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JOHESU, FMC Bicker Over N250m Fraud Allegation

MWHUN condemns workers’ strike, suspends chairman    THE ongoing strike embark…

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Treating Stomach Ulcer Bacteria Could Reduce Stomach Cancer Risk

A new study published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that eradicating th…

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TB May be Treatable With Common Glaucoma Medication

Scientists have discovered a compound found in many drugs prescribed for the treatment of glaucoma…

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Rise in Newborns Being Admitted to Intensive Care

A new study has raised questions about the appropriateness of admissions to US intensive care unit…

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Risk Of Death From Shaken Baby Syndrome Could Be Identified With New Tool

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics details the development of a new test that could h…

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Prevent Death From Prostate Enlargement

In 1999, there were approximately 334,888 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States of Ame…

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World Hepatitis Day: Prevent hepatitis. Act now

Viral hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver caused by a virus. Five different types of hepati…

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BSU Medical Student Did Not Commit Suicide

SIR: Since the death of Idoko Nicholas, a 400 Level medical student of the College of Health Scien…

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South Korea Declares De Facto End To Mers Virus

  The prime minister apologised for the government's response to the outbreak. South Ko…

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Scientists Fault WHO Case Definition on Ebola

British and Sierra Leonean researchers have called to question the  norms set down by the Wor…

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Scientists Heal Broken Bones with Cannabis

Israeli researchers from the Tel Aviv University say  a  curative component in cannabis,…

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UniIorin Working to Develop Ebola Vaccine, Says VC

Abuja – Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin (Unilorin), sa…

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Getting Closer To Polio Eradication

IT is no longer news that if everything goes as planned, Nigeria would be delisted as polio endemi…

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UNILORIN Working to Develop Ebola Vaccine – VC

Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), says the institu…

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First Malaria Vaccine Excites Scientists

NIGERIAN scientists led by the President of Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), Prof. Oyewale Tomor…

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FDA Approve New Saily Pill For Common Skin Cancer

The US regulators have approved a new drug for the treatment of locally advanced basal cell car…

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Scientists Fault WHO Case Definition on Ebola

British and Sierra Leonean researchers have called to question the  norms set down by the Wor…

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Pharmacists’ Council, GSK Confront Counterfeiting

In the bid to tackle the menace of counterfeit and poor-quality medicines in the country, GSK Cons…

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Bayelsa Medical Workers Accuse Dicksons Health Commissioner Of Extortion, Scam

Scores of health workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, filed a pe…

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Expelled Medical Student Kills Self, One Other in Auto Crash

A final year medical student of the Benue State University, BSU, Nicholas Idoko, apparently killed…

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