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Diabetes Drug Key to Beating Organ Transplant Organ Rejection

A discarded diabetes drug could be the key to beating organ transplant rejection, a landmark study…

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NGO, Others Donate N50m Medical Equipment to Enugu Govt

The Enugu State government on Wednesday took delivery of various specialised medical equipment wor…

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Health Investment Connects Govt With Grassroots

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has charged the Kano state government to continue …

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Minister of Health Lauds NCDC Strategy Against Epidemic

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has lauded the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCD…

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How Cultural, Religious Beliefs Hamper Medical Research in Nigeria, by NIMR

Without appropriate interventions, the rate of people who die of sudden death would be 83 per cent…

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Nigerians will Continue to Travel Abroad for Medical Treatment’

• NTDC’s Tour to boost country’s GDP with domestic tourism   The Directo…

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Scientists Discover Plant That Prevents Bone Loss

Bone loss is a silent condition. It has no symptoms and occurs slowly over the years. Many wome…

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NCDC Launches Five-Year Plan on Disease Control

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched a five-year strategy and implementation …

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Hurdles Before Effective Health Insurance — AGPMPN

Doctors under the auspices of Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria …

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Kogi State Grants Scholarship To Medical Students

KOGI State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday said the state government would grant schol…

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Why HIV, Malaria, TB are ‘Untreatable,’ by WHO

*‘Proposed cuts in U.S. funding to Nigeria, 18 others will cause 67m more cases, 290,649 dea…

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Local Plant Validated for Ovarian, Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Until now, Rauvolfia vomitoria also spelt Rauwolfia vomitoria has been used to boost the immune sy…

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Health Minister In India Claims Cancer Is A Punishment For SINS And A Form Of Divine Justice

An Indian health minister has claimed that young people who get cancer are being punished for thei…

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NLC, Others Decry Non-Release of Anti-HIV Drugs from Ports

• NACA integrates treatment into health insurance schemes   The Nigeria Labour Congr…

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Shonowo Hospital Conducts Free Hernia Surgery For 200 Persons In Lagos

Worried by the increasing number of people suffering hernia, lumps, fibroids and related diseases,…

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Osinbajo Inaugurates National Council on Nutrition, 2017 Global Nutrition Report

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, in Abuja inaugurated the National Council on Nutrition…

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Ahmed Signs State Health Insurance Bill into Law with N200m Support

Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has signed the State Health Insurance Agency Bill i…

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Izunaso: 25 Million Persons Live with Disabilities in Nigeria

The senator representing Imo West and Orlu senatorial zone of Imo State, Senator Osita Izunaso, ha…

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Make TB Drugs Accessible, Affordable, Govts Urged

* As Agbami launches awareness campaign in Oyo   Governments across Nigeria have been enj…

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Bauchi Records 507 Cases of Measles Outbreak

No fewer than 507 suspected cases of measles have been recorded in Bauchi State from January to Oc…

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