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Dangers of Using Sleeping Pills

It’s the middle of the night and you are staring at the bedroom ceiling, thinking about work…

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New Malaria Elimination Strategy to Complement Use of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets

CONTRARY to earlier report that a new malaria strategy being adopted by the Federal Ministry of He…

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Health Minister Tasks Hospitals on Compliance With WHO Checklist For Surgical Safety

ETERMINED to reduce and eliminate errors and negligenCe that are often hazardous to patients, the …

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PSN Petitions Head of Service Over Treatment of Pharmacists at Federal Staff Clinic, Abuja

PHARMACISTS under the aegis, of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has petitioned the Hea…

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Govt Rolls Out Pentavalent, Meningitis, Measles Vaccines to Prevent Epidemic

*Plans to introduce pneumonia shot next year, save 180,000 lives from disease "To reach 13.…

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Bat origin of SARS confirmed

Two new viruses almost identical to SARS have been found in Chinese horseshoe bats (Source: Libiao…

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NMA PROVIDES FREE TREATMENT TO 4, 425 RURAL DWELLERS IN KEBBI

  The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in Kebbi has offered free treatment to 4, 425 indig…

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How pharmacists can succeed in business -AIPN

  Chairman, Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (AIPN), Oyo State, Mr Joseph S…

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First Aid Teams Set to Improve Heart Attack Survival With Pocket Manual

  First aid teams are set to improve the survival of heart attack patients with the first p…

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Syria polio outbreak confirmed by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 10 cases of polio in war-torn Syria - the first …

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You Can Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer

October has been designated as the Pink Month in a global effort to draw attention to issues relat…

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Zimbabwe Takes Aim at 'Neglected Tropical Diseases'

  The government of Zimbabwe, with help from U.N. agencies and Western donors, is trying to…

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5 Studies You May Have Missed

Here's a roundup of five medical studies published recently that might give you new insights i…

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Most Consultants in Govt Hospitals Earn Fat Salaries For Doing Nothing

Consultant Pharmacist, Olumide Akintayo, is the current President, Pharmaceutical Society of Niger…

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FG, States Should Stem Cholera Epidemic

The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria has raised thealarm over what it called pre…

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CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN ZAMFARA NOW UNDER CONTROL, SAYS COMMISSIONER

  The Zamfara Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Kabir Janyau, on Sunday assured residents of …

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We Have Reached the End Of Antibiotics

'We've reached the end of antibiotics': Top CDC expert declares that 'miracle drug…

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Cholera Epidemic Returns With Fury

Again, the outbreak of cholera epidemic has been reported in at least four states in Nigeria and i…

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Drug Development Lags for Neglected Diseases

  Of the 850 new drugs and vaccines approved for all diseases over the past decade, only 37…

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DOCTORS END THEIR STRIKE

The National Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday annouced the suspension of its more than …

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