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Skin Cancer Risk Linked With Grapefruit And Orange Juice

Grapefruit and orange juices are breakfast staples for many of us. But consuming these in large am…

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Scientists Find Small Molecule That Helps BRCA Gene Resist Cancer Treatment

In a new study they report in the journal Molecular Cell, scientists describe how they identified …

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Targeting Gene-Control Molecule May Heal Chronic Wounds

Wound healing is a complex process that progresses in stages and for which there are few targeted …

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Fidson Healthcare Wins Pharmaceutical Growth Excellence Award

  Based on its recent performance in the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry, Fidson Healthcar…

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Study: N480bn Spent Annually on Malaria Treatment

  About N480 billion is lost annually to malaria treatment and absenteeism which is about 4…

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How Being Obese Could Help You Fight Cancer, By Researchers

OVERWEIGHT cancer patients are more likely to survive after treatment for advanced stages of the d…

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Physiotherapists Gear Up for the Nwuga Foundation Inaugural Lecture

The stage is set for the inaugural annual lecture of the Nwuga Physiotherapy foundation slated for…

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Medical Director in Critical Condition After Gun Attack

Dr. Jatto Stephen, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, chairman, Ijaiye Ojokoro branch is lying crit…

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Women – Invaluable but Undervalued

Women’s contribution to healthcare constitutes nearly 5% of global wealth creation (GDP), bu…

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Dr. Nwaobiala Unveils Geriatric Medicine PGBMAS ... M.Sc. Kicks Off Soon

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, has said that the f…

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Industry Must Do More to Improve Urinary Catheters By Adam Brimelow

  . Around one in five hospital patients are fitted with catheters   A leading res…

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Circular on Enhanced Entry Point for Med Laboratory Scientists Released

  Medicalworld has received a memo from one of its correspondents signed by Dr. A.K. Muh…

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The West African College of Nursing Traveling Itinerary Announcement for the 2015BGM in Ghana

Dear All,   Greetings from the WACN Secretariat.   With only 18days to the 2015 …

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Resident Doctors Accuse LUTH Of Indifference

PATIENTS at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and their relations may have to wait lon…

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Scientist Transfer Artificial Heart For Patient

A petite 44-year-old woman has received a successful heart transplant at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medica…

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Watch Out, As Ebola Makes a Reappearance

Watch Out, As Ebola Makes a ReappearanceJust in case you do not know, three fresh cases of the Ebo…

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Cuba Eliminates Mother-to-child HIV and Syphilis, WHO Report

. Cuba is the first country in the world to receive validation from the World Health Organization …

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ICM Goodwill Ambassador Addresses ACNM Annual Meeting

ICM Global Goodwill Ambassador H.E. Toyin Saraki addressed the 60th Annual Meeting and Exhibition …

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Fake HIV Research Lands Ex-University Scientist 4.5-Year Prison Term

  A former Iowa State University scientist who altered blood samples to make it appear he h…

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WHO, Pharmacists Raise Alarm Over Growing Threat of Chronic Diseases

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and pharmacists under the aegis of the West African Postgradua…

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