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Can Your Hospital Save You?

I asked Chief Medical Directors (CMD), ‘Can your hospital save your life?’ Do you have…

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40% OF 6,300 PEOPLE CONTRACTING HIV DAILY ARE YOUTHS - UNFPA

No fewer than 40 per cent of the 6,300 people infected by the HIV daily are aged between 15 and 24…

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Gene Mutation for Excessive Alcohol Drinking Found

Researchers have discovered a gene that regulates alcohol consumption and when faulty can cause ex…

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Pharmacists want NASS to amend controversial section of National Health Bill

PHARMACISTS under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have again called on th…

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New Pharmacy Council Boss Promises To Sanitise Practice

THE newly appointed Registrar of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN), Bruno Nwankwo, in his inau…

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We are Determined to Sanitise the Medical Profession - MDCN

Dr Abdulmumini Ibrahim is the registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). In th…

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Doctors go on Strike Without Consideration for Patients - Health Minister

Minister of Health Professor Onyeabuchi Chukwu yesterday expressed displeasure with the spate of s…

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Doctors Outraged over Prescribing Rights for Non-Doctors Approved by Health Ministers

DOCTORS’ groups have demanded an “immediate reversal” of a plan endorsed by ever…

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400,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITH HIV AND AIDS IN OGUN, SAYS COMMISSIONER

The Ogun Government on Thursday in Abeokuta said no fewer than 400,000 people are currently living…

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Scientists find aggressive new strain of HIV

. Patients infected with new HIV strain develop AIDS over two years faster than those with other v…

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Potential Cause Found For Deadly Breast Cancer Relapse

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, working with cell lines in a lab, have discovered why s…

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HIV Infections Up By 8% Across Europe More Testing And Better Treatment Coverage Recommended

According to new data issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and …

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My Appointment Was Approved By President, Says NAUTH CMD

THE Chief Medical Director (CMD), Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, Prof.…

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Why AIDS Has Defied Technology, By Idoko

• Govt urges Nigerians to get tested, as world marks Day • Budgets N262.7 billion to f…

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Scientists Develop Implantable Slimming Aid

 Mice with just two ‘male’ genes father babies As part of efforts to stop obesi…

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Miracle Fruit Improves Appetite in Patients

 How nut consumption reduces death rate Can eating Miracle fruit and nuts improve appetite …

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BRCA-Negative Results May Not Reduce Cancer Risk

Breast cancer will likely affect one in eight women at some point during their lifetime, and the r…

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Pharmacists, Nurses, Others Should Stop Competing With Doctors

My attention was drawn to the specific details of the interview of Dr. Osahon Enabulele President,…

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More Nigerians die of diabetes than HIV/AIDS

Doctors highlight reasons why more Nigerians are afflicted with diabetes,  Medical personne…

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Health Minister Expresses Concerns at Board Inauguration

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday, in Abuja expressed concern on the natio…

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