Medical News


Strike: National Hospital Workers To Resume Work on Tuesday - Union

Striking workers of the National Hospital will on Tuesday suspend their 12-day-old strike and resu…

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Alcohol link to premature birth: Just three drinks a week in early pregnancy can double the chance

  . Leeds University study found abstinence to be only way for healthy growth . Even drin…

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Call Off Strike, CMD Begs Sokoto Doctors

The Chief Medical Director of the UsmanuDanfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTIH), Sokoto, Dr…

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Health workers may resume strike over ministerial appointment

•  Nigeria, others seek post-2015 health framework •  Jonathan inaugurates P…

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Community Pharmacists to Reject Mobile Authentication System (MAS)

INITIAL optimism that pharmacists once expressed on Mobile Authentication System (MAS) and its abi…

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Pharmacist, Health Workers Disagree with Doctors Over National Health Bill

IT was set for Presidential assent in May 2011 but a disagreement among stakeholders over some sec…

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College of Medicine Commissions Refurbished Gate

The commissioning of the new College of Medicine Gate, University of Lagos, Idi-araba was carried …

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Sixteen killed in Manchester by hospital superbug

  Sixteen people have died in Manchester in the past four years from a highly resistant sup…

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Is breast-feeding really better?

Many women who are unable to breast-feed feel guilty about it and worry they may be depriving thei…

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Drug May Offer Better Protection Against HIV Infections

A long-acting, injectable HIV drug could potentially protect people from infection with the AIDS v…

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Neonatal Tetanus: Deadly But Preventable

Over 20 years ago, the University College Hospital, Ibadan, invited some of us Nigerians to come a…

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Inflammatory Foods To Avoid (2)

Caffeine: Another food compound to avoid in overdoses is caffeine. Regular consumption of more tha…

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Prevent Diseases With Exercise

The benefits of exercise are unquantifiable. Those who engage in it regularly swear by it. Physici…

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Blood Screen Shows Risk Of Healthy People Dying

A new screening technology reveals a signature of mortality in blood samples. Researchers have ide…

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Hospital Owners Groan Under Fuel Scarcity

It is not only the transport and the economic sectors that suffer when there is fuel scarcity the …

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Improved Sanitation Bedrock of Modern Development – Registrar, Environmental Health Officers Council.

As a way to further improve the living standard of the people, the Registrar of the Environmental …

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Students Storm Oyo Governor’s Office, Block Gate

Students of Oyo State School of Hygiene, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Monday stormed the Oyo State Governor…

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Medical Director Investigated: Federal Medical Center In ‘Financial Mess’

The Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, is under investigation. Dr. Abiod…

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Nurses Decry Nation's Insecurity

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has described insecurity as a majo…

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Qualcomm, Etisalat, Others Develop Electronic Medical Record

The Qualcomm Incorporated, through its wireless reach initiative, has partnered the Vecna Cares Ch…

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