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JOHESU Condemns Buhari’s Health Reform Move

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has strongly condemned the selection of the health reform …

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Experimental Treatment Uses Nitric Oxide for Acne

There's no shortage of products out there that claim to treat the pimples that so often plague…

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Add Asthma, Allergy Plans to Your Back-to-School List

 If your child has asthma or allergies, make sure his or her teacher, principal and school nu…

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FG Orders Federal Medical Centre Medical Director to Proceed on Leave

The Federal Government has ordered Dr Angela Uwakwan, the Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre…

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Health Ministry Battles Image Dent Over Fake Doctor

In past weeks, what looks very much like a Nollywood film has played out at the Federal Ministry o…

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Eradicating Hepatitis in Nigeria

Globally, there are millions of illnesses or diseases in existence coupled with the ones that seem…

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CDC: FG Prepared for Resurgence of Ebola

The National Coordinator, Centre for Disease Control, Prof. Abdusalam Nasidi, on Tuesday said Nige…

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US Panel: More Research Needed to Justify Universal Autism Screening

An influential U.S. health panel said on Monday it needs more evidence to support universal screen…

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Blood Clot Prevention is Higher Priority at Hospitals

Blood clots, which form when blood doesn’t flow properly, can happen to anyone, including tr…

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US Authority Warns Hospitals Over Use of Hackable Drug Pump

Hospira pumps were shown to be hackable by a security researcher   The US Food and Drug A…

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Pancreatic Cancer Urine Test Hope

A simple urine test that could detect pancreatic cancer much earlier than at present has been deve…

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U.S. IVF Pioneer Dies Aged 104 After Helping to Create More Than Five Million Babies

Howard Jones, the doctor, who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation in the United States when he was 70…

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Health Workers Raise Alarm Over Plans To Privatise Sector

National President/Chairman, JOHESU and Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Comrad…

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UITH: Bringing Health to Ailing Hearts

  NOTHING could be more painful than watching life ebbing away from one’s child withn…

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World Hepatitis Day: Foundation Offers free tests, Vaccines to Tunga-Maji Residents

A TOTAL of 490 persons including vulnerable children from 10 years and above, men and women, were …

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Egypt Trains 600 Doctors in New Cooperation with Africa

The North African country, Egypt, yesterday said it is forging new cooperation with the rest of Af…

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SON Raises Panel For Herbal Medicine Standardisation

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria on Monday constituted a committee for the standardisation of…

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Ban Overseas Treatment With Public Funds, NMA Urges FG

Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and other tiers of gov…

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Probe Teaching Hospitals, Resident Doctors Tell Buhari

Doctors, under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors, have called on President…

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In The World of Wellness, Immunity Is Everything

In general, every human being is born with an immune system, and that’s why we are able to s…

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