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LUTH, Dettol Promote Patients’Hygiene

To promote best hygiene practices across the country and break the chain of infection, the Lagos S…

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Consuming Iron with Green Tea may Lessen Tea's Benefits

Drinking green tea confers many health benefits, particularly due to the powerful polyphenols cont…

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Steroid May be Safe, Effective Gout Treatment, Study Finds

A steroid pill may be as good as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for treating painfu…

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Medical College Boss Vows to End Fellowship/PhD Gap

President, National Post Graduate Medical College (NPGMC), Prof Ademola Abayomi Olaitan, has vowed…

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Motherhood, Culture and Mental Health

This modern era has greatly challenged and possibly dislocated the definition and state of motherh…

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NURHI Canvasses Modern Family Planning

The Project Director, Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, Dr. Mojisola Odeku, has called…

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Paediatricians Give Parents Nutritional Advice for Babies

The President, Paediatricians Association of Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Ibeziako, has urged parents not to…

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No Need for Travel Restriction to Areas Affected With Zika Virus – Committee

The WHO Emergency Committee on Zika Virus, has recommended that there should be no general restric…

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Measles, Meningitis can Lead to Hearing Loss

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that an estimated 40 per cent of hearing loss is attr…

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Family Planning help in Reducing Maternal Deaths

Dr Gbenga Dade-Mathews is a Family Physician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASU…

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Water not Necessary when Infants are Exclusively Breastfed – Experts

Nutritionists and paediatricians have revealed that water drinking is not necessary for babies in …

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HIV / AIDS Liver Disease / Hepatitis Public Health HIV and hepatitis Cco-infect Over 2 Million People Worldwide

A review commissioned by the World Health Organization estimates that 2.3 million people worldwide…

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10 Common Labor Complications

Most often, the labor and birth process is uncomplicated. However, there are times in which compli…

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Hydrolized Infant Formula does not Prevent Allergies

Hydrolyzed infant milk formula does not protect against allergic or autoimmune disorders, accordin…

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Medical Experts Identify Causes of Cancer-Related Death

High cost of treatment, lack of comprehensive medical check-up and late presentation of cases have…

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How Diabetes Causes Blindness

For the diabetics – experts say there are over twelve million of them in Nigeria – how…

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Malnutrition may kill 70,000 Children in 5 Northern States in 2016

Five states in northern Nigeria may lose 70,000 children to malnutrition this year if urgent actio…

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Doctors in Private Practice Pledge Free Surgery

Some indigent Nigerians will enjoy free surgeries as “over 1000 general practitioners,&rdquo…

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Herbal Medicine will not Cure Fibroid – Gynaecologist

Nowadays, women with fibroid drink all sorts of herbal concoction just to avoid surgery, however, …

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Stigmatisation: Banks Shun Pregnant Women with HIV/AIDS

Pregnant women living with HIV/ AIDS in Lagos, registered at the Nigeria Institute of Medical Rese…

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