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Medical Laboratory Science of Nigeria Updates Practitioners Online Register

The Medical Laboratory Science of Nigeria has updated its Practitioners Online Register   …

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‘Nigerians Deserve Access to Affordable Health Care’

The MD, Hygeia HMO Limited, Mr. Obinna Abajua, has stressed the need for health care providers to …

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Enugu Police Arrest Robbery Suspect in Pharmacy

The Enugu Police Command on Thursday arrested a robbery suspect, who allegedly attacked a pharmacy…

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Nearly 10,000 Cases Suspected to be Cholera this Year Alone

Some 9,866 cases suspected to be cholera have been reported in the ongoing outbreak since January,…

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Research: People Over The Age Of 50 Who Break A Bone Increase Their Risk Of Dying For Up To 10 YEARS

People over the age of 50 who break a bone increase their risk of dying for up to 10 years, warns …

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Parents Whose Newborn Babies Died From Herpes Warn About Deadly Virus

Two sets of parents who lost their newborn babies to a common virus are speaking out about their h…

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DEPRESSION: Sounding the Sirens on Clinician Suicide

It’s one of the oldest (and most dangerous) adages related to the profession of healthcare: …

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43 PHCs’ to Benefit from Lagos New Health Initiative

About 43 Primary Health Centres and 23 service providers have been chosen to benefit from the pilo…

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High Court: Locking up Patients for Hospital Bill Amounts to False Imprisonment

The Act of Hospitals Locking Up Customers From Exiting Their Premises On The Guise That They Must …

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I am as Guilty as Charged, Fake Medical Doctor Tells Court

A fake medical doctor, Salisu Usman, yesterday confessed at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in L…

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HIV Positive Patient Lands in Court for Spitting on Nurse Treating Him

He spit on her and said “taste the last kiss of death,”   An Aliceville man w…

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Gombe State Govt. Trains 96 Midwives, Nurses on Obstetrics

Gombe State Ministry of Health says it has conducted one-week practical training on obstetrics for…

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Veterinary Association Calls for Modern Abattoir in Anambra

The  Anambra chapter of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has appealed to Go…

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Doctors, Pharmacists Give Advice on Blood Pressure Drug Recalled Over Cancer Risk

Doctors and pharmacists are giving new advice after a recall for heart and blood pressure medicati…

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Inducts 186 Doctors, Dentists

Prof. Afolabi Lesi, Provost, College of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), has a…

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‘Eating Fish During Pregnancy May Outweigh Mercury Risk’

A new study has noted that pregnant women who form the habit of eating fish every week stand the c…

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World Bank Earmarks $4m for Kwara Health Sector

The World Bank has earmarked the sum of $4m to strengthen health care service delivery in Kwara St…

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Treat Patients with Respect, NHIS Urges Health Workers

National Health Insurance Scheme on Tuesday urged health workers to treat patients with respect an…

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Bill Gates Jump-Starts Research For An Affordable Alzheimers Test

Besides a cure, what do those afraid of Alzheimer's disease need most? According to entreprene…

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A Blood Test Can Now Detect The Most Serious Type Of Skin Cancer

Melanoma cancer, the most serious type of skin cancer, can now be detected in its early stages by …

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