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Herbal Medicine Development Training by NAFDAC/UHMCTI

UHMCTI, NAFDAC plan two-day training on herbal medicine development .    T HE Universa…

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Health workers petition Jonathan over exclusion from National Conference, Re-appointment of Orhii As NAFDAC's Boss

Healthworkers petition Jonathan over exclusion from National Conference, re-appointment of Orhii a…

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New Genetic Centre To Reduce Deaths From Breast Cancer, Sickle Cell

A NEW genetic centre, which will be officially commissioned today at the Lagos University Teaching…

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LASUTH Performs First Cochlear Transplant

LASUTH performs first cochlear transplant Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospita…

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Nigeria Runs Out Of Yellow Fever Vaccine

 Nigeria faces a renewed risk of losing many children this year to vaccine preventable diseas…

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Sinusitis: Causes, Symptoms And Management

A young man shared this story with me during a medical mission on an island in Epe, Lagos. He has …

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Health Should Dominate Online Discussions Ahead 2015 Elections – ICFJ

The International Centre for Journalists has urged Nigerians to direct their energies towards the …

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Being Thin Could Mean You Are Ill

Grab a copy of any magazine worth that name, and the first image that confronts you is that of a l…

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Cancer Now World’s Biggest Killer Disease –Report

With over 8.2 million people dying of all manner of cancer yearly, it is now the highest killer di…

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Global Cancer Cases Rising At An Alarming Rate Worldwide

  As countries modernize around the world, they're increasingly being hit with one of t…

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List of Approved/ Accredited Trainig Institutions to Run Environment Health Courses

School of Health Technology Akwa Ibom State P.M.B. 1052 Etinam, Akwa Ibom State   2.Col…

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LASUTH Performs First Hearing Surgery

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja has scored a first in hearing surgery…

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World Cancer Day, 4 February 2014

  Cancer - early diagnosis and treatment saves lives With cancer, starting the right trea…

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Nigerian herbal remedies are the key to its pharmaceutical future

  Prof. Karniyus Gamaniel, Director-General of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Re…

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Cells from eyes of dead 'may give sight to blind'

  Cells taken from the donated eyes of dead people may be able to give sight to the blind, …

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MEDICAL COUNCIL PROSECUTES 23 QUACKS IN 1 YEAR

  The Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Dr Abdulmumini Ibrahim, said…

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Soldiers Beat Up Ondo Hospital Workers

About 20 soldiers allegedly beat up health workers at the General Hospital in Ore, Odigbo Local Go…

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How mouthwashes worsen heart attack, strokes

  • Antiseptic gargles kill good bacteria that help keep blood pressure down USING m…

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High-Protein Diets Increase Kidney Disease Risk In Rats'

AN experiment done in rats by scientists at University of Granada, (Spain, shows a high-protein di…

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Hospitals Aren’t Germ-Free, Be Careful

Generally, we go to the hospital when we are ill, hoping to be treated and totally relieved of our…

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