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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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Greed pushed me into robbery –Medical doctor nabbed for robbing ATM

The saying that the love of money is the root of all evil seems to be true with the ordeal of a me…

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Itching: More Than Skin-Deep

The experiment was not for the squirmish. Volunteers were made to itch like crazy on one arm, but …

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Older Fathers: Psychiatric Problems In Kids?

An Indiana University study in collaboration with medical researchers from Karolinska Institute in…

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You Need Not Have Cancer

As far as treatment for non-communicable diseases goes, accessing care for cancer is still as expe…

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When Fathers Saved A Baby’s Life

This is such a great story I have to share it with you. And do forgive me, but I also have to shar…

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