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Common Toothpaste Ingredient May Promote Colon Cancer

After preliminary studies, researchers claim there is an “urgent need” to test triclos…

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#JOHESUStrike2018 Suspension Update: @Fmohnigeria Insists On No Work No Pay

To:  All CMDs/MDs  Registrars/CEOs  Federal Tertiary Health Institutions &n…

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Medical Workers in Congo City Complete Ebola Vaccination

Medical workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday concluded vaccination of Ebola pati…

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FG’s New Taxes on Smoking, Alcohol Excites WHO, Others

* Health minister: Govt to plough tobacco taxes to health sector   The federal government…

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Measles Epidemic Warning: Health Officials Urge World Cup Fans Heading To Russia To Have The MMR Jab As A Deadly Outbreak Spreads Through Europe

Health officials have urged World Cup fans heading to Russia to have the measles, mumps and rubell…

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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Course (ACLS) And BLS Class For June 2018

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Course builds on the foundation of Basic Life Support (BLS), …

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Nigerians Consume 20 Billion Sticks of Cigarette Annually – Minister

Over 20 billion sticks of cigarettes are consumed annually in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Isa…

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Ogun Public Hospitals Restore Full Services as Health Workers Resume Duty

Full healthcare service has returned to public hospitals in Ogun State following the resumption of…

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WHO Launches Global Action Plan on Physical Activity

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is today joining Prime Minister António …

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Resident Doctors Withdraws Suit Against JUTH, Seek Buhari’s Assent to RTP Act

Rising from an Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting (E-NEC), which held in Abuja on Sa…

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Federal Government Calls for Ban of Shisha

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole on Monday called on the police and all other governmen…

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Nigeria Needs N14.4b to Control TB as 420 Die Daily

• ‘HIV has claimed 35m lives globally’ • Ebola kills 25 in Congo, 37 infec…

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The More kids a Woman Has, The Higher Her Hypertension Risks—Study

A woman with more children has a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, a newly p…

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40 Hospitalised, 89 Under Watch as Cholera Hits Kaduna Secondary School

A cholera outbreak has been reported in Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo, Kaduna, with abou…

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Dr Isabelle Skinner Appointed CEO of International Council of Nurses

The President and Board of Directors of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) today announced …

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Kwara Nurses Suspend Strike Action

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) Kwara State chapter, has suspended…

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Worry And Indifference Coexist At The Center Of Ebola In The Congo

Ebola, out! Ebola, out!... Those are the words children chant in unison after school in the Wangat…

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‘Multivitamins Provide no Health Benefits’

* Folic acid was found to be only pill proven to ‘stop’ heart disease, stroke * Expe…

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Woman Convicted And Sentenced To 2 Years For Procuring Fake Medical Report

Meanwhile, for being in possession of fake medical reports from a Maitama, Abuja district hospital…

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Health Workers Seek Payment of Salary Despite ‘No Work’

The Joint Health Sector Unions are seeking the payment of salaries of health workers who did not w…

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