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Experts Storm Enugu For African Health

  Issues bothering on early marriage, health-related challenges, abortion among others woul…

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Covidien Recalls Some Prefill Flush Syringes

  Medical device maker Covidien Plc said it was recalling 14 lots of its Monoject prefill f…

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WHO: Worlds Top 10 Causes of Death

  Q: How many people die every year?   In 2011, an estimated 55 million people die…

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‘Five Million Adults Take Tobacco’

No fewer than 5.6 million Nigerians use tobacco products, the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) r…

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NACA Steps Up Campaign On Behavioural Change

AS the National AIDS Control Agency, NACA, steps up its HIV/AIDS behavioural change campaign with …

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Chinese, African Leaders Collaborate On Health

African and Chinese health ministers and  officials have mapped out new strategies to support…

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Malpractice: Lagos Doctors Promote Patients’ Rights

SUCCOUR has come the way of patients who may have suffered unduly in the hands of Nigerian medical…

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Lagos Arrests Butchers Selling Tuberculosis Infected Beef

  THE Lagos State government, yesterday, arrested three butchers selling tuberculosis infec…

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Only The Best Medical Care Is Good Enough For The People

  Anybody familiar with the Paediatric Unit of the Murtala Mohammed Hospital in Kano cannot…

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Killer heels! The Shocking 3D Scan That Shows How Stilettos Cause Unsightly Clawed Toes, Knobbly Bunions And Even ARTHRITIS

  . Stilettos push and twists bones out of line, often causing permanent damage   …

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UNICEF E.D Message on World Humanitarian Day 2013

Today, on World Humanitarian Day, we pause to honour the enormous courage and dedication of those …

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Auxilliary Doctor Takes Delivery of Over 90 Babies

A man who holds a secondary school certificate, Stephen Nwankwo, but worked as a doctor in a fake …

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TRIBUNAL HEARING: Nurse Had Sex With a Patient Treated for Mental Breakdown

A nurse had sex with a patient after romancing her over a meal at a tapas restaurant while she was…

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Maternal Obesity Leads To Later-Life Death Risks For Offspring

Approaching pregnancy with a healthy body is common sense, but a new study published in the Britis…

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Hepatitis is an Inflammation of the Liver

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Unless further qualified, the term is usually taken to …

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Colorectal Cancer Trigger May Lie in Mouth Bacteria

Two new studies published this week suggest that a type of gut bacteria found in the mouth may tri…

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Sex Addiction May Not Be Real After All

  Hypersexuality, commonly known as sexual addiction, may not be true addiction after all, …

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Anti-HIV Drugs May Protect Against Puberty Delays In HIV-Infected Children

  NIH-funded study shows children on newer regimens closer to normal timetable   F…

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Treatment of breast cancer in Alternative Medicine (2)

Being the second part in the serialisation of the text of a presentation by FEMI KUSA at the maide…

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Pharmacists Hail Jonathan on Colleagues Appointment

PHARMACISTS, under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), have hailed President…

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