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Exercise Hormone Sheds Fat, Helps People Stay Slender

If you are lacking in motivation to exercise this fall, some research led by a University of Flori…

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Circular on Internship Program for Graduate Nurses Released by Head of Service

The much awaited circular on the internship program for graduate nurses has been released. Dated 8…

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Does Milk Intake Raise Cardiovascular Disease Risk?

Researchers in Valencia, Spain, participated in an international study that has debunked the assoc…

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Infection: Gynaecologists Caution Women on Vaginal Washing

Gynaecologists and obstetricians have admonished women that are in the habit of washing their priv…

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Court Stops Lagos NMA Rerun Election

The Lagos State High Court has restrained the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA in Lagos State fro…

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Day Anambra Doctors Lamented Decay in Health Sector

Recently medical doctors serving in various hospitals in Anambra State gathered at the Dame Virgy …

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Japanese Scientist Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2016 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for discoveries a…

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Hospital Denies Rupturing Womb of Pastor’s Wife

The Director of Tender Care Hospital, Dr Charles Oputa, has denied that his hospital admitted Chin…

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Health Benefits of Fruit-Infused Water

There is a new weight loss secret in town. If you have been paying attention lately, you would hav…

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British Scientists Discover Possible HIV Cure

A British man could become the first person in the world to be cured of  HIV  using a ne…

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Doctors as Murderers: The Story of Citizen Emmanuel Atsar

The atmosphere was chaotic. The fear, tension and apprehension were almost palpable. The people th…

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LASUTH CMD Says Implant Surgery Patients Can Now Hear

The Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja, Prof. Wale Ok…

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Certain Painkillers May Raise Heart Failure Risk, Study Finds

* Plant-based foods linked to reduced cardiovascular disease prevalence   A new study pub…

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Scientists Getting Closer to AIDS Vaccine

* Black people form broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies more frequently * Low adverse effect ris…

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Computational Tool Could Help Match kidney Donors to Recipients

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material-based scoring system uses many genes to predict long-…

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Polio: NPHCDA Targets 13 Million Children For Vaccination

To prevent new cases and return Nigeria to its polio-free status, which was recorded for two years…

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Review Rabies Vaccination Law, NVMA Tells LASG

Following the annual recurrence of deaths from rabid dog bites in Lagos State, the Nigeria Veterin…

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Pharma Companies Seek Special Funding, Forex Access From Govt

Pharmaceutical manufacturers have canvassed for creating of a special-purpose fund and easier acce…

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Health Care Professions ask Consumers to Identify Fake Medicine

Would you be able to tell a real medicine from a fake one? This important question is being posed …

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Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) Disclaimer On Houdegbe NorthAmerican University Benin

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) wishes to inform parents and guardian of prospect…

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