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University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry: Putting The Brakes On Metastatic Cancer

Medical Researchers Find 11 Genes Responsible For The Spread Of Cancer   A groundbreaking…

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University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry: Putting The Brakes On Metastatic Cancer

Medical Researchers Find 11 Genes Responsible For The Spread Of Cancer   A groundbreaking…

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Health Minister Urges Governors to Emulate Ganduje

Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole has urged governors to emulate Kaduna State Governor Abdull…

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UT Southwestern Medical Center Scientists Unravel DNA Code Behind Rare Neurologic Disease

Scientists conducting one of the largest full DNA analyses of a rare disease have identified a gen…

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Niger State Government Releases N25m to Fight Cholera Outbreak

Niger State Government has released N25 million to curtail the spread of cholera in the state. &…

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University of Texas, Austin: Possible Link Found Between Diabetes And Common White Pigment

In a pilot study by a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, crystalline partic…

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Northern Govs Urged to Fight Maternal, Child Mortality

The 19 northern governors have been advised to adopt the Community Health Information Management S…

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NHEA to Celebrate Outstanding Health Practitioners Tomorrow

The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) plans to celebrate individuals and organizations, …

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Classifying Diseases to Map How Humans Live, Die

There are renewed efforts to classify diseases and to map how humans live and die.   Acco…

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Challenges of Tackling Prescription Medicines’ Abuse, Other Psychoactive Substances, by NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concerns a…

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HMO Seeks Lasting Solutions to Affordable, Accessible, Quality Healthcare

Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), Hygeia has called on stakeholders to create solutions to th…

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75% of Sickle Cell Births in Nigeria Don’t See Fifth Birthday – Group

The Sickle Cell Support Network, an NGO, says Nigeria records about 150,000 sickle cell births ann…

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Drug Abuse: Pharmacists Decry ‘Unorganised’ Distribution System

Members of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists have said that unorganized drug di…

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Are Toothpaste And Soap Making You Resistant To Antibiotics? Chemical In Everyday Toiletry Stops Infections Responding To Drugs

Soaps and toothpastes may be behind the antibiotic-resistance crisis, new research suggests. Tricl…

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Child Health: Morphine Is Not Superior To Ibuprofen For Managing Childrens Pain Following Minor Orthopedic Surgery

Oral morphine versus ibuprofen administered at home for postoperative orthopaedic pain in children…

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Irregular Salaries, Poor Infrastructure, Staffing Mar Primary Healthcare Delivery in Plateau

Grace Badung was lying on a mat, her baby close to her. The officer-in-charge of Kerke primary hea…

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NHIS Executive Secretary in Fresh Trouble Over N25billion ‘Investment’

Less than four months after his controversial reinstatement, the Executive Secretary of the Nation…

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Drugs are Poison, Pharmacy Postgraduate College Warns

The West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Kwara/Kogi zone, has warned against indiscri…

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150,000 Nigerian Children Born with Sickle Cells Disease Annually – Don

Professor Aliyu Babadoko, Consultant Hematologist with the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospit…

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United Nations International Children Emergency Fund Laments High Infant Mortality

The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund has called on the relevant authorities in…

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