Medical News


Hopes for new blood test that could prevent stillbirth

Australian researchers have developed a simple blood test for expectant mothers that they say coul…

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NMA Directs Doctors to End 5-day Warning Strike Today

Normalcy will return to public hospitals across the Federation from 8a.m. today as the Nigerian Me…

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Scientists Discover Mechanism of Immune System Cell Death in AIDS

Scientists have discovered that the AIDS virus destroys the immune system by infecting a relativel…

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria to Join JOHESU for National Strike on December 28, 2013

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has said it will embark on an indefinite doctors’ str…

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Guild of Medical Directors Pledge to Support NHIS

The Guild of Medical Directors on Saturday pledged to make Nigerians to understand what the Nation…

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Doctors Save Hand By Attaching It To Man's Leg

A worker operating a machine in a family workshop in China accidentally cut off his hand -- which …

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Kids Of Less-Educated Moms May Have Noisier Brains

A mother's level of education has strong implications for a child's development, Northwest…

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More Mothers Access HIV/AIDS Services In Anambra - UNICEF

The United Nations Children's Fund has that more women now access HIV/AIDS Pervention of Mothe…

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Gynaecologists Canvass Employment Of Competent Health Care Professionals

Gynaecologists under the aegis of Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria have canvassed …

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Study : Female Doctors Are Better Than Male Doctors

According to a new study done by University of Montreal research team, female doctors are better t…

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Doctor's Strike - 'I Don't Want My Sick Son to Die'

The nationwide five day warning strike began by doctors which began Wednesday is already weighing …

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Role of Sugar Uptake In Breast Cancer Revealed

Metabolism was lost in the shadows of cancer research for decades but has recently been reclaiming…

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World Class Medical Facility Coming — FG

The Federal Government has taken a  step towards establishing a world class medical facility …

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Strike: No work, no pay, Oshiomhole tells doctors

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the ongoing nationwide warning strike by the …

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Higher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults

Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taki…

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Indian Woman Miscarries 10 Babies In One Night

  In what's being called a medical record in India, a 28-year-old woman in Madhya Prade…

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Doctors Degin Five-day Nationwide Strike Today

Doctors in public health institutions across the country will begin a five-day nationwide strike t…

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I Cant be Held Responsible for Doctors Strike - Minister of Health

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday in Abuja stated that nobody should hold …

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GlaxoSmithKline to Stop Paying Doctors to Make Speeches

GlaxoSmithKline is making major changes to its incentive schemes following a damaging corruption s…

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National Health Bill Will Be Ready Before Christmas - Senate Committee Chairman

The National Health Bill will be ready before December 25, Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, D…

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