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A Case Of Stolen Identity: Dr Oluwafemi Charles Igberase AKA Dr Charles Akoda

His patients called him Dr. Akoda.   As an obstetrician-gynecologist at Prince George&rsq…

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STUDY: Diabetes Drug Significantly Reverses Memory Loss In Mice With Alzheimers

A drug developed for diabetes could be used to treat Alzheimer's after scientists found it &qu…

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UNICEF, Yobe Govt. To Provide 336 Communities With Water, Sanitation Facilities

The UNICEF is to partner with the Yobe government to construct water and sanitation facilities in …

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20,210 babies born in Nigeria on New Year’s day– UNICEF

Nigeria would have approximately 20,210 babies born into the country on the New Year’s day. …

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3 Years On, Health Act Not Implemented

Nearly three years since the National Health Act became law, inability to get financial backing to…

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Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy NSP Announces Theme, Date of Her 58th Scientific Conference and AGM

The Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (NSP) today announced the month of October for her 58th Scien…

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Woman Carries Her Heart In Backpack As Shes Too Ill For Organ Transplant

A British mother has had a life-changing operation so radical, she now effectively carries her hea…

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Aussie Flu Claims Its First Deaths In Ireland As Doctors Warn It Could Be The Worst Outbreak Of The Illness In The UK For 50 Years

The deadly 'Aussie flu' currently sweeping Britain has already claimed lives in Ireland, i…

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Why We Disengaged 7 Expatriate Egyptian Doctors - Yobe Govt

Yobe state government said it has appraised the performance of expatriate doctors from Egypt and f…

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EKSUTH Resident Doctors Honours One of Their Trainers Dr Babatunde Olofinbiyi

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH)…

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Epilepsy: Myths, Facts And Fallacies Of A Raging Scourge By Ooniyi Salaudeen

Urbane, charming and exquisitely polite Nasiru Adam (not real name) walked languidly into a 2000-c…

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Epilepsy: Myths, Facts And Fallacies Of A Raging Scourge By Ooniyi Salaudeen

Urbane, charming and exquisitely polite Nasiru Adam (not real name) walked languidly into a 2000-c…

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UCH Geriatric Centre Treats 13,000 Patients In 12 Months

Dr Lawrence Adebusoye, the Director of Tony Annenih Geriatric Centre at the University College Hos…

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Two Dead Appointees to Head Boards at FMC Ebute-Metta and FMC Azare

In what looked like a comic of sorts, Medicalworld Nigeria reports that two dead appointees are to…

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Buhari Appoints 49 Board Chairmen, Members for Federal Ministry of Health Parastatals (See List)

President Muhammadu Buhari in one fell swoop on Friday appointed 209 board chairmen and 1,258 memb…

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Daughter and Mom Nurse Duo Save Mans Life Midflight

A nurse terrified of flying helped save a fellow passenger on a plane to Salt Lake City earlier th…

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Compulsory Treatment Of Gunshot Victims, Six Other Bills Signed Into Law By President Buhari

The bills are Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Amendment Act, 2017, Federal Capi…

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We are Licenced, Eligible to Practice in Nigeria and Other Countries – Foreign Trained Doctors

Doctors under the umbrella of Foreign Trained Doctors, FTDs have said that licence were specially …

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Study: Air Pollution Kills 20,000 More People Each Year Than Previously Thought

Air pollution kills 20,000 more people than first thought, a new study suggests. Being exposed to …

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Mother Details How Doctors Tore Her Babys Head From Its Body When The Child Became Stuck As She Gave Birth

Doctors accidentally tore a baby's body from its head after it became stuck during birth. it w…

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