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Ambode Commissions Helipad at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH)

In staying true to the promises of delivering quality healthcare to Lagosians and Nigerians at lar…

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Wild Polio Virus Detected In Borno State

The Honourable Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole has confirmed an outbreak of wild polio viru…

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Nurses at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Take Emergency Delivery of Baby by the Road Side

The Nurses of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Uselu, Benin City, were going about their normal …

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Zika 'Can Survive In Semen For SIX MONTHS' - Twice As Long As Previously Thought

  . Italian man tested positive for Zika in sperm 188 days after diagnosis . Another man …

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Kaduna NMA Gets New Exco

The Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has elected new executives to st…

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Health Centres to Run 24hrs in Kuje – Council Chairman

The chairman of Kuje Area Council, Alhaji Abdullahi D. Galadima, has said most primary health care…

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CMUL Inducts 139 Medical and Dental Doctors

The College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba inducted 139 Medical and Dental Surgeons o…

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Government of Nigeria Reports 2 Wild Polio Cases, First Since July 2014

After more than two years without wild poliovirus in Nigeria, the Government reported today that 2…

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Seek Early Treatment Fertility-Challenged Couples Told

The Bridge Clinic, a leading fertility centre, has urged couples with fertility challenges to seek…

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UNAIDS Partners StarTimes on Anti-AIDS Programmes in Africa

UNAIDS and StarTimes are discussing a roadmap targeted at delivering anti-HIV/AIDS TV content for …

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Experts: Douching Dangerous

Women have been warned against douching. Experts say it is harmful.   Gynaecologists and …

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Buhari Inaugurates N100 Million Intensive Care Facility in Kano

• Dr Ehanire (holding microphone) cutting the tape to open the facility. With him are Dr. Mus…

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New Polio Cases in Borno Rattle FG, WHO

The World Health Organisation and the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, have confirmed an o…

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How Bitter Leaf, Sweet Basil Protect Fertility in Diabetics

Researchers have found that combining extracts of bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and scent leaf…

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Why Men are Becoming Less Fertile

• Chemicals in environment even damaging canine sperm   More reasons have emerged on…

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Rotary Tasks Nigerians on Polio Elimination

Two years without a case of polio notwithstanding, Rotary Club of Ikoyi Metropolitan, Lagos, has u…

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WHO Probes Birth Control Pill, HIV Infection Link

• Age, educational attainment, marital status, parity, number of living children, previous us…

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Furore Over First GM Mosquito Trial

• Project could open door for new era of gene-tweaking for pest control, disease prevention …

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NHIS Plans Cheaper Healthcare for Informal Sector

Top on the agenda of the new Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), P…

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Smoking: Easy to Start, Difficult to Stop

No doubt getting off smoking could be challenging but definitely possible. In truth, smoking has n…

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