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Still On Colon Cancer

Until the past six or seven generations, humans ate a diet filled with vegetable and grain fibre. …

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LUTH Interns Protest Unpaid Seven-Month Salary

Doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals on internship at the Lagos University Teaching…

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Toxins warning over chinese medicines

  Health regulators have issued a warning over some Chinese medicines, saying they contain …

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NMA Offers to Help Probe Suntai’s Health Status

The Nigerian Medical Association  has offered to set up a medical board to  ascertain th…

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Study: TB has human, not animal, origins

  The origins of human tuberculosis have been traced back to hunter-gatherer groups in Afri…

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Doctors Give FG 21-day Ultimatum

  The umbrella body for medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria, the Nigeria Medical As…

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Gunmen kill Chief Medical Director

Chief Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi state, Dr Musa Mohammed, was o…

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Avoid These Top Cause of Death, Live Longer

Every normal human being loves life — and rightly so. Many of us will do all that is necessa…

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Scientists Show How Antibiotics Enable Pathogenic Gut Infections

  A new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine could help pinpo…

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Ola Orekunrin: Regenerative medicine’ll drastically change lives

  Very soon, patients with hitherto incurable or hard to cure ailments will rejoice if repo…

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'Cool' Laser To Stop Diabetics Going Blind: Doctors Hail New Treatment That Leaves Healthy Parts of The Eyes Unharmed

  . Eye treatment uses low-heat laser minimising damage . Laser surgery could save sight …

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Statins Prevent Cataracts, Study Suggests

  Statins lower the rate of cataract by 20 percent, according to research presented at the …

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Complex Human ‘Mini-Brains’ Successfully Grown From Stem Cells

Scientists have successfully grown complex human brain tissue from stem cells using a new 3D cultu…

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Scientists Discover Drug That Could Combat Migraines

Researchers have discovered a new compound that could potentially treat migraines by blocking ligh…

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Studies Find Novel Ways To Relieve Nausea After Surgery

  Aromatherapy and intravenous administration of a dextrose solution may offer effective ne…

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Nigerias Drug Distribution Chaotic, Says Lagos State Director of Pharmaceutical Services

  Dr Moyosore Adejumo, the Director, Pharmaceutical Services, Lagos State Ministry of Healt…

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Nigerias Drug Distribution Chaotic, Says Lagos State Director of Pharmaceutical Services

  Dr Moyosore Adejumo, the Director, Pharmaceutical Services, Lagos State Ministry of Healt…

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Promising New Angle for Drugs to Prevent Stroke and Heart Attack

  Platelets, which allow blood to clot, are at the heart of numerous cardiovascular problem…

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WHO hand hygiene strategy feasible and sustainable for health-care settings around the world

  Note for media   AUGUST 2013 | GENEVA - WHO’s strategy for improving hand …

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Fashola, Minister list Ways to Boost Health Care

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, and the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukw…

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