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Dangers Of Prolonged Use Of Paracetamol: NAFDAC

  The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the United S…

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Germany Court Orders Measles Sceptic To Pay 100,000 Euros

  A German biologist who offered €100,000 (£71,350; $106,300) to anyone who c…

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Experts call for a tobacco-free world by 2040

  Leading public health researchers call for the sale of tobacco to be phased out by 2040, …

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Flu Virus in China Has Pandemic Potential, Scientists Say

  By Steve Baragona   A dangerous influenza virus spreading in China's live po…

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Lagos Doctors to Begin Fresh Strike on Monday

Insist on four-month outstanding, non-casualisation of workers   DOCTORS in state-own hos…

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Regulator Seals Labs, Arrests urse for Unethical Practices

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria has sealed a laboratory that operated for nearly…

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Dentists Seek Sustainable Oral Care Services

Nigerian dentists have called for an urgent development of sustainable strategies for national pre…

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PCN Set to Standardise Pharmacy Practice— Elijah Mohammed, Registrar

ELIMINATION of fake drugs and standardization of the pharmacy practice are among the main prioriti…

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Police Collaborate On Healthcare Delivery

The Federal Ministry of Health is collaborating with the Nigeria Police Medical Services (NPMS) to…

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Medical Students Lament Poor Funding, Outdated Curriculum

It was supposed to be their maiden meeting for the year, but it turned out to be an appraisal of t…

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Registrar Warns Pharmacists Against Breaching Ethics

Pharmacists have been warned against breaking on the ethics of the profession. According to the Re…

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‘Wonder’ Capsule to Detect Cancer, Others Discovered

Here is some good news for cancer of bowel patients. The ailment can now be treated. Treatment is …

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Woman Who Dies Thirty Six Times a Year

This incredible video shows the moment a young woman with a rare heart condition becomes clinicall…

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Land Dispute Tears National Eye Centre, Host Community Apart

There seems not to be the best of time for National Eye Centre, Kaduna and its host community, Mah…

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Scent Trained Dog Detects Thyroid Cancer in Human Urine Samples

A Trained scent dog accurately identified whether patients' urine samples had thyroid cancer o…

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Placentophagy: Women Now Eat Placenta

As disgusting as this may sound, many mums including glamorous celebrities in the United States an…

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Doctor, What’s in it For Me?

Recently, the medical personnel at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation invited a whole pac…

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Ebola Outbreak: Liberia Releases Last Patient

Liberia has released its last Ebola patient after going a week without any new cases of the virus,…

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Health Workers Call Off Strike FG Agrees To Obey Court Order

The Joint Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (JOHESU) has called off the strike it embarked up…

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Free Glaucoma Screening at LUTH March 10-12

The Guinness Eye Centre, Lagos University Teaching hospital, LUTH, is providing free glaucoma scre…

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