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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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Women, Not Men Who Worked More Than 45 Hours Weekly Had 63% Increased Chance of Diabetes

Women who worked long hours had a 63 per cent increased risk of developing diabetes.   Bu…

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Extortion: 54 Health Workers in Cross River to Face Sanctions

Fifty-four healthcare workers in Cross River State are to be sanctioned over alleged extortion of …

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Cholera outbreak kills 6 in Cameroon

Six people have died in Cameroon from a cholera outbreak that has infected 43 people since May,…

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Only 85,000 Out Of 5m Benefiting From NHIS In Benue

    The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) state coordinator, Oche Otalu has…

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Sokoto Villagers Benefit From Army Medical Outreach

At least 1,830 persons have benefited from the medical outreach organized by Military Hospital…

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Health Advocates Task Buhari on 2018 Budget

Health advocates under the aegis of the National Advocates for Health (NA4H) have called on Presid…

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Jigawa Targets Zero Malnutrition Among Children

Jigawa State government is working out modalities toward zero malnutrition cases among children in…

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Fund NAFDAC to Enforce MAS on Drug Products, Adeyeye Tells NASS

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration & Control, NAFDAC, has urged the National As…

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