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CMD: LUTH Is Not On Strike

The Chief Medical Director of  the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)  Prof. Chri…

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#Zika: India Reports Its First 3 Cases

India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who deliv…

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NOA Designs Programme To Promote Exclusive Breast Feeding

The National Orientation Agency  has designed a programme called Theater For Development (TFD…

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Sturdy: Walnuts, Olive Oil Could Prevent Food Poisoning

Walnuts, olive oil and salmon could prevent potentially life-threatening food poisoning by ‘…

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Inventions: How Virtual Reality Could Help Midwives Deliver Babies

Virtual reality has made inroads into several industries, and now it's coming to the delivery …

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#Ebola: Congo Approves Use of Ebola Vaccination to Fight Outbreak

Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine to …

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Benue Governors Wife Mrs. Eunice Ortom Donates Medical Facilities To Rural Health Centre

Mrs. Eunice Ortom, wife of Benue Governor, on Monday donated X-Ray and Ultra-modern scanning machi…

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PCN Seals 380 Pharmacies, Patent Medicines Stores in Edo

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria said it had sealed 380 illegal pharmaceutical facilities and pa…

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Hormone Replacement Therapy, Older Age at Menopause Tied to Hearing Loss

* Hearing loss has been linked to several factors associated with menopause, a new study says. &…

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How Money in Your Pocket Makes You Ill, By Researchers

*‘Banknotes are perfect breeding ground for potentially deadly bacteria’   Th…

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Family Planning to Cost Oyo N2bn Yearly

Going by Oyo State’s new family planning blue print, no less than N2billion would be require…

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Adewole Calls for Increased Investment on Cervical Cancer

Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole while showcases on going cancer control reforms in Nigeri…

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Nursing Council Expresses Concern Over Nursing Education

Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Alhaji Faruk Abubakar has said the council wo…

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Lagos Pastor Abortion Saga: Police Arrest 2 Doctors, 2 Nurses

* Doctor said he was treating me for malaria—Victim    Two medical doctors and…

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PCN Seals 380 Pharmacies, Patent Medicines Stores in Edo

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria said it had sealed 380 illegal pharmaceutical facilities and pa…

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What You Need To Know About Ticks

Ticks are not insects, said Goudarz Molaei, a research scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural E…

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#ICN2017: Largest International Nurses Congress Kicks Off

Press Information The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress in Barcelona, Spain, kicked…

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High Infection Rates for Adult Macaques after Intravaginal or Intrarectal Inoculation with Zika Virus

Andrew D. HaddowComments to Author , Aysegul Nalca, Franco D. Rossi, Lynn J. Miller, Michael R. Wi…

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Ebola Outbreak Update 2017: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas Uélé District

On May 11, 2017, the Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo notified in…

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Emergency Service Workers Describe Horror Of Manchester Bombing

It is what they do every day; saving lives and caring for the injured. But the scale of the horror…

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