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Stroke is Commonest Cause of Hospital Admissions in Nigeria

* Doctors blame rise on poorly managed hypertension, diabetes   Doctors have raised a fre…

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Stop Going Abroad For Surgery, OAUTHC CMD Tells Nigerians

The Chief Medical Director, the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Prof. Victor…

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NMA Enugu Chapter Seeks Legal Backing to Arrest Quacks

The Enugu State chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) is seeking legal backing to ar…

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FG To Upgrade 10,000 Health Facilities Nationwide

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured Nigerians that his government will upgrade at least 1…

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Maternal, Child Mortality: Researchers Advise FG On Free Mother/Child Health

Researchers at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) have urged the Federal Government to reactiv…

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How e-Health Expands Medical Care Beyond Borders – Wada

How e-Health Expands Medical Care Beyond Borders – Wada   Dr Ibrahim Wada is the me…

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A Doctor Must be Licenced to Practice – Dr Ogirima

Dr Mike Ogirima is the  President of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). In this interview, h…

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Nigerian Doctor's Wife Delivers Quintuplet

Wife to Dr Okon Edet who works with Obstetrics and Gynecology department of the University of Cala…

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Doctors in Rivers’ Hospitals Embark on Indefinite Strike

Baring any last minute intervention by the Rivers State Government, medical doctors in Rivers Stat…

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2017: Waiting For Quality Health Care

It has become a ritual to welcome every new-year with exciting celebrations. Of course, partakers …

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Parental Obesity Impacts Child’s Analytical, Social Skills – Study

Children of obese fathers are more likely to have difficulty interacting with others. This was the…

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Health Attendant Commits Suicide, Police Quiz Director, Seven Staff

A health attendant and mother of four  working with a private hospital in Abakaliki,  Sm…

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‘Colon Cancer, a Leading Cause of Death in Nigeria’

The Chairperson, Niola Cancer Care Foundation, Mrs. Eniola Salu, has identified colon cancer as th…

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LASU to Introduce Pharmacy, other Programmes

The Vice -Chancellor, Lagos State University, Ojo, Prof. Lanre Fagboun, has said that the universi…

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INFERTILITY: Lamentation of Stigmatisation Against African Women

Nkemdili Okeke (not real name) is a secondary school certificate holder who got married in 2011 at…

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Alzheimer's Drug, could Revolutionise Dental Treatments

Following trauma or an infection, the inner, soft pulp of a tooth can become exposed and infected.…

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Research: C-River Community of Skin-and-Bone Children

EKPENE IBIABONG—THE economic slump is taking its toll on residents, particularly children, w…

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New Malaria Vaccine Shows Efficacy, Safety in Humans

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were approximately 212 million new cases o…

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12.6m Die Environment Associated Disease Annually

The World Health Organisation has put a number on the people estimated to have died as a result of…

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Ebola Vaccine not Preventive, WHO Warns

While an experimental Ebola vaccine has been shown to be 100 percent effective in preliminary tria…

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