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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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Indias Nipah Virus Outbreak And The Misleading Media

On 20 May, India’s government notified the World Health Organisation of a confirmed outbr…

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Heres How The DRC Fought Off An Ebola Outbreak

In May, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo stirred alarm when they confirmed…

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Miss Northern Ireland a Beauty Contest With Purpose For Newly Crowned Nurse

Just a few weeks into her new role as the 2018 new Miss Northern Ireland, nurse Katharine Walker t…

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8 Ways To Stop Bad Breath

Bad breath is not something most of us want to be worrying about. In a perfect world we would all …

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UPCOMING AHA & ASHI - ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (ACLS) COURSE

The American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) C…

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Why Some Children of Mothers with Diabetes Have Autism, Researchers Find

A new study published in JAMA found that the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was increased …

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PSN Board of Fellows to Hold Mid-Year Meeting

* Says Holistic Approach Required to Combat Drug Abuse   The most important annual event …

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24 New Cases Of Cholera Recorded In Adamawa – Official

Adamawa Ministry of Health yesterday, confirmed 24 more cases of cholera in the state.  &nb…

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