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Mushroom Lifts Depression in First Human Trial

A hallucinogenic drug derived from magic .nmushrooms could be useful in treating depression, the f…

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Forum Alerts on Dangers of Using BP Drugs made for 'Whites'

President of the Blood Pressure Control Foundation, Dr. Jacob Nwachukwu, has cautioned Nigerians (…

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Firm Takes Free Health Services to Abuja, Ibadan, Lagos

* Screening uncovers increase in prevalence of high blood pressure, diabetes  Determined to…

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American Group 'Partners Federal Ministry of Health to Reduce Diabetes by 25%

As part of efforts to tackle the high burden of diabetes in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Healt…

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NIMR Boss Urges Warring Doctors to ‘Fight’ with Decorum

Following the five-day nationwide warning strike recently embarked by the National Association of …

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80,000 Nigerians Die of Cancer Yearly, says Stock Exchange Boss

• Holds 5km race in Lagos to raise funds for 37 Mobile Cancer Centres   Chief Execut…

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NGO Partners Medical Students on Diabetics

Hacey HealthAs part of activities to mark the World Health Day, a non governmental organisation, H…

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U.S. Based Nigerian Doctor Develops Application to Reduce Child Deaths

An assistant professor of oral pathology, radiology, and medicine at the University of Iowa Colleg…

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Canada Donates $19.9m For Polio Eradication in Nigeria

For the total eradication of polio in Nigeria, the government of Canada, through Marie-Claude Bibe…

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Kicks Against Public Private Pharmacy

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has kicked against Private Sector participation in pub…

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Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) Wants Pharmacist to Head NAFDAC

ACPNIn order to properly regulate pharmacy practice, the Association of Community Pharmacists of N…

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WHO: Life Expectancy Increased by 5 Years Since 2000, But Health Inequalities Persist

Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persi…

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Over 5 Million People Die Annually From Tobacco – WHO

In commemorating the Family Doctors’ Day, today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) report …

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Treatment and Control of Some Tomato Diseases

Tomato is one of the vegetables grown significantly in many states of the north. Unfortunately, fa…

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Suspected Killer of UUTH Medical Doctor Arrested

More than three weeks after the Head of Pathology Unit of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital …

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Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti, Ekiti State: An Appeal for Urgent Intervention

Your Excellency, with utmost humility and highest sense of patriotism, we the joing Unions/Associa…

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Pharmacists Push for Implementation of Drug Distribution Guideline

The Association of Community Phannacists of Nigeria (ACPN), has attributed the proliferation of il…

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Steven Johnson Syndrome not ‘New Deadly Disease’

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has denied the news making waves in some national new…

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High Potato Intake Linked to High Blood Pressure

New research, published this week in The BMJ, puts a worrying new slant on a global staple - the h…

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Type 2 Diabetes: Study Explains Link to Sleep Hormone Melatonin

Researchers have discovered that increasing levels of the sleep hormone melatonin reduces the abil…

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