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Cancer Research Could Help The Search Towards An HIV Cure

. Only one person is known to have been cured of HIV . Combining HIV and cancer research could h…

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WHO Flags Key Challenges to Global HIV Response at International AIDS Conference

The World Health Organization is flagging 4 key challenges as the international community meets at…

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Pharm D Programme is Now Approved by the NUC - PSN President

Health workers under the aegis of Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU)/ Assembly of Health Professio…

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Nigerian Medical Association to Challenge NUC in Court on Fellowship and PhD Debate

The Nigerian Medical Association held its 3rd NOC Meeting at the its national secretariat on Monda…

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Republicans Are Calling Porn A 'Public Health Crisis,' But Is It Really?

. A draft of the GOP platform labels pornography a "public health crisis" . But what e…

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WHO Flags Key Challenges To Global HIV Response At International AIDS Conference

  The World Health Organization is flagging 4 key challenges as the international community…

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Federal Ministry Of Health Writes To CMD's & MD's Of Federal Tertiary Hospitals

The Federal Ministry Of Health has written to all Chief Medical Directors and Medical Directors…

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Government Restates Pledge to Check Prevalence of Vision Impairment

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has restated government’s determination to chec…

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UN Introduces Strategies to End Violence Against Children

A group of United Nations (UN) agencies led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners ha…

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Living Near Road Could Send You to Early Grave, Researchers Find

Traffic noise raises heart attack risk ‘because it puts body under stress’   …

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Answering a Distress Call Through Egg and Sperm Donation

I once delivered a paper on the issue of egg and sperm donation at a forum where I posited that it…

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Weight Loss Myths

It is not news that weight loss and fitness is selling big time in Nigeria at the moment. More and…

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Why Cancer Patients Should Exercise

• Keeping fit both protects bodies from disease, reduces perceived memory problems, boosts ch…

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Reducing Salt Intake During Pregnancy Doesn’t Decrease Risk of Preeclampsia

• Vitamin supplements for pregnant women may be waste of money • Specific multivitamin…

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Could Paracetamol Render YOU Infertile?

  . National Institutes of Health study found paracetamol linked to infertility. Couples wh…

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Ex-minister Chukwu Stresses Importance of Vet Medicine

Former Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has said veterinary medicine plays a role in the …

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CSOs Commend Kano Second N50m to Immunisation Basket Fund

Civil society groups have praised Kano state government's release of an additional N50 million…

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FMC, Bida Gets New Head of Admin

The Federal Medical Centre, Bida, Niger State has announced the appointment of Alhaji Musa Ladan a…

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UNICEF, Health Stakeholders Meets Over Child Protection, Nutrition

The Bauchi Field Office of UNICEF, health stakeholders and nutrition specialists on Thursday began…

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Senate President Canvass for Health Insurance Scheme to Informal Sector

The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki has said that one of the strategies to achieve …

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