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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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Substances from African Medicinal Plants Could Help Stop Tumor Growth

African medicinal plants contain chemicals that may be able to stop the spread of cancer cells. Th…

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MRI Detects Early Damage To Chemotherapy Child Hearts

Detecting early damage to a child's heart following chemotherapy is possible using MRI scans, …

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Nigerian Doctor Wins ‘Motivational Speaker Of The Year 2013’ Award In London

. First Ever Medical Professional To Win The Award   DR Kem Thompson, a General Practitio…

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Surgeons Implant Bioengineered Vein: Kidney Dialysis Patient First in U.S. to Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessel

In a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospit…

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Concerns About Anaesthesia’s Impact On The Brain

As pediatric specialists become increasingly aware that surgical anesthesia may have lasting effec…

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Drug May Aid in Alcohol Dependence, but Safety Concerns Linger

Varenicline (Chantix, Pfizer Inc), currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

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Malaria's Deadly Grip Revealed: Severe Malaria Breakthrough

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Seattle Biomedical Research Ins…

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Women Have Better Memory Recall Than Men

New research from McMaster University suggests women can remember faces better than men, in part b…

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Discrimination Against Pharmacists, Others, Counterproductive –PSN President

The President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Mr. Olumide Akintayo, in this interview with SAM…

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