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States Should Fund Blood Safety Programmes – FG

The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has called on all state governments to take o…

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Ambode, Ovia, Alakija, Others Raise Funds for Cancer Centres

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, President of Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, Mr. Aigboje A…

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Folic Acid Could Help to Prevent Autism

If pregnant women take antiepileptic drugs, the child can develop autistic traits. The administrat…

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Walnuts Suppress Colon Cancer, Study Finds

Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by U…

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Nigeria Requires 1.7m Units Of Donated Blood Annually

A haematologist, Dr Abdul-Aziz Hassan, on Tuesday said that Nigeria needed about 1.7 million units…

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2,300 Children Die of Malnutrition Annually – Federal Ministry of Health

The Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday said 2,300 children below the age of five die of malnutr…

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Stroke Patients Able to Walk Again After Stem Cell Transplant

The results of a small clinical trial offer hope for people left with motor impairment following a…

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Prof Adewole & Accountability in the Health Sector

The advocacy journey to convince our past and current ministers of health to establish a mechanism…

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Reps to Meet Striking Doctors Today

The House of Representatives, will, today,  meet with the executive of the National Associati…

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Memory Loss: Warning Signs

Seventy six-year old Madam Foyeka-nmi was excited she would be visiting her newly arrived grandson…

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Why IVF Remains Expensive for Childless Couples

Prices for in-vitro fertilisation treatment for couples wanting to have babies crashed through the…

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‘Stop Foreign Treatment for Open Heart Surgery’

The Deputy Medical Director, The Nigerian Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja, Dr.  Atilla Emiro…

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Air Pollution Increases Risk of Heart Attack – Study

It is generally believed that the risk of a heart attack could only be triggered by lifestyles, es…

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Polio Immunisation and The Way Forward

Prior to 2015 when the World Health Organisation removed Nigeria from the list of Polio-endemic co…

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Nigerian-Turkish Hospital to Commence Open Heart Surgery

The Nigerian- Turkish Nizamiye Hospital, a pristine medical facility in Abuja is set to commence s…

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Ogun Doctors Begin Strike Today

Doctors, under the umbrella of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental P…

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FMC Management: We Have Restored Peace To Owerri

  The Interim Medical Committee in charge of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, disc…

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Researcher Accidentally Infects Herself With Zika Virus

. She pricked herself with a needle while conducting a lab experiment   A University of P…

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Communique Issued at the End of Congress Meeting Of The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Nurses

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF CONGRESS MEETING OF LUTH NURSES HELD ON FRIDAY 10TH JUNE, 2016 TO …

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Tension as LUTH, UNIUYO Begin Indefinite Strike

Hope of ending the industrial action embarked upon by health workers at the Lagos University Teach…

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