Medical News


Conjoined Twins Share Single Body, Two heads in Mexico

THE birth of conjoined twins has been in the news in recent times.  In November 2016, Miracle…

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NAFDAC Impounds Illicit Drugs In Taraba

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raided some shops in…

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Psychological And Social Impact Of Epilepsy

I received a very moving letter from a reader last week and today’s topic is in response to …

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Doctors Battle To Save Girl Knocked Down By Hit And Run Driver In Osogbo

Doctors are battling to save a 16-year-old girl after she was knocked down by a hit and run driver…

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Medical Student Hacks octogenarian Father to Death in Ondo

A medical student identified as Olusoji, has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command for al…

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Boy With 'The World's Largest Head' Has Surgery To Remove 3.7 LITRES Of Fluid From Around His Skull

Mrityunjay Das suffered from a rare condition known as hydrocephalus. His head became so larg…

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Great Cough Syrup Con: Medicines We Buy From The Chemist Have Virtually No Effect, Say Scientists

Pharmacy cough medicines work little better than a placebo, experts claim  Researchers say …

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Nursing And Midwifery Council Of Nigeria Releases Its November 2016 Professional Examination Results

NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA RELEASE OF THE RESULTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS FOR…

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Urgent Notice: LASUTH Employment Examinaion for Nurses

This is to notify all Nurses who bought the Lasuth Application Forms for nurses that the examinati…

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Doctor Docked Over Death of Pregnant Woman

A Lagos-based medical practitioner, Olugbenga Farajimakin, was, yesterday, arraigned for allegedly…

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Resident Doctors Calls Off 50-Day-old Strike

Striking resident doctors of the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital have…

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The Mesentery: A 'New' Organ You Didn't Know You Had

In case you've ever wondered what connects your intestine to your abdomen, there's a word …

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Hospitals Lament Rampant Cases Of Patients Absconding During Treatment

Blame police for dumping accident victims without supplying contact details of relatives   …

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GM Malaria Vaccine 'Milestone'

New Vaccine Passes Milestone In Human Safety Trials   A malaria vaccine that uses a weake…

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Cross Rivers State Denies Existence of Polio

The Cross River State Government says the suspected case of wild polio virus in the state has turn…

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Mixed Reactions Greet Lagos 2017 Health Budget Proposal

THE sharp decrease in the amount appropriated for the health sector in the 2017 Lagos State budget…

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2017 budget: We Will Be Transparent With Our Figures

As Nigerians await the  implementation of the 2017 budget, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaa…

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National Association of Pharmaceutical Technologists and Pharmacy Technicians of Nigeria Urges FG to Encourage Indegenous Production of Drugs

The President of the National Association of Pharmaceutical Technologists and Pharmacy Technicians…

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5 - 10 Percent of Married Nigerian Women are Infertile - Omokanye

The Acting-Director, In-Vitro Fertilisation Centre at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, …

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Long Appointments Worry Patients at LASUTH

Patients have said that it is not unusual to receive up to four-month appointments for treatment f…

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