Medical News


World Kidney Day: Lifestyle Choices and Kidney Health

After several years in medicine, as a medical doctor and as the CEO of a multi-specialty hospital …

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Push Towards Ending HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Prior to last week, Nigeria was known as the second capital of HIV/AIDS prevalence globally with 2…

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Fayemi extends free health services to prisons

The inmates of the Federal Prisons, Ado Ekiti and civil servants at the Ekiti State Secretariat on…

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Nigeria Accounts for Highest Burden of Measles Globally, Says WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lamented that Nigeria accounts for the highest case of mea…

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Glyphosate Weedkiller; A Substantial Cancer Factor

A US jury has found that one of the world's most widely-used weedkillers was a "substanti…

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U.S FDA Approves First Postpartum Depression Drug

For the first time in history, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug specificall…

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The Healthiest Water To Drink: Is There Such A Thing?

The science is clear: Staying hydrated and drinking enough water has health benefits.   H…

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Edo boosts health care reforms with N100m

The Edo State Government said it had paid N100m as a counterpart fund for the Basic Health Care Pr…

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Ondo trains 100 workers in primary health care

The Ondo State Government, in partnership with the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, has train…

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FG’ll prioritise health expenditure in 2019 — Udoma

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, on Tuesday said despite dwindling…

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Lassa fever, meningitis, cholera killed 156 Nigerians in 2019 — NCDC

No fewer than 156 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever, meningitis and cholera so far in 2019, accor…

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AHAPN Seeks Presidential Assent To Pharmacy Council Bill

Members of the Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) have call…

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Lagos Pharmacists Give Sanwo-Olu 4-point Agenda

Towards expanding frontiers in the quest to build a virile and productive health system that will …

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Lagos varsity cancer centre begins operation in May

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital cancer tr…

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Governor Obaseki plans compulsory medical test for Edo workers

The Edo State government is working on a plan that will encourage workers in the state to undergo …

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Nigerian Army 8 Division holds outreach for oral health

The 8 Division Nigerian Army Medical Services and Hospital, Giginya Barracks, Sokoto is to hold He…

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Medical practitioner wants Nigeria to be polio-free

Dr Towoju Olumunyiwa, a medical practitioner with National Hospital, Abuja, has called on Federal …

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Inside OAUTHC cardiac theatre where surgeons repair babies’ hearts

GBENGA ADENIJI, who joined the cardiac surgical team that successfully carried out open-heart surg…

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‘Boost medical tourism through investment’

The Federal Government has been urged to invest in the health sector in order to reduce outbound m…

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Methodist Church Moves to Reclaim Hospital from Kwara Govt

The Methodist Church of Nigeria has said it will take actions towards reclaiming the General Hospi…

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