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Study: Some Heart Attack Patients May Not Benefit From Beta Blockers

New research challenges established medical practice that all heart attack patients should be on b…

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Private Medical Laboratory Proprietors Association of Nigeria (PMLPAN) Protest Multiple Charges

The Private Medical Laboratory Proprietors Association of Nigeria (PMLPAN) has decried multiple le…

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Group Urges Public Health Policy Against Tobacco

The Centre for Communication Programmes, Nigeria (CCPN) has called for effective health policies t…

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Unqualified Nurse Caused Adeleke’s Death – Coroner

The Coroner Inquest set up by the Osun State government to unravel the cause of the death of late …

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Two Eminent Nigerian Doctors Honored in US

…As Newark’s Nigerian Deputy Mayor joins Health Care Foundation to restore health and…

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Laboratory Operators Protest Multiple Charges

The Private Medical Laboratory Proprietors Association of Nigeria (PMLPAN) has decried multiple le…

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Zuba, Karu General Hospitals Begin Full Services – FCTA

The Acting Secretary of the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, Mrs. Alice Achu-Ode, has sa…

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Over 8,000 Nurses Attend International Council of Nurses Congress

Over 8,000 nurses from more than 130 countries arrived yesterday in Barcelona, Spain to attend the…

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International Council of Nurses and Jhpiego Sign New Partnership To Increase Capacity Of Nurses

Dr Frances Hughes, RN, Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and D…

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#Ebola: Redeemers University patents test kits for Ebola virus, Lassa fever

Two rapid diagnosis test kits for the Ebola virus disease and Lassa virus have been patented by Ni…

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Three Women Rape Man, 23, For THREE Days After Drugging And Kidnapping Him

A South African man was left traumatized after being drugged and raped 'numerous' times ov…

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Drug Overdose Responsible For Adeleke’s Death – Coroner

The Coroner Inquest into the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke has ruled that drug overdose was resp…

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Sturdy: New Antibiotic Packs A Punch Against Bacterial Resistance

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to a lifesaving ant…

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Cancer Drugs That Could Help End Womens Monthly Agony

As if your abdomen ‘is being singed with a red-hot poker’ is how one woman describes t…

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EXCLUSIVE: One Dead and More Than 40 Treated For Rabies After Outbreak Of VAMPIRE BAT Attacks In Brazil

A man has died and more than 40 people are being treated for possible rabies exposure in north-eas…

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Research: New Test Detects Latent HIV More Accurately, Moves Closer To Cure

Researchers are moving closer to fully curing HIV by designing a more accurate, cost effective, an…

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WHO: Tobacco Kills 7 Million Yearly

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Org…

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Donald Trumps Bid To Cut N418b HIV Budget Unsettles Nigeria And Other Countries

No fewer than one million people will die in Nigeria and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa if …

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Would YOU Swallow A Glassful Of Worms To Banish Your Allergies? Controversial Treatment Can Help Beat Eczema And Food Intolerances

They send you a test tube containing hookworm larvae. You put the liquid onto gauze and tape it to…

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Research: Making Drugs With Spider Silk Protein

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to synthesise lung surfactant, a drug …

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