Medical News


Commonly used drug may be key to stopping thousands of mothers dying

Roughly every six minutes, a woman somewhere in the world bleeds to death in child birth. But a ne…

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Duru, Adeniyi, Defeat Opponents To Emerge Winners of PSN Elections

The 2017 PSN Elections, that took place during the just concluded 90th PSN Conference, held at Umu…

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Minister Urges Council to Boost Quality of Laboratories

Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has enjoined the Medical Laboratory Science Counci…

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Medical Representative Vacancies at Novartis Nigeria

Novartis provides healthcare solutions that improve and extend people’s lives. We use scienc…

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Total Donates 12- Unit Doctors’ Quarters to UUTH

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility and continued support for medical services in the c…

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PSN Launches Foundation, Seeks More Funding for NIPRID

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, has called on the Federal Government to pay more atten…

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Kebbi Targets 850, 000 Children For Measles Vaccination

The Kebbi State government says about 850, 000 children are targeted for measles vaccination acros…

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South Korea Hospital Under Fire for Forcing Nurses to Dance Provocatively

The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Monday it would investigate a private hospital on claims…

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Agunu Reveals Smarter Ways to Get to the Top in Pharmacy

Born 50 years ago, Prof. Abdulkarim  Agunu is the incumbent dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical S…

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Air Force Inaugurates Ultra-Modern Specialist Hospital For Troops

The Nigerian Air Force on Saturday inaugurated a 60-bed ultra-modern specialist hospital in Port H…

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Financial Worries May Massively Raise Heart Attack Risk

New research due to be presented at the 18th Annual Congress of the South African Heart Associatio…

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Buhari Appoints Adeyeye’s Wife, Prof. Moji Christianah New NAFDAC DG

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Moji Christianah Adeyeye, wife of Senator Oluso…

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Chevron Contributes $5m to Fight HIV, Malaria, Others in Nigeria

CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, has donated  $2.5 million …

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Launch of Special Initiative to Address Climate Change Impact on Health in Small Island Developing States

Today, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23), WHO, in collaboration with the UN …

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Why do Some Obese People Have ‘Healthier’ Fat Tissue Than Others?

One little understood paradox in the study of obesity is that overweight people who break down fat…

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NAFDAC Refutes Claim 70% Drugs in Nigeria Fake

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has refuted the claim th…

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Disease Watch: Deadly Outbreak Of Black Death Which Has Killed 140 In Madagascar May Mutate And Become UNTREATABLE

Pneumonic plague has already infected 2,000 in Madagascar and killed 143 in the country's wors…

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Kenyan Woman Gives Birth To Rare Quintuplets

A Kenyan woman gave birth to naturally-conceived quintuplets on Sunday, however the first two baby…

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Nurses and Midwives Protest At Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH)

For the second time in two weeks, staff of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), have protested…

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Ekiti Varsity Don, Dr Olofinbiyi Babatunde, Bagged Royalty Award On His Book In Germany

Like the popular saying that a golden fish has no hiding place, so it is for Dr Olofinbiyi Babatun…

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