class of drugs prescribed to treat common conditions ranging from blad…

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Resistance to Hearing Loss Treatment Can Lead to Depression

Hearing loss can have a disruptive effect on daily life for the millions who experience it. Howeve…

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The Scary Thing Your Hiccups Could Mean

So you gulped down your beer a little too fast. Those hiccups are pretty annoying, maybe a little …

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Abuja Rotary Donates Equipment to Hospital

As part of efforts to improve access to healthcare services in public hospitals, the Rotary Club, …

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Medtronic Recalls Loading System For Heart Device

Medtronic Plc has recalled 6,912 units of loading system of a recently approved heart device after…

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Fake Foreign Doctor On The Run – Police

Security agents are on the trail of a Pakistani national who illegally worked as a medical doctor …

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13, 000 Ebola Survivors Going Blind – Report

After surviving Ebola virus disease, at least 13,000 survivors could be suffering chronic illnesse…

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​Including Pharmacist On Medical Team May Aid Blood Pressure Control

Pharmacists can play an important role in helping patients control high blood pressure, a new stud…

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Lyme Disease Center Opens at Newport Hospital

  Hospital officials say the center will offer services such as complimentary therapies, in…

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Importance of Dietary Carbohydrate in Evolution

Understanding how and why we evolved such large brains is one of the most puzzling issues in the s…

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‘For Diabetic Foot, Prevention Is Better Than Cure’

Are you a diabetic patient, how well do you take care of your feet?  Your doctor is likely to…

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Study Shows How Aging Cripples The Immune System, Suggesting Benefits of Antioxidants

  The team found that stromal cells (green) in the thymus were deficient in an antioxidant …

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This Is What Happens To Our Bodies When We Die

  Death is an inescapable yet fascinating process, and the only ones who can explain that a…

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