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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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ADHD Study Links Teens Symptoms With Digital Media Use

Smartphones: the new teen mental health crisis?   The more teens check social media and s…

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Ex-CJN, Katsina-Alu Dies in Abuja Hospital

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, is dead.   Katsina-…

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Kwara to Commence Registration for Health Insurance in August

The newly established Kwara State Health Insurance Agency says it will commence registration for t…

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NHIS Has Provided More Opportunities To Nigerians – ES

The coming on board of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS ) has greatly helped in providin…

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Carbide-Ripened Fruits Can Kill, NAFDAC Warns

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned Nigerians to avoid con…

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‘Dental Amalgam Harmful to Pregnant Women, Children’

Stakeholders in environmental protection and health-related matters have called for an end in the …

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Fake Medical Doctor Nabbed in Ondo

A man, Emmanuel Owolanke, has been arrested by the Hospital Services Department of the Ondo State …

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Farmer, 55, has surgery to remove a 1.4kg tumour from his neck after he ignored the growing lump for 20 YEARS because he thought it was a swollen thyroid gland

An Indian farmer has been given a new lease of life after doctors removed a humongous tumour from …

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LAGOS: American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED Course

The American Heart Association First Aid CPR AED is designed for anyone with limited or no medical…

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Liver Cancer Death Rate In US Surged 43% In 16 Years

Death rates from liver cancer increased 43% for American adults from 2000 to 2016, according to a …

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UCH Endorses Wearing of Hijab by Nursing Students

The University College (UCH), Ibadan has approved the wearing of Hijab for its nursing students. …

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West African Physicians Decry Exodus Of Young Doctors

The West African College of Physicians (WACP) has lamented high rate at which Nigerian and African…

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