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Surgeon Seeks Prompt Treatment of Accident Victims

To reduce high mortality rates due to road accidents, a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Anthony…

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How Excessive TV Watching Increases Death Risk

* Low physical capacity second only to smoking as highest mortality risk * 45-year study shows b…

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Why Children Who Nail-Bite, Thumb-Suck Have Fewer Allergies

There are plenty of reasons to tell kids not to bite their nails or suck their thumbs. Raw fingern…

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Does Induced Labour Cause Autism Spectrum Disorders?

Induction of labour appears not to be associated with increased risk of autism spectrum disorders …

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JIBWIS to Start School of Nursing in Zaria

The Jamaatu Izalatil Bidia Waikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) will upgrade the Muslims Specialist Hospital…

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5 Hospitalized as Police Storm JUTH Workers Protest

Protesting health workers under the umbrella of JOHESU display placards with various inscriptions …

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Patients Shun our Clinics for Herbalists – Private Doctors

The health sector is not left out of the ongoing economic crises rocking the country.   D…

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Abducted UBTH Nurses

The gunmen who abducted two nurses of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, have d…

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FG to Develop Occupational Safety, Health Profile

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has inaugurated the national tripartit…

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FG and SNEPCO Explore Health Partnership Opportunities

The Federal Ministry of Health and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) are e…

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FTHI Doctors Battle Hospital Accountant, Petition EFCC

Medical doctors at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti have called on the Economic and Financ…

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Edo Assembly Speaker Receives NMA Award

The national leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has honoured the Edo State Hous…

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Edo Assembly Speaker Receives NMA Award

The national leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has honoured the Edo State Hous…

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Breastfeeding Could Save 820,000 Under-Five Children, Says UNICEF

An increase in number of children breastfed in Nigeria could save lives of more than 820,000 child…

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LUTH Nurses Suspend Strike Action

After a protracted strike by nurses in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba wh…

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Regular Medical Checks to Beat Sudden Deaths

To address the situation, the experts have recommended that Nigerians should increase their physic…

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FG, Private Sector Partner on Primary Healthcare Services

To help achieve more sustainable and efficient primary health care services in Nigeria, private se…

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Resident Doctors Threaten Fresh Nationwide Strike

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

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Surgical Removal of Fibroids not a Death Sentence

The mere mention of the  word sends cold shivers down the spines of millions of  Nigeria…

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Hospital Trains 250 Community Health Workers in Uyo

The Chief Medical Director, (CMD), University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Prof. Etete Peters,…

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