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Male Birth Control Pill One Step Closer To Reality, Researchers Say

A new drug decreased testosterone levels without serious side effects, a study finds   Fo…

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Adewolu Tasks UBTH, UNIBEN on Research, Training

The Chairman, Board of Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Bashorun Ad…

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Ikpeazu Revolutionises Health Care Service in Abia, Set to Pilot Telemedicine in the State

In his determined effort to increase Abia people’s access to quality health services in the …

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NDLEA Nabs 6, Impounds Trailer Loaded with 24,000 Codeine Syrup

The Katsina State Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, said it had a…

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Antenatal Care Will Help Nigeria Curb High Infant and Maternal Mortality

Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have called for increased attendance to Antenatal care by pregnan…

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How Osun Checked Spread of Lassa Fever – Commissioner

The Osun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, has said that the state government was …

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70% of Drugs Used in Nigeria are Imported – PSN

The President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria,  Ahmed Yakasai, on Tuesday said that about …

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Afia Kobi Ampem Nursing Faces Closure Over Insanitary Conditions

The Environmental Health Director of the Old Tafo Municipality in the Ashanti Region, A.G Offin Bo…

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Cleft Care: SmileTrain, OHAI Boost Confidence of Nurses in Africa

Determined to ensure that personnel handling cleft cases are properly equipped for the task, Smile…

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Statins, Hayfever Pills And Other Common Drugs Are All Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, Reveals Frightening New Research

Statins, hayfever pills and other common drugs may all be fueling the worrying rise of antibiotic …

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ABSU Nursing Student Who Got Drowned Buried

Charles Benjamin Uruakpa, a Final year Nursing student of Abia State University, Uturu who drowned…

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Nigeria Medical Association Suspends Strike in Kogi

The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has suspended its 72-day old strik…

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Lassa Fever Deaths Hit 119 with 376 Confirmed, 1,495 Suspected Cases

Latest update on Lassa fever outbreak in the country showed that the disease has in one week kille…

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Gunmen kill Medicine Vendor

There was pandemonium around Abeokuta Street in the heart of Kaduna city yesterday as unknown gunm…

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Chlamydia Doubles Ovarian Cancer Risk

Chlamydia could double a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer, a major report has found…

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FG Opens Community Health Centre at Kaduna TB, Leprosy Hospital

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has commissioned Community Health Care Centr…

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Robbers Rape, Bath UNIMAID Nursing Student with Chemicals

A final year student of the Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, University of Maiduguri, F…

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Gombe State Govt. Earmarks N20m for Family Planning kits

Gombe State Government has earmarked N20 million to procure child-spacing kits in the state. Gov. …

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Uganda Investigates Suspected Fake Vaccines

Two companies in Uganda are being investigated over the supply of suspected fake Hepatitis B vacci…

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‘Lassa Fever Still Common Because Rural Dwellers Believe Rats are Nutritional’

In an effort to prevent further outbreak of Lassa fever, Ebonyi Government is to begin intensive c…

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