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Asthmatic people usually have high IQ - Expert

Lagos - A medical expert, Prof, Emmanuel Bamidele, has said that asthma patients usually possess h…

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‘Hypertension Has Become Common’

One in every three Nigerians is hypertensive.  Hypertension, also referred to as high blood p…

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Asthma Affects Seven Million Nigerians, Say Experts

No fewer than seven million Nigerians are living with asthma, a chronic disease, which affects the…

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Doctors, Others Robbed

Armed robbers struck at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) last Thursday, dispossessing…

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Doctors Urge Public to Intervene in Strike

Ibadan — Striking doctors in the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan under the auspice…

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I’ll Pay Every HIV-Positive South African N0.84m To Wear A Tatoo — ZUMA

CONFIRMED HIV positive South Africans that volunteer to be marked near their genital area w…

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Oncologists Urge Buhari To Prioritise Cancer Care Under NHIS

With over 80 percent of Nigerian cancer patients paying out of pocket, the need for the incoming a…

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Stroke: Not Just An Adult's Condition

When you hear the word stroke the first picture that pops into your mind is likely to be of an eld…

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CDC: Many Adults Failing To Undergo Recommended Cancer Screening

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that many adults in the US ar…

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Virus-Based Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial

A field trial of a new malaria vaccine that uses viruses carrying malaria antigen to stimulate the…

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Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) Appeals to Striking Doctors

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has appealed to striking doctors…

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Doctor and Wife Accused of Keeping Man as Slave in UK For 24 Years

A man who claimed he was kept as a slave by a doctor and his wife for 24 yearssaid his passport wa…

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W.H.O. Urges More Care in Naming Diseases

  No more animal names like swine flu, monkeypox and mad cow. Avoid place names like Spanis…

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The Ebola outbreak in Liberia is over

  WHO statement 9 May 2015   Today, 9 May 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola…

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World first as SPERM is grown in a lab for the first time

  . Scientists claim breakthrough could give hope to infertile men . Scientists: We have …

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Scientists study Sacramento woman who can spontaneously 'cure' HIV - and say she could hold the key to new treatments

  . Fewer than 1% of those infected are naturally able to rein in viral replication and kee…

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Impact Of An Integrated Treatment Algorithm Based on Platelet Function Testing and Clinical Risk Assessment: Results Of The TRIAGE Study

  On behalf of the TRIAGE study Investigators TRIAGE Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Co…

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Pharmacists, Rotary Canvass Private Sector’s Support for Malaria Eradication Scheme

PHARMACISTS in Kwara State and the Rotary, at the celebration of 2015 World Malaria Day at the wee…

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You're Not Yet Accomplished Doctors, VC Tells Graduands

ViCE Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodio University, prof. Abdullahi Zuru, has told the 52 graduands of …

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You're Not Yet Accomplished Doctors, VC Tells Graduands

ViCE Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodio University, prof. Abdullahi Zuru, has told the 52 graduands of …

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