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Health Workers Split Ahead of Planned Strike

A splinter group has dissociated itself from the 14-day strike ultimatum given to the Adamawa Stat…

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Adamawa Health Workers’ Union in Crisis

The lingering leadership tussle bedeviling the Adamawa State medical and health workers union has …

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2,500 Nursing Mothers Benefit from Free Medicare in Enugu

No fewer than 2,500 nursing mothers are benefitting from a free medical care in Enugu State under …

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Experts Caution Against Sharing of Bath Towel

Two health experts on Wednesday in Lagos cautioned against sharing of bath towels, saying it could…

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FG, AHF Unveils Simplified HIV/AIDs Anti-Discrimination Act

The National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) today, unveiled a simplified version of the HIV…

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Optometrists Converge for Capacity Building in Lagos

As the nation strives to stem cases of visual disorder that ultimately leads to blindness, Nigeria…

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Right Brain Structures May Hold Clue to Language Recovery After Stroke

Scientists may be able to predict who is more likely to recover from language problems following a…

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40% of Nigerians Hypertensive — Cardiologist

A consultant cardiologist to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba and Associate Pro…

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NIMET Warns of More Hot Days, Warm Nights, Heat Waves

• Experts predict epidemic of malaria, typhoid fever, others  • ‘How to cop…

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Prolonged Daily Sitting May Harm Your Health –New Study

A new study has restated the harmful effect of sedentary lifestyle, especially prolonged sitting f…

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FG Reassures on Free Treatment of TB

The Federal Government has reassured on free treatment of tuberculosis, otherwise known as TB in t…

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TB: Undetected and Undiagnosed Cases on the Increase

The World Tuberculosis Day was marked worldwide on Thursday March 24, the 134th anniversary of Dr.…

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Diarrhoea: How Inappropriate Treatment kills 2970 U-5 Children Annually in Lagos

This year’s world water day comes with an astounding report that no fewer than 2,970 under-f…

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Lagos Moves Against Sickle Cell Disorder

The Lagos State Government says it is finalising policy on treatment guideline for people living w…

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400,000 Children Die of Diarrhea, Pneumonia Annually in Nigeria – Expert

A health expert, Pharm David Akpotor has revealed that no fewer than 400, 000 children die of immu…

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Ebola in West Africa 'no Longer Global Emergency,' WHO Report

The Ebola crisis in West Africa no longer poses a global public health threat, although countries …

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Memory Encoding May be Influenced by Expectation

After testing participants' recall of scenes where people pass around balls of different color…

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Steroids in High Concentration is Dangerous

Dr Okezie Emenike, an Abuja based physician, on Wednesday cautioned against the excessive intake o…

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NSE, CECP Plan to Set up Cancer Centre in Nigeria

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in collaboration with the Committee Encouraging Corporate Phila…

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Endometriosis May Raise Women's Heart Disease Risk

Women's risk for heart disease may be increased if they have endometriosis. This is the conclu…

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