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UBA Donates Incubators To OAUTH

The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife in Osun State, has received two incubato…

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Report Defaulting HMOs, NHIS Tells Healthcare Providers

Barely two weeks after the commencement of the re-accreditation exercise of healthcare facilities …

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Autism Has No Cure, But It Can Be Managed

Maternal obesity, diabetes linked to autism — Report Experts working with children with sp…

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Ways To Save Your Heart

Avoid dirty air: Inhaling ultrafine pollution particles can thicken the wall of your carotid arter…

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PUBLIC SMOKING BANS: Big fall In Preterm Births

The introduction of laws banning smoking in public places and workplaces in North America and Euro…

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Association of Pathologists of Nigeria (ASSOPON) Public Notice

ASSOCIATION OF PATHOLOGISTS OF NIGERIA (ASSOPON) PUBLIC NOTICE  The attention of the Asso…

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Govt reverses planned concession of public health institutions

The Imo State Government has reversed its planned decision to concession all hospitals and other p…

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President Jonathan Reaffirms FG Commitment to The Attainment of Universal Health Coverage

 The President stated this Abuja Monday at the Presidential Summit on Universal Health Covera…

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FG Takes Over Bauchi National VVF Centre

The Minister of Health, Prof.C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu who signed the MOU on behalf of the Federal Gove…

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National Trauma Centre Ready For President Commissioning -Prof. Chukwu

The Minister stated this in Abuja when he embarked on a pre-commissioning visit to the National Tr…

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FG Moves To Incorporate Dental Treatment Covered By Health Insurance

The Minister disclosed this in Abuja at the National Oral Health Conference in commemoration of th…

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Pot-smoking students 'perform better academically' than those who smoke tobacco

  . Marijuana smokers achieve better grades than cigarette smokers . Teenagers who smoke …

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Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C

  NOTICE:  Guidance for hepatitis C treatment is changing constantly with the advent…

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Four In 10 Infants Lack Strong Parental Attachments

In a study of 14,000 U.S. children, 40 percent lack strong emotional bonds — what psychologi…

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What Men Should Know About Women’s Privates

A wise girl saw some of her male classmates plucking mangoes. She pleaded for one, but they refuse…

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Ekiti NMA Threatens Three-Day Warning Strike

•Govt calls for dialogue Ekiti State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has …

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Breast Cancer 'Personal Drugs' Hope After Gene Study

"Personalised" treatments for breast cancer are a step closer, according to research sci…

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Suspended Animation? Docs Try Stopping Clock to Save Lives

  It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a mortally injured patient is put into suspe…

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Man Seeks Divorce Over Wife’s HIV Status

     A 38-year-old civil servant, Silas Dodo, has prayed an Upper Area Court in Mar…

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Strike Forces Patients Out of UCTH

   Patients are pulling out of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in droves fol…

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