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Even One Drink A Day Increases Stroke Risk, Study Finds

Even light-to-moderate drinking increases blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke, accor…

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Protest Over Killing of Doctor Hours After Graduation

Some students of the University of Lagos Friday staged a protest at Idi-Araba area of Lagos in pro…

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NAFDAC Raises Alert on Fake Meningitis Vaccines

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the Nigerian…

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Insurgency: Board Seeks Rehabilitation of Neuro Psychiatric Hospital in Maiduguri

The Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri on Thursday called for the rehabilitation of the…

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Fed Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Records 74,000 Cases in 20 Years

The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri, says it recorded 74,000 mental health cases in …

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Lassa Fever: One Dies, 32 Suspected Cases Recorded In Gombe

Gombe State has recorded 32 new suspected Lassa fever cases, five victims were confirmed with the …

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Disease Prevention: UNICEF Tasks Nigerians on Hand Washing

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Nigerians to imbibe the habit of washing their han…

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FG Urged To Employ More Doctors to Tackle Emerging Health Issues

Dr Innocent Ikpe, a general physician with Maitama District Hospital, FCT, has urged the Federal G…

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Nigeria Loses N400bn on Medical Tourism Annually — Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that Nigeria loses over N400billion annually to medical to…

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Biobelemoye: The Nigerian Health Sector, Disharmony And Exclusion Of Other Health Professionals

The monopoly of the leadership of the Nigeria’s health sector by medical doctors has been id…

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Drug Trafficking: FG Summons Saudi Envoy Over Execution of Nigerian Woman

Government made its position known following summons of the Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Nigeria, Ad…

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Why Men Die Earlier Than Women – WHO

According to “2019 World Health Statistics,” published on the WHO website, yesterday, …

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Tackling Illicit Drug Trafficking, Consumption

For many years Nigeria was used as “middle passage” for the trafficking of dangerous d…

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Man Drowns In Jigawa Dam While Fleeing From NDLEA

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that a 25-year-old man, Abubakar Lawan of Shaiskawa …

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Pharmacists Want Effective Drug Regulation For National Development

Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have tasked the Nationa…

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Man Who Had A Two-day Erection Has To Have The Tip Of His Penis AMPUTATED After Doctors Failed To Remove A Catheter From His Urethra And It Developed GANGRENE

A man whose erection lasted two days developed gangrene and needed the tip of his penis amputated.…

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Hospital Launches Machine to Curb Medical Tourism, Others

In commemoration of World Kidney Day, Healing Stripes Hospital has acquired an Apheresis machine w…

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NAFDAC Destroys Fake Products Worth N2.7B in Ogun State

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake and …

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Bayelsa Health Insurance Scheme Garners 106,000 Enrollees

As part of efforts to ensure delivery of standard healthcare services to Nigerians, the Bayelsa St…

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Young Nigerians Design HIV Self-Test Kits

As part of measures to achieve the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) goal of ending …

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