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Drug Abuse: NDLEA Seals 3 Patient Medicine Stores, Arrest 108 in Katsina

Katsina State command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, sealed off three …

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Enugu Psychiatric Hospital Workers Give Health Minister 14-Day Ultimatum Over Management Crisis

Workers at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu has given a 14-day ultimatum to the ministe…

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NAFDAC Debunks 70% Fake Drugs Claim

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, has described as reckless, mislea…

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UCH Shuts as Security Men, Cleaners Protest Over 11-Month Unpaid Salaries

Patients, doctors, nurses and other staff of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Monday…

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Disease Watch: Plague On Decline In Madagascar, But 9 Countries On Alert

The plague outbreak in Madagascar is continuing to slow, but nine countries neighboring the island…

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Scientists Try To Edit Genes INSIDE A Human For The First Time In An Attempt To Cure Hunter Syndrome

By Associated Press: Scientists have tried editing a gene inside the body in a world first procedu…

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Breaking News: NMCN Reopens PUF Registration Link

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has reopened the link for the filling of the Personal…

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American Heart Association President Suffers A HEART ATTACK At The Annual Conference For Cardiologists - After Giving A Speech About His Family History Of Heart Issues

The 52-year-old president of the American Heart Association suffered a heart attack during the org…

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Nigerian Hospital Makes History, Begins Full Spectrum of Heart Treatments

Nigeria is on the verge of becoming a medical tourism destination of choice for all kinds of cardi…

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Handheld Device Detects Cancer Via Skin

An affordable and effective device for detecting skin cancer has picked up an award of £30,0…

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U.S. Approves Digital Pill That Tracks When Patients Take It

U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved the first digital pill with an embedded sensor to track if pat…

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Gov. Ahmed Signs Health Insurance Bill Into Law with N200m Support

Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has signed the State Health Insurance Agency Bill into law with a p…

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World Diabetes Day: Endocrinologist Urges Media To Help Dispel Diabetes Myth

* As Sanofi hosts journalists at a one-day capacity building workshop on diabetes   Dr If…

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Relief for Snakebite Victims as 5,000 Anti-Venom Vials Arrive Nigeria.

After one month of acute shortage of Anti-Snake Venom (ASV), resulting into massive snakebite deat…

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LASUTH Records 74 Live Births Through Assisted Reproductive Technology – Official

A total of 74 live births took place through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) at the Lagos S…

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Lab Scientists Decry Influx of Substandard Equipment, Reagents into Nigeria

Medical Laboratory Scientists in Nigeria have decried the porous nature of Nigerian borders, sayin…

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More Africans are Coming to Nigeria for Surgeries – UCH CMD

The Chief Medical Director, Prof. Temitope Alonge, has said that the University College Hospital, …

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Malaria: 2.9 Milion Nets for Distribution in Sokoto

A total of 2.9milion Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are to be distributed during the Sokot…

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Malaria: 2.9 Milion Nets for Distribution in Sokoto

A total of 2.9milion Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are to be distributed during the Sokot…

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Sex rarely causes hearts to stop, research says

It's a familiar scene in TV melodramas: Mid-intercourse, an older man collapses, clutching his…

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