Medical News


Healthy Start: Calling All Midwives, Nurses and Doctors!

The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation and…

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Lancet Series: Maternal Health 2016

Each year, about 210 million women become pregnant and about 140 million newborn babies are delive…

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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 t…

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Governor to Adopt Telemedicine to Tackle Medical Tourism, Manpower Gap

* Bill, Melinda Gates chart path to polio eradication   To bridge the manpower gap in the…

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Time to Replace Sugar with Honey

Many of us are guilty of this: we overdo sugar from time to time. This is apart from the fact that…

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NMA to Support Health Care Delivery in A’Ibom

The Nigerian Medical Association, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has promised to support the sector in t…

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Oyo Govt Addressing LAUTECH Doctors’ Complaints –Commissioner

The Oyo State Government has promised to address the complaints of doctors at the Ladoke Akintola …

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Children Living with Cancer Seek Subsidised Treatment

As treatment for cancer remains herculean in the country, children living with cancer and their fa…

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Let’s Remove Human Rights Barriers to Health – BILL GATES

AS the Global Fund donors pledged nearly $13 billion for the next three years to help end epidemic…

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Drug Research as Panacea for Economic Development

THE occasion of the 2016 commemoration of the World Pharmacists’ Day (September 25) provides…

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Diverticulitis – Another Cause of Rectal Bleeding

In developing the disease known as diverticulitis certain changes must first occur in the colon (l…

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‘Nigeria Needs Technology to Tackle Influx of Fake Drugs’

• Pharmacist condemns rivalry among health workers   A seasoned pharmacist, Mr. Oduk…

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How Turmeric Wards off Infectious Diseases

World leaders are presently gathered in New York, United States for the 71th United Nations Genera…

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NPMCN Produces 340 Fellows, Caution Against Strike

The National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN) has graduated 340 new fellows in vari…

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How to Enjoy Healthy, Long Life, by Physiotherapists

People can improve their quality of life, function optimally and add more years to their life, as …

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Redefinition of Pharmacists’ Role to Boost Healthcare Services

Nowhere is the need for essential drugs more evident in the day-to-day management of patients than…

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How Malaria is Over-diagnosed, Treated, by NMEP

* USAID re-launches campaigns to tackle stolen, counterfeit commodities   More revelation…

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‘Nigeria has Second Largest Number of Paediatric Surgeons in Africa’

* PAPSA seeks innovative policies for financing child, aged healthcare    The presid…

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Cardiologists Seek Review of NHIS Act to Accommodate Heart Treatment Procedures

* Raises the alarm on hypertension in younger population Cardiologists have called on the Federa…

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Kano Private Poly to Award Diplomas in Medical Sciences

Over the last twenty years or more, Nigerian students seeking admissions in universities abroad re…

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