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Research: Adaptable Model Recommends Response Strategies For Zika, Other Pandemics

The 2016 Zika virus outbreak, along with recent outbreaks of SARS, bird flu, H1N1 and Ebola, under…

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Appendicitis: Antibiotics Could Be Alternative To Surgery For Children

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common reasons for performing emergency surgery in children.…

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Research: How Cancers Trick The Immune System Into Helping Rather Than Harming Them

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered how certain cancers hijack the immune system …

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NUC Accredits Unilorin’s Vetenary Medicine

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, on Sunday, said the Nat…

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FG Turns Down Hike in Federal Hospital Bills

The Federal Government has rejected the ongoing lobby by tertiary health institutions to increase …

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University of Ibadan Gets Vitamin Infusion Clinic

The University College Hospital Ibadan, has established a clinic where multi-vitamins and minerals…

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Hitting Children On The Head Can Result In Visual Impairment – Ophthalmologist

An Ophthalmologist with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Dupe Ademola-Popo…

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AMLSN Inaugurates 12th Chairman

The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria (AMLSN) Lagos State branch has inaugura…

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Court Orders Public Hospitals to Establish Lab Departments

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered federal and state government owned health faciliti…

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C/River to Integrate Traditional Birth Attendants into its Health Care

Determined to stem the rate of infant and maternal mortality rate in the state, Cross River State …

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New Pharmaceutical Plant Excites Dickson

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has expressed delight at the plan by a pharmaceuti…

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NUC Accredits Unilorin’s Vet Medicine

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, on Sunday, said the Nat…

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Research: Depression Or Anxiety May Increase Risk Of Surgical Wound Complications

Patients' mental health may affect their risk of experiencing wound-related complications afte…

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Research: How Antibody Treatment Led To Lasting HIV-Like Virus Remission

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have found that the presence of the protein alpha-…

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National Industrial Court: Lab Scientists Should Practise Without Direction from a Medical Doctor

The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered federal and state government owned health faciliti…

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Kogi State NMA Refutes Obnoxious Reportage Circulating Online

The Kogi state NMA has described as untrue the malicious reportage circulating online, credited to…

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Toddler With Leukaemia Saved After Scientists Give Her Designer Immune Cells To Help Battle The Disease

A dying baby whose life was saved by a pioneering ‘designer gene’ technique has remain…

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Drug Recall: Ibuprofen Lysine Injection, 20 mg /2 mL (10 mg/mL) by Exela Pharma Sciences

ISSUE: Exela Pharma Sciences, in association with marketer X-Gen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is volunta…

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University College Hospital, Ibadan Establishes Vitamin, Mineral Infusion Clinic

The University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, has established a clinic where multi-vitamins and mi…

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Genomic Analysis Of Brain Tumor Helps Doctors Keep Cancer At Bay For Five Years

An analysis of a patient's deadly brain tumor helped doctors at Smilow Cancer Hospital identif…

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