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Tests Suggest Baby Born With HIV May Be Cured

The government's top AIDS scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of …

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President Jonathan Reconstitutes 13 Boards of Medical and Professional Bodies

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday approved the composition and appointment of 13 governing boa…

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FG, WHO to Establish 774 Dental Clinics

The Federal Government and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to establish 774 dental clinics…

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Medical Council inducts 333 doctors

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria yesterday inducted 333 fresh graduates into the council.…

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Scientists Fault New Ondo Laboratory

ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL LA ORATORY SCIENTISTS OF NIGERIA Scientists Fault New Ondo Laborator…

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Dentists Target 50% of Nigerian population

Private dental practitioners in Nigeria say they are keying into the National Oral Health Policy w…

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Boost Your Liver Function

Drink plenty of lemon water. Start every day with a large glass of water with the fresh juice of o…

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Police Nab Fake Doctor in Lagos

The Police in Lagos have arrested a fake doctor, Adeyemi Akintolure, for allegedly practising medi…

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YUGUDA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DEARTH OF TRAINED HEALTH PERSONNEL IN BAUCHI STATE

  Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has expressed concern over the dearth of trained health p…

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Super-vaccine could eliminate need for annual flu jabs within five years after successful trials

. New universal vaccine being developed by British and European scientists, Jab would provide life…

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HIV AIDS – Alice in Wonderland

Every where — chemists have labs , they have all sorts of gadjects . pharmacists have labs, …

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HIV Protective Drugs ‘Do Not Increase Sexual Risk-Taking’

A new study suggests that people who are HIV negative in a heterosexual relationship with an HIV-p…

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Flesh-eating zombie drug kills you from the inside out

A flesh-eating drug that turns people into zombie-like creatures seems to have made its way to t…

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Blood test 'detects sepsis in hours'

A rapid blood test to diagnose blood poisoning, or sepsis, at the hospital bedside could potenti…

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Why Lower Weight Is Key To Better Health'

  CONTRARY to believe that weight gain is a sign of affluence and healthy living, some e…

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Breaking Through Cancer’s Shield

For more than a century, researchers were puzzled by the uncanny ability of cancer cells to evade …

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WHO calls for the phase out of mercury fever thermometers and blood pressure measuring devices by 2020

  Mercury-Free Healthcare by 2020 initiative aims to end mercury exposure from medical meas…

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UCH Performs 1st Open Heart Surgery

The first open heart surgery in a teaching hospital in Nigeria has been successfully carried out a…

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Early Sex Linked to Cervical Cancer — MWAN

President, Medical Women Association of Nigeria, Dr. Valerie Obot, has said that early sex and oth…

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Group Blames Fear For Increasing Breast Cancer

The founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pink Pearl, Mrs. Orode Ryan-Okpu, has said that women r…

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