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Epidemiologists Want National Public Health School

The Epidemiological Society of Nigeria (EPiSON) has called for the establishment of a national sch…

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Doctors Urged to Obey Physicians’ Oath

The Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Kaduna, Dr Lateef Taiwo Sheikh, ha…

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New IVF Centre to Give Free Treatment Once a Month

A new medical centre that specialises in assisted reproductive technology and other treatments in …

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NMA Worries Over Death of Health Regulators

The Nigerian Medical  Association, NMA, has expressed worry over the continued absence of reg…

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Nigeria Makes Slow Progress Against Paediatric HIV Infection

At 15 percent and 23 percent reduction respectively in AIDS-related paediatric deaths over a six-y…

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Important Drugs Disappearing From Market, Pharmacists Cry Out

In the wake of the current shortage of foreign exchange in the country, experts have observed that…

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Cigarette Smoking as a Causal Effect of Infertility

About 30  per cent of  women of reproductive age and 35 per cent of  men in the Uni…

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ABU Teaching Hospital Doctors Protest Snake Bites, Mismanagement

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (AB…

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Swap a Soda for Water to Reduce Weight Gain

Swap that can of cola for a glass of water - your waistline will thank you for it. This is the con…

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Can Mothers Living with HIV Exclusively Breastfeed?

* Newly discovered component could lead to more effective drugs   The World Health Organi…

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Abia Health Workers Protest Over Unpaid 6 Months Salaries

Abia State health workers have locked the gate leading into their premises to protest the non paym…

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7,000 Infants Live with HIV in Kaduna

The Deputy Director of Public Health in the Kaduna State Ministry of Health and Human Services, Ma…

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Adamawa Doctor Accused of Harvesting Patient’s kidney

The Adamawa State Government has constituted a six-man investigative panel to probe the alleged il…

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CDC: New Treatment Options Needed for Gonorrhea

Drug resistance to azithromycin, used to treat gonorrhea, is rising, according to a Centers for Di…

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Diabetes: Health Experts Brainstorm on Way Forward

With Nigeria having the highest number of cases of diabetes mellitus in Africa, Rainbow Specialist…

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Small Study May Help Improve Treatment, Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

DNA Mismatch Repair Deficiency, or dMMR showed up in 15% of colorectal cancers, according to a Tex…

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Uncommon Encounter

…As medical student meets surgeon who enabled his mum conceive   • I never kn…

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Diseases You Didn’t know That Mosquitoes Give

Ask any adult the type of diseases that mosquitoes give, and malaria fever is likely to be the ans…

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Health Workers Protest Non Payment of 7 Month Salary

Primary healthcare workers attached to health centres across the 23 local government areas of Rive…

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Questions and Answers on HIV and Infant Feeding

1. Can mothers living with HIV breastfeed their children in the same way as mothers without HIV? …

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