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Strike: Health Workers To Take Decision Today

Health workers in teh country under the auspices of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), will toda…

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Encomiums As Ikechukwu Wins Ahmed Yakasai Award

It was an emotional moment for Pharm. Eze Hyacinth Ikechukwu, at the opening ceremony of the 36th …

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Resident Doctors on Strike to Protest ‘Sorry State’ of Healthcare in Kaduna

Residents doctors in Kaduna State have begun an indefinite strike on Tuesday over “sorry sta…

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Sokoto Executive Council Approves Bill for Contributory Healthcare Scheme in Sokoto

Sokoto Executive Council has approved the passage of a bill for Sokoto  state Contributory He…

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Managing Diabetes in Children

As incidences of diabetes keep rising throughout the world, there are increasing cases reported am…

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State House Clinic Patients Groan Over Drug Scarcity

Patients at the State House Medical Centre are groaning over lack of drugs and equipment at the fa…

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Ghana: Restoration of Nurses Trainee Allowance to be Launched Next Week

* Govt abolishes taxes on allowance    About 58,000 trainee nurses and midwives will…

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Jeremy Hunt Pledges 5,000 Extra Trainee Nurses Places

* Aims to reduce reliance on overseas nurses    Five thousand extra trainee nurses p…

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Strike: Resident Doctors Beg States Not To Jeopardize Agreement With FG

The President of NARD, Ugochukwu Chinaka raised concerns over the development in some teaching Fed…

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U.S. Biology Trio Wins Nobel Medicine Prize

United States geneticists, Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young were awarded the…

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HMOs Want Strong Monitoring Unit in NHIS

The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has called for the establishment of a strong mo…

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Beware of Drugs, Community Pharmacists Caution Nigerians

On this year’s World Pharmacy Day, Community pharmacists have warned on wrong usage of drugs…

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New Drug Protects Heart from Cardiac Rupture After Myocardial Infarction

There are currently many kinds of drugs for heart failure. Among them, the new drug LCZ696 is reco…

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Study Questions Use of Acid Suppressors to Curb Spitting up in Infants

About 65% of  babies show signs of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), popularly known as spitting…

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Doctors Baffled After Testing A Woman For Cancer Only To Find Her Lumps Were Caused By 15-year-old TATTOO INK

Doctors were left baffled after testing an Australian woman for cancer only to discover the lumps …

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WHO Rejects Cigarette Manufacturer’s $960m Anti-Smoking Foundation

The World Health Organisation has faulted a foundation funded by tobacco firm, Philip Morris Inter…

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Tattoos can Cause Infections 15 Years Later, Warn Doctors

Tattoos can cause infections 15 years after they were drawn, doctors have warned after a woman was…

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British Man, 47, Fractures His PENIS During Vigorous Sex With His Girlfriend (But Only Noticed 12 Hours Later)

A 47-year-old man fractured his penis during vigorous sex with his partner, a new medical report r…

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IELTS: Alternative Language Test For Overseas Nurses Set To Be Brought In Within Weeks

The introduction of an alternative language test to check foreign nurses’ communication skil…

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Chairman JOHESU NECC: JOHESU Has Not Suspended Strike Action

Dear comrades, be inform that JOHESU NECC in line with national directives has not suspended strik…

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