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When the Glaucoma event took place in Abuja

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that cause irreversible blindness with no symptoms. Over 70 million people suffer from Glaucoma worldwide with 10 million...

Director of Cleft & Facial Deformity Foundation honoured in Abuja.

By Bello Fawaz. The golden fish has no hiding place. This adage best describes the surprise visit of a delegation of Greenland News Magazine to...

Cancer: A cocktail of low education, inadequate funding in a weak health system – Dr. Zainab Bagudu

By Al-Amin Ciroma. Cancer is a global epidemic, but it is particularly bad in Africa, where resources are inadequtae and the health system is weak. Going...

Anger as woman who defiled 5yr-old niece with hot knife, pepper roams free

From Jimoh Joseph, Ado-Ekiti A middle age woman, Mrs. Esther Abgundu, from Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State, who resides in Ijelu in Oye...

Alex Ekwueme’s family confirms hospitalisation; says he is stable

By HRH Prof. LAZ E.N EKWUEME, Igwe of Oko. DR ALEX I. EKWUEME, GCON, the former Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, was on...

Rumoured injection against monkeypox: Bayelsa suspends all health activities in schools

...asks parents to stop withdrawing children The Bayelsa State Government on Friday announced the suspension of all forms of medical outreach program in public and...

No case of monkey pox in Abuja, says govt

By Cosmas Uzodinma, Chief Press Secretary, Minister of Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Secretary for Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS), Barrister Amanda Pam has declared...

Health workers go gaga, call strike in hospitals; many turn to God, herbs for help

It's just not the best of health  times for government. Many now have to go on bended knees to call upon God for help....

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment

  Dr. Akhilesh Singh, New Delhi, India.   Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a breathing disorder that affects some obese people. In OHS, poor breathing results in too...

NAF offers free medicals to Bakassi IDPs

By Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has extended its medical outreach programme to the...

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