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ARD OAUTHC: We May Not Accept Lab Results Not Conducted and/or Certified by Pathologist

The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex ile-ife chapter of the Association of Re…

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Zika Caught 'Killing' Brain Cells

  Zika virus kills the type of tissue found in the developing brain, researchers have shown…

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Zika Vaccine Possible 'Within Months'

A Zika vaccine could be ready for human trials later this year, according to the man in charge of …

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PSN President Signs M.O.U on Strenghtening Integrated Delivery Services on HIV/AIDS with HUPACE

On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Pharm. Ahmed I. Y…

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Daily Cup of Tea may Lower Heart Attack Risk – Research

A new research has shown that drinking as little as a cup of tea everyday may be good for your hea…

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More Evidence that Aspirin Lowers Risk of Cancer − Study

People who take aspirin regularly have a significantly lower risk of cancer, particularly involvin…

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Female Doctors Protest Colleague’s Assault by Military Officer

Female doctors working at the Obafemi  Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex have &nbs…

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Cancer Grows by 'Manipulating Healthy Neighboring Cells'

For a cancer tumor to grow, it needs its own blood supply. Now, a new study finds that cancer cell…

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CDC: More Effort Needed to Fight Superbugs

While there has been much progress in the US in protecting patients from acquiring infections in h…

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Concerns Grow as Research Reveals Another Mosquito May Carry Zika Virus

Research by scientists in Brazil have indicated that a mosquito more common than the one primarily…

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Okowa Seeks End to Medical Tourism

Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday advocated for an end to medical tourism in the count…

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Pharmacists Council Officials Raid Patent Medicine Stores in Kaduna

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has sealed over 50 drug stores in Kaduna State for alleg…

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We’re Here to Make Positive Changes’

What drove four men to leave the lustre of some developed countries, where they were practising me…

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Oyo NMA wants FG, Others to Intervene in Osun Doctors’ Strike

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State branch, has called on the Federal Government and…

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Patients can Sue for Malpractices, Says Lawyer

Patients can sue negligent doctors and demand damages for  malpractices, the Head of Legal De…

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Preventing Common Emergency Illnesses (1)

Medical or surgical emergencies are those clinical conditions and illnesses that requires urgent c…

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Create Enabling Environment for Pharmacy, Fed Govt Urged

Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) President Mr Ahmed Yakasai has urged the Federal Governmen…

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Genital Assisted Device will Reduce Deaths of Mothers – Experts

Respite recently came on the way of  pregnant mothers as a team of Nigerian medical doctors b…

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Lassa Fever Claims 3 in Ebonyi, Govt Confirms

  The Ebonyi  State government, on Thursday, confirmed that the dreaded Lassa fever ha…

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US-Based Nigerian Surgeons Return Home Against Medical Tourism

Medical tourism has been one of the major problems bedeviling not only the health system of Nigeri…

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