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Detecting Skin Cancer Online Course Improves Physicians Skill Level

Primary care physicians who took an online training course about skin cancer detection significant…

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Lack of Brown Fat Linked to Diabetes Risk in South Asians

  Researchers have long known that people of South Asian origin have a higher risk of devel…

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New Trigger For Breast Cancer Metastasis Identified

  For years, scientists have observed that tumor cells from certain breast cancer patients …

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Experts Worry Over Low Cancer Survival Rate

  Five-year-old Davies Yemi is a survivor of kidney cancer. Chioma, Davies’ mother re…

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"One-stop" Rdiotherapy Could Offer an Alternative to Lengthy and Inconvenient Post-Surgery Procedures for Breast Cancer

  Two new studies, published in The Lancet and The Lancet Oncology, show that targeted radi…

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New Driver of Breast Cancer Discovered

A team of researchers at UT Southwestern has found that as cholesterol is metabolized, a potent st…

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FG Poise to Reposition Oral Health In Nigeria

FG Poise to Reposition Oral Health In Nigeria   Minister of Health, Prof.C.O.Onyebuchi Ch…

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Pharamacists Seek Favourable Environment For Manufactures

PHARMCISTS in Nigeria have canvassed a more fovourable environment to enable them manufacture rath…

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Poor Women Experience Delays in Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Researchers say that young women with breast cancer who are of a poorer financial status may exper…

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Kidney Disease Patients Who Consume More Vegetable Protein May Live Longer

Increased consumption of vegetable protein was linked with prolonged survival among kidney disease…

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Acute Kidney Injury Patients May Not Be Receiving Sufficient Care After Discharge

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common in-hospital diagnosis seen by US nephrologists, bu…

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Smoggy Beijing Sees Lung Cancer Cases Soar

  The number of lung cancer cases in the Chinese capital Beijing has soared over the last d…

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Local Kidney Transplants Begin Soon

A Lagos Assemblyman, Mr. Suru Avoseh, has said the state government will soon commence comprehensi…

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Examine Your Breast, Prevent Cancer

Shola Adebanjo felt an unusual growth in her left breast while taking a shower and did not dismiss…

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Foods That Lower Cancer Risk

Cruciferous veggies   Broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale are all can…

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NIH Launches Trial of Investigational Genital Herpes Vaccine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Researchers have launched an early-stage clinical trial of an inv…

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CARDIOLOGIST URGES DOCTORS TO EDUCATE PATIENTS ON DOSAGE OF PRESCRIBED DRUGS

An Abuja-based cardiologist, Dr Onye Achilihu, on Thursday urged medical doctors to educate patien…

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Anticonvulsant Promising for Alcohol Dependence

The anticonvulsant gabapentin, a widely prescribed anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy and neuro…

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Immune-Suppressing Cells Explain Newborn Infection Vulnerability

Immune-suppressing cells explain newborn infection vulnerability        &n…

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Fibre, Wellness And Longevity

  How much fibre do you take daily? Regular consumption of foods high in fibre ensures heal…

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