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Hopes For Open-Heart Surgery

Chika Okoli, aged two years and seven months, was wheeled out of a theatre after hours of surgery …

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Doctors’ Strike Paralyses Activities at ATBU – Jibrin

Bauchi, June 22, 2015 (NAN) The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr Yusuf Jibrin, Abubakar Tafawa Bal…

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Millions of Smokers AND Ex-smokers May Have Deadly Undiagnosed Lung Diseases Not Picked Up By Regular Tests

  . Lung function tests are carried out to check for asthma, scarring of the lung tissue an…

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Medical Education: Do Doctors Teach In Nigeria?

All medical doctors are professionally and morally required to teach future generations of doctors…

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Panic Disorder Linked to Increased Risk Of Heart Attack, Heart Disease

Individuals who suffer from panic disorder, or panic attacks, may be at much higher risk of heart …

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Health workers To Resume Strike

Health workers under the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) at the University of Calabar Teaching …

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DailyTrust Editorial: Tackling Quack Doctors

The recent arrest of  a top government official who had been working as a doctor in the Feder…

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The Dos and Don’ts of Bag-Valve Mask Ventilation

  Of all the fundamental skills employed by EMS, few are more crucial than the ability t…

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Company Stops Testing of Ebola Drug in Sierra Leone

  . A Canadian company testing an experimental drug against Ebola has closed down the trial…

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Sensitive Jokes Healthcare Providers Make of Patients

The laughter of the ER staff echoed down the hall as Lauren, a nurse in Texas, talked about a pati…

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Nigerian Doctor Indicted as Part of U.S Largest Home Healthcare Fraud

Two doctors and a nurse are among seven North Texans charged in connection with the nation’s…

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Nigerian Gynaecologist On Sick Pay Ordered to Pay Back 100k Euros or Jail

A disgraced doctor who moonlighted while getting paid sick leave is being told to pay back nearly …

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U.S. Group Inducts Nigerian Doctor Into Medical Mission Hall of Fame

THE professional competence of Nigerians in their fields and their good services to mankind have a…

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Housewife Docked for Killing Medical Doctor

A 36-year-old housewife, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, who stabbed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, her …

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Nigerian Doctor Charged with Manslaughter After Failed Abortion

A Nigerian doctor named Dr Adedayo Adedeji, 62, was on June 4th charged with manslaughter after a …

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Medical Doctor Sanctioned for Alleged Fraud Sues Delta Govt., Demands N100 Million

A medical doctor, Godwin Obanovwe, who was sanctioned alongside 40 other staff of the Delta State …

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West African College of Surgeons (WACS) Grants Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) Full Accreditation

The West African College of Surgeons (WACS) has granted full accreditation to the Department of Ob…

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Warning of Likelihood of MERS Outbreak in Nigeria

An unverified circular which has gone viral on social media purported to emanate from the office o…

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New Anti-Malaria Drug Developed At Dundee University

  Scientists said new malaria drugs are "urgently needed" as parasites develop re…

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KWASU Researchers Discover Medicine For Kidney Disorders

A group of researchers at the Kwara State University has discovered a new phytomedicine for the ma…

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