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Adamawa Attack : Hospital Decries Shortage of Materials to Cater for Victims

Dr Nuhu Tari, Principal Medical Officer (PMO) of the General Hospital Numan, Adamawa, on Tuesday d…

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Drug Abuse: NAFDAC Begins Training of 20,000 Young Pharmacists

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it had c…

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Scientists: Applying Petroleum Jelly To A Cut Could Be Harmful And Damages The Skins Natural Plaster

The conventional wisdom that applying petroleum jelly to a cut will help it heal faster could actu…

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Codeine: NDLEA Seizes 2,553 Liters of Syrup, Arrests 443 Drug Suspects

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 443 persons for alleged drugs relat…

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Nigeria Records Case of Elephantiasis in Gombe

Nigeria has recorded case of Lymphatic Filariasis, popularly known as Elephantiasis, at Galdamaru …

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RESEARCH: Autism Traits May Be Edited Out In The Future Using New Genetic Techniques

Repetitive actions which are common in children with autism could be stopped by changing the way t…

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President Muhammadu Buhari Inaugurates Navy Reference Hospital In C/River

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated a reference hospital in Calabar, capital of Cros…

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‘PPP is the Way Forward in Healthcare Delivery’

The CEO of Global Health Resources, Dr. Wale Alabi, has made a case for Public-Private Partnership…

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Smile 360 Wins Big at NHE Awards 2018

Dental and orthodontic clinic, Smile360, has bagged the award for the ‘Best Dental Service P…

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Nursing And Midwifery Council Of Nigeria Releases May 2018 Result For General And Post Basic Nurses

This is to inform you that results of the Professional Examinations for General/Post Basic Nurses …

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Health Workers Right To Refuse Abortions v Womens Right to Choose

When religion trumps science in medicine, women's bodies and Constitutional rights may be caug…

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85-Year-Old Doctor Faces Trial Over Stolen Babies

An elderly gynaecologist went on trial on Tuesday accused of abducting a baby in 1969 and giving h…

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Insulin Pill Instead Of Shot: How Close Are We For Diabetes Patients?

Daily insulin shots for the management of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes could become a thing of the p…

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NCDC Confirms 116 Deaths, 13,009 Cases of Cholera in 12 States

* Highest victims in Bauchi, Adamawa, Borno    The ongoing cholera epidemic in the c…

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How Open Market Promotes Drug Abuse – Survey

The issue of drug abuse has recently come to national consciousness prompting the ban on codeine i…

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Nigerian Govt Orders Probe of Mass Failure by Foreign-Trained Doctors

Worried by the high rate of failure by foreign trained medical students in the assessment examinat…

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Minister Recommends TB Screening as ‘Pre-employment Test’ for Public Servants

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has recommended Tuberculosis (TB) screening as a pre-medica…

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Polio: Most Countries in Africa Falling Short on Immunisation, Surveillance — Group

Nigeria remains the only country in Africa yet to interrupt the spread of Wild Polio Virus, the Af…

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Only 16% of Pharmacists Trained on Substance Abuse Disorders — PSN

Irked by continuous loss of lives to drug abuse and misuse, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria,…

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Fire: FG to Rebuild National TB Centre

The Federal Government on Monday said it would soon rebuild the Diagnostic Laboratory gutted by fi…

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