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Better Funding For Healthcare

The request, the other day, by 76 civil society organisations in the health sector that the Federa…

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Job Insecurity Linked To Moderate Increased Risk Of Diabetes

Job insecurity is associated with a moderate increased risk of diabetes, according to a large stud…

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Women’s Breasts ‘Eat’ Themselves After Breastfeeding

* Discovery may shed light on causes of cancer   Scientists have identified the molecular…

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Exercise Preserves Lung Function In Individuals With Asthma

* Healthy lifestyle in old age shortens end-of-life disability   In a study of adults wit…

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The Bastardisation of ‘Doctor’ As a Professional Designation in Nigeria

I wonder if there is any professional appellation or title that has been abused in Nigeria more th…

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Nigeria Perfects Strategies To Remove Legal Barriers For Effective HIV/AIDS Response

Nigeria has continued to demonstrate her commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS through various …

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Health Minister Advocates For Regular Checkup Against Diabetes

With statistic showing that 40, 800 persons died of diabetes related-cases in Nigeria last year, t…

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Prosecute Unresolved Corruption Cases In The Health Sector, SERAP Tells FG

The reports of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), in collaboration with…

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Medical Lab Council Urges FG To Implement 2014 National Health Act

  The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has urged the federal…

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Medico-Legal: Clinicians Owe Duty To Treat You Well And With Dignity (3)

Differences between Criminal Law and Civil Law Criminal Law: In criminal law, the action of the go…

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Doctors Blame Ignorance For Medical Tourism

Some Nigerians travel abroad for treatment out of ignorance, some doctors have said.   Ac…

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Kebbi Governor’s Wife Targets 3000 Indigent Women For Cancer Screening

The Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Kebbi State Ministry of Health and other partners are to create aw…

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Surgeon Wants Nigerians To Stop Medical Tourism

Dr Douglas Okor, a Consultant Neurosurgeon, Spine Fixed in Abuja (SFIA), has called on Nigerians t…

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Malaria, HIV, Diarrhoea Top killer Diseases in Nigeria

A new global burden of Disease released, yesterday, has revealed that malaria and HIV are now lead…

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Make Sites Available For Malaria Vaccine Trials, Iwalokun Tells FG

A Medical researcher, Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to proactivel…

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Concerns Mount Over DNA Editing Technology

• Biohackers could develop new types of biological weapons   From designer babies to…

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Domestic Resource, Key To Immunisation Funding’

What exactly is the Partnership For Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH) initiative all ab…

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Early Menopause Boosts Heart Disease Risk

Women who enter menopause before age 45 are more likely to have heart problems and to die earlier …

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5% of Breast Cancer Cases Occur In Men – Expert

A Professor of Medicine, Ed Nwobodo, on Wednesday said five per cent of breast cancer cases occurr…

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Pharmacists Council Intensifies Drive to Free Nigeria of Illicit Drugs

• Seals 216 pharmacies, patent medicine stores in Lagos   In line with its mandate o…

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