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The Hidden Healing Power Of Sugar By Clara Wiggins

Doctors are finding one way that sugar can benefit your health: it may help heal wounds resistant …

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Police Arrest Man Who Poured Acid On UNIMAID Final Year Nursing Student

Police operatives attached to the Borno state command have apprehended one Musa Faisal in connecti…

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Nurses Protest Plan To Introduce Abortion On Demand

Nearly 400 nurses are protesting against a possible move by the Royal College of Nurses to support…

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Tuberculosis: WHO Official Decries Alleged Sale of Free Drugs in Rivers

Dr Michael Jose, the National Professional Officer of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, …

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National Association of Resident Doctors, NEC Update from Recently Concluded Meeting

NARD had her Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday 27/03/18 in National Trau…

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Insurgency Threatens Nigeria’s Efforts to Eradicate Polio

The Executive Secretary of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Sh…

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Mothersbond Cautions Breastfeeding Mothers Against Taking Slimming Teas

Mothersbond, a mother and childcare online platform has cautioned breastfeeding moms to be wary of…

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Despite the Reduction in New Cases, NCDC and Partners Intensify Response to Lassa Fever Outbreak

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and partners led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) con…

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Scientists Find Miracle Gel that Kills Cancer Tumours

A groundbreaking research has churned out a biodegradable gel that has the capacity to kill cancer…

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Why Holding Your Pee, Unsafe Abortion Damage Kidneys —Expert

An expert in kidney diseases, Dr Yemi Raji has warned Nigerians against holding their urine to pre…

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Why More Doctors Should Join Politics – NMA President, Ogirima

Prof. Mike Ogirima, the President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday called on the memb…

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Drug Abuse: PSN Seeks Consumer Protection Directorate

Pharmacists under the auspices of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), are advocating an a…

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English Man Catches SUPER GONORRHOEA After A One-Night Stand With A Woman In South East Asia, In Worlds First Confirmed Case (And Its Resistant To Two Crucial Antibiotics)

Health officials have issued a warning over a new strain of super gonorrhoea that is resistant to …

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Medical Practitioner Remanded in Prison for Allegedly Producing ‘Fake’ Sex Drugs

The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), has arraigned a popular tr…

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Kano Govt Finally Identifies ‘Strange Disease’ that Killed Dungurawa Residents

The Kano State Government has identified Cerebro Spinal Meningitis as being responsible for the de…

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Cancer Treatment: Saudi German Hospital To Partner NMA On Training

The Saudi Garman Hospital, Dubai, is set to partner with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) in …

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FG Inaugurates Committee For Basic Healthcare Provision Fund

As part of efforts to achieve universal health coverage, the federal government has inaugurated a …

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Aisha Buhari Pledges Support To Eliminating HIV

Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, who is the new UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Elimination …

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Biovaccine Pledges Timely, Sustainable Production of Quality Local Vaccines

The Board of Biovaccines Nigeria Limited (BVNL) has said strategies have been put in place to ensu…

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Hope Dims for Nigeria’s Efforts to Eliminate HIV, TB

The existing huge funding gap over 64 percent of the $336 million needed yearly to tackle Tubercul…

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