Medical News


Artificial Sweetener a Potential Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

Mannitol, a sugar alcohol produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae, is a common component of sugar-f…

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DPP To Prosecute Fake Doctor

Cross River State Ministry of Justice has taken over the prosecution of a fake doctor arrested in …

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Mayo Researchers Find Rheumatic Condition Gout May Be Due To Flare-ups In Other Joints

The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that p…

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Blood Donation Bill Underway – Minister

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Friday said a draft Bill was being processed fo…

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UniAbuja: No Time Frame for School of Medicine Accreditation — Okojie

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, says there i…

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Resident Doctors Set For Nationwide Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors has warned of an impending strike by its members nati…

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NACA: We Need More Funds To Deal With HIV and AIDS

The Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko, has called…

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Lagos, NMA condemn Commercial Blood Donation

AS countries commemorate the World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) Friday, the Lagos State Government and d…

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PCN Okays LAUTECH For Drug Manufacture

OSOGBO — The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has granted Ladoke Akintola University of …

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TEDGlobal: Future vaccines could be delivered via patch

A skin patch that can deliver vaccines cheaply and effectively has been shown off at the TEDGlobal…

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National Primary Health Care Development Agency Notice

National Primary Health Care Development Agency Plot 681/682 Portharcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya …

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First Double Leg-Transplant Patient Has Legs Amputated

The world's first double leg-transplant patient has had his legs amputated, a Spanish hospital…

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NDA Makes Case For Dental Records

NIGERIANS have been urged to visit their dentists for routine dental checks every six months in or…

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Doctor Denies Mutilating Baby's Corpse

Abeokuta — The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said Dr. Babawale Joshua, who was accus…

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Antibodies in Cows Suggest New Human Therapies

Humans have been raising cows for their meat, hides and milk for millennia. Now it appears that th…

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Medical Education in Nigeria is Inadequately Funded

Former Director, Human Resources, West African Health Organisation, Professor Kayode Odusote has d…

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Scientists Closer to Artificial Livers

PROMETHEUS, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by b…

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Lecturer Warns Against Consumption of Catfish Pepper Soup

A Professor of biotechnology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Sylvi…

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Ekiti NMA Threatens Strike over Wage Dispute

The Nigerian Medical Association in Ekiti State has given the state government  a 21-day ulti…

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Heavily Pregnant Mother, 32, And Her Baby Died After Trainee Surgeons Removed Her OVARY Instead Of Her Appendix

. Maria De Jesus was admitted for surgery at Queen’s Hospital in Romford. Because she was he…

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