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Prostate And Breast Cancer; New Treatment Options

Prostate cancer is today the most frequent malignant tumour in men, more frequent than lung cancer…

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Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Seals 123 Premises in Osun

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria [PCN] has sealed-up over 123 premises out of 142 visite…

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Maternal Cancer Could Be Detected During Prenatal Testing

A new study has revealed that genetic testing designed to detect chromosomal abnormalities in fetu…

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Autism Insights From Miniature Brains Grown Out of Skin Cells

Scientists have converted skin cells from patients with autism into stem cells and grown them into…

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Country’s Budget For Medicare: Fact Sheet

According to the Nigeria Health Watch, N262b ($1.7b) was allocated to Health in Nigeria’s 20…

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20 Million Nigerians Infected With Hepatitis Virus-FG

About 20 million Nigerians are infected with the Hepatitis B and C virus in Nigeria, Community Hea…

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Hospital Workers Protest Non-Payment of Entitlements

Health workers, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), at the Federal Medical …

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President Buhari to Join African Leaders at AU Confab on Ebola

President Muhammadu Buhari will be among African leaders and heads of state attending the Internat…

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Doctors at Yaba Psychiatry Hospital Begin Strike Over Insecurity, Poor Working Conditions

NARD-Strike-Bella-NaijaDoctors at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatry Hospital, Yaba have been on a five …

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Why More Nigerian Men Will Have Potbellies, By Experts

Potbelly or trunk obesity usually is attributed to women, most especially those who fail to sheere…

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Global Poor Sanitation Undermines Better Health, Says WHO

LACK of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from …

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WHO Admits Herbicides ‘Possibly’ Cause Cancer in Humans

The commonly used herbicide has been classified as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” b…

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JUTH on Lockdown, As Strike Enters Second Month

Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), in Lamingo area at the eastern part of Jos Metropolis, ha…

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Hospital Staff Send Buhari Reminder Over Alleged Victimisation

OVER one month after they sent a save-our-soul letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, some staff in…

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New Drug Could Improve Potassium Levels of Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients

High levels of potassium in the blood can be deadly. Patients with diabetes and kidney disease are…

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Gene Signature Spots Aggressive Lung Tumors

While some lung cancer screening programs are able to spot tumors in the early stages, they do not…

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Nigeria needs more Intensive Care Units – Cole

The Consultant, Intensive Care Unit, Paelon Memorial Clinic, Lagos, Dr. Sylvia Cole, has called fo…

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Medics Link Wrong Diagnosis To Poor Training

A professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, Justin Konje, …

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Philips Refurbishes Lagos Health Centre

A firm, Philips Healthcare, has refurbished facilities in the paediatric ward at the Ori-Iyanrin P…

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WHO Recommends Injectable Artesunate For Severe Malaria

Experts have said that in order to prevent death from severe malaria, immediate treatment with inj…

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