Medical News


Doctors In A Health-Crisis System

THE decision by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to embark on a three-day warn…

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Mandatory Refresher Course (MRC) For Registered Environmental Health Teachicans (EHTs) And Environmental Health Assitants (EHAs) in Nigeria

EVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA MANDATORY REFRESHER COURSE (MRC) FO…

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US Backs New Genetic Research on Infectious Diseases

The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded $25 million to the J. Craig Venter Institute to…

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Board of Trustees of Pensioners of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria Notice

BOARD OF TRUSTES OF PENSIONERS OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA NOTICE TO ALL MDCN PENSI…

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Family Confirms Death Of ‘The Amazon,’ Dora Akunyili

  The Akunyili family has officially confirmed the death yesterday in India of Prof. (Mrs.)…

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New Targets That Could Increase Effectiveness, Reduce Side Effects in Breast Cancer Treatments

Approximately two out of three breast cancers are driven by receptors that bind the hormones estro…

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Lung Cancer Breath Test Looking More Promising

The study is the work of Fred R. Hirsch, professor of medical oncology at the University of Colora…

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Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals - No Strike Action for Now

Mr O.C. Ogbonna is the National General Secretary, Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (…

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Kidney Disease: New Treatments

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests tha…

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Dabma Sickle Cell Foundation Present Their World Sickle Cell Day 2014

Dabma Sickle Cell Foundation In Collaboration with NTA Channel 52 and The Guradian Present  …

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Doctors Resume Today, Threaten Indefinite Strike If…

As resident doctors in the various public hospitals across the nation return to their duty posts t…

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National Health Bill: Health Workers Want Contentious Issues Addressed

Nigerian health workers have urged the House of Representatives to urgently intervene in resolving…

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Train Us Or Scrap Residency Programme –Striking doctors

Doctors in some tertiary hospitals in the country decry poor funding of their residency programme,…

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Midwives Could Cut Maternal, Newborn Deaths By Two Thirds

The authorities at the United Nations Population Fund have said that with the right training and s…

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Increase in Charges At Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife: The Facts Of the Matter

This is to inform the general public, particularly parents and guardians of our students, that in …

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DOCTORS’ STRIKE: Patients Groan, Discharge Selves

Though the nationwide warning strike called by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD,…

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Doctors’ Strike Paralyses Health Services Nationwide

Pregnant women, children, the aged and patients seeking care in public hospitals are bearing the b…

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Insurgency Taking Toll On Healthcare in North East

  When in October 2010 a bomb exploded during the Independence Day celebrations in Abuja ki…

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Doctors Strike Paralyses Health Services Nationwide

Pregnant women, children, the aged and patients seeking care in public hospitals are bearing the b…

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Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria MLSCN Accredited CPD Workshop

ASSOCITATION OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA TEACHING HOSPITAL CHAPTER Pres…

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