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Teens Invent Condom That Changes Color When It Detects An STD

Three students took home first prize in the health category at the U.K.’s Teen Tech Awards o…

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Why Our Strike Persists After 3 Months In Keffi - Doctors

Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in Keffi, Nasarawa State has said its three-month-old strike…

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Physiotherapy Corpers Association of Nigeria (PCAN) Commiserates with Nigeria Society of Physiotherpy(NSP) on Death of Prof Nwuga

The Physiotherapy Corpers Association of Nigeria (PCAN) has commiserated with the immidiate family…

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Lab-Made Blood To Enter Human Trials In 2 Years

  . Artificial blood grown in a lab from stem cells is one step closer to being available t…

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NDLEA Arrests 84 Drug Suspects in Ogun, Raids Three Drug Labs in Anambra

  The men of the Ogun State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said th…

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FG To Shut Down All Open Drug Markets From July1

  In order to ensure organised drug distribution system in the country, the federal governm…

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Extra Ordinary Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) NEC Meeting

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) is set to hold an Extra Ordinary…

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Nigerian Radiologist and Biomedical Engineer Wins Award for Developing Cancer-visualising Glasses

A NIGERIAN-born scientist, Dr. Samuel Achilefu, has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for 2014 f…

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Cambodia Identifies 3,000 Unlicensed Doctors —after one gave hundreds of patients HIV

Cambodia’s health ministry announced that it had cracked down on 3,000 doctors and 200-plus …

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Gunmen Shoot Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Chairman

Three armed men suspected to be hired assassins on Wednesday shot the Chairman of the Ijaiye-Ojoko…

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Man Wins $500,000 After Recording Doctors Mocking Him During Surgery

A Virginia man was awarded $500,000 by a jury after his phone recorded an operating team mocking h…

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Containing the Cancer Scourge

Against the background that many of the cancer patients in Indian hospitals are Nigerians, accordi…

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Skinny Jeans Lands Woman in Hospital

SkinnyAn American woman has landed in hospital after her skinny jeans left her without sensation i…

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Cholera Claims More Lives in Ebonyi

Three persons were yesterday confirmed dead in Ndiogbu Ndieze village, Izzi local government area …

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PSN Tasks Govt On Drug Revolving Funds in Public Health Institutions

• Commends National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi for siting of edifice    Pharma…

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‘40% Of Katsina Health Workers Are Casual Staff

A committee constituted by the Katsina State government has said that 40 per cent of health worker…

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Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria Inaugural Central Working Committee Meeting

The inaugural Central Working Committee meeting of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of …

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Release of Entrance Examination Result to cross River State College of Health Technology, Calabar

The College has released the names of candidates who were successful at the recent Entrance Examin…

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JOHESU To Resume Suspended Strike in UCTH

Health workers in Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospita…

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Pharmacists Council De-Registers Four Over Malpractices

Four pharmacists have had their licenses revoked and their names removed from the registry of the …

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