Medical News


New Initiative Launched To Tackle Cardiovascular Disease, The World’s Number One Killer

Global Hearts, a new initiative from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched on …

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UniUyo Teaching Hospital Doctors To Suspend Strike

Resident doctors of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday s…

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World Heart Day: ‘More Nigerians Coming Down with Heart Failure’

As this year’s World Heart Day holds tomorrow, Cardiologists have raised alarm over imminent…

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Resident Doctors Threaten Nationwide Strike Again

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) has threatened to go on another rou…

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Pharmacists Beg FG Over Drug Importation Cost

Members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Oyo State branch, have warned that unless the Fe…

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MDCAN Express Displeasure Over Non-Implementation of Skipping for Medical Doctors

The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria has expressed displeasure over the handl…

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Nigerian Doctor Suspended For Making Sexual Comments While Examining Female Patients In Canada

A Canadian medical tribunal has found Nigerian doctor, Adekunle Williams Owolabi, guilty of all fo…

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LACK OF INCUBATORS: Tragedy of Nigeria’s Premature Babies

In Nigeria today, if your baby is born prematurely, that is, before 37 weeks of gestation, you are…

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Early Diagnosis, Healthy Lifestyle Delay Progression of Alzheimer Disease, ADAN

Psychiatrists under the auspices of Alzheimer’s Disease Association of Nigeria, ADAN, have w…

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Over 90% of World Breathing Bad Air: WHO

Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said …

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Doctors Brace For Zika Babies

This month, the first group of babies in Puerto Rico known to have been exposed to the Zika virus …

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Air Pollution is Linked to Diabetes Marker

Exposure to air pollution, a new study finds, may increase glucose intolerance, a precursor of dia…

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Inability to Sleep at Night Can be Managed (1)

If you are one of these women aged 40 and over who find it difficult to sleep, know that you are n…

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CMD Urges Govt to Pay Tertiary Hospitals' Light Bills

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Prof. Thomas Aga…

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Don Counsels Diabetics on Lifestyle Modification

A consultant at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr. Ifedayo Odeniyi, has advi…

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Adelusi-Adeluyi Urges FG to Tackle Illegal Sale of Drugs

The President, Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, has called on regulator…

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Stop Maltreating Elders with Dementia, Psychiatrists Tell Nigerians

The Acting Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Richard Adebayo, …

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Sexual Comments: Nigerian Doctor Loses Licence, Fined in Canada

A Nigerian doctor based in Canada, Dr. Adekunle Williams-Owolabi, has been banned from medical pra…

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Recession Making Heart Failure Patients Discharge Selves –Cardiologists

Many heart failure patients resort to discharging themselves because they cannot afford the admiss…

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Katsina, NGO to Address Shortage of Female Health Personnel

A memorandum of Understanding MOU has been signed  by the  Katsina State local governmen…

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