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Yaba Psychiatric Hospital Health Workers Begin Warning Strike

Doctors strikeIrked by Federal Government’s alleged refusal to pay five –year promotio…

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US, African Union Sign Deal to Form African Disease Agency

  The United States and the African Union signed an agreement on Monday to create the Afric…

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Breath Test 'Could Give Clues to Stomach Cancer Risk'

A simple breath test could help predict whether people with gut problems are at high risk of devel…

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‘UNICEF Scheme’ll Reduce Maternal, Infant Mortalities’

Health care experts in Bayelsa State say that mortality rate among women and children will fall be…

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Pharmacists Council to Clamp Down on Illegal Medicine Vendors

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) yesterday said that it is working to stop the circulation…

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Doctors Perform Thyroid Surgery Without Scar!

Thyroid nodules are a common problem that a clinician faces in his practice. The vast majority of …

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LUTH Builds Doctors Capacity on Colon Surgery

Against the backdrop of ensuring proper treatment of bowel conditions in Nigeria, Lagos University…

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Debunks Rumours of New Cases in Hospital

The Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital(LUTH), Idi-Araba, Prof. Chris Bode,…

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New Treatment For Drug-Resistant Breast Cancer Found

Researchers investigating the way in which HER2-positive breast cancer becomes resistant to treatm…

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Expert Allays Fears, as Ebola Scare Hits Lagos

Residents of Lagos and environs have been urged to ignore a rumoured re-emergence of the dreaded E…

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Why Nigerians Fall Back On Self-Medication

  The increasing cases of self-medication in Nigeria especially among the rural dwellers is…

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New clinical platform may accelerate discovery of diagnostic and therapeutic agents

  . Researchers have developed a new technology that enables rapid discovery of aptamers…

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Researchers create tool to predict avian flu outbreaks

  . A simple and effective portable tool to predict avian flu outbreaks on farms has been c…

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WHO: Ebola survivors at risk of eye and joint problems

  . The WHO said the risks of the Ebola virus spreading from country to country were reduci…

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Indiana HIV Outbreak Tops 100 Cases: State Health Officials

  An HIV outbreak in southeastern Indiana related to intravenous prescription drug abuse ha…

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Important Guidance For Care Of People With Diabetes

Published: 10 April 2015 Nurses caring for people with diabetes are being offered guidance on th…

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Children of Smokers Have Increased Risk of Heart Disease in Adulthood

Quitting is the best approach for the health of the family, but limiting children’s exposure…

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Time to announce UV tanning 'causes' skin cancer, doctors urge

  Doctors and researchers writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine argue it i…

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Gilead's Low-Dose, High-Impact HIV Drug Heads To The FDA

  A next-generation HIV drug from Gilead Sciences Inc., which could be more effective and h…

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Doctors, Pharmacists, Express Readiness To Work With Buhari

  The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Commonwealth Medical Association (CMA) and pharmac…

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