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‘Stress-Induced Changes in Maternal Gut Could Negatively Impact Offspring for Life’

Prenatal exposure to a mother’s stress contributes to anxiety and cognitive problems that pe…

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Mostly Meat, High Protein Diet Linked to Heart Failure in Older Women – Research

Women over the age of 50 who follow a high-protein diet could be at higher risk for heart failure,…

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Health Committee Seeks Inclusion of Teaching Hospitals in TETFUND

Committee of Chief Executives of tertiary health institutions in Nigeria has appealed to the Natio…

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Resident Doctors’ Strike Grounds FMC in Bayelsa

The on-going strike by the Association of Resident Doctors, ARD, at the Federal Medical Centre, Ye…

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Falana, Orekunrin, Akinlade, Obembe to Storm ARD Ido Annual General Meeting

All is now set for the successful hosting of the 15th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Confer…

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Rt. (Hon) Nurse Yissa Benjamin Sets the Record Straight on Senate Disqualification of his Nomination to NCC Board

Being Statement Read at a Press Conference by Rt. (Hon) Yissa Ezekiel Benjamin in Ilorin on the 18…

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How UMTH Director, Accountant Diverted N148m To Ghost Workers – Witness

A Prosecution witness in the trial of Mahmud Deji Sambo and Bukar Musti, both former staff of the …

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WHO: Zika is Here to Stay and Remains a Significant Public Health Challenge

Fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regardi…

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Today is #WorldToiletDay

World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanita…

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Fake Doctor Nabbed for Running Illegal Hospital

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man for running an allegedly illegal clinic and mater…

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International Council of Nurses Supports Universal Use of Kangaroo Mother Care

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has endorsed a joint statement on the implementation of …

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YMLSF Free MLSCN Approved CPD Workshop for South South Zone

The Second Phase of the Young Medical Laboratory Scientists Forum (YMLSF) FREE Medical Laboratory …

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WHO and the World Bank Engage in New Funding Framework Agreements

These agreements will set the legal framework for World Bank-funded projects when a Government eng…

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WHO Welcomes Global Health Funding for Malaria Vaccine

The world’s first malaria vaccine will be rolled out in pilot projects in sub-Saharan Africa…

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How to Curb TB in Rural Areas – Experts

Improved diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis (TB), especially in rural and disadvantaged commu…

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LSACA Trains Tbas on Hiv Transmission in Expectant Mothers

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has commenced the training of Traditional Birth Attend…

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Health: Integrating Youth in Policy Formulation, the Imperatives

To have a health policy that takes in the needs of the Nigerian youth, seven advocacy groups and t…

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Lassa Fever: UNICEF Monitors Five Anambra LGs

The United Nations Children’s Education Fund on Thursday said it was monitoring five local g…

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MBBS: FG Set to Introduce Central Posting for Housemanship Programme

Federal Government, through the Federal  Ministry of Health  is concluding a permanent &…

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Doctors Grow New Ear on a Man's ARM

... To restore his hearing after he lost the organ in a horrific accident   A man in Chin…

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