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Glaucoma: ‘ Saving your eyes from the silent sight thief’

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Glaucoma Week, experts have enjoined members of the public to go for regular eye chec

‘ How NIPRISAN is improving access to sickle cell treatment in Nigeria’

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said while the country has not got to the peak in terms of sickle cell disease management, it is no longer wher

Scientists find 16 ‘Covid genes’ that raise your risk of falling critically ill

Scientists have uncovered more than a dozen genetic quirks that may explain why some people are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 than others. Up to

Why Nigeria needs to expand production of more doctors — Expert

The President of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Professor Akinsanya O. Osibogun, says Nigeria must urgently expand production o

‘Nutrition key to meeting Nigeria’s human capital development targets’

Experts have said Nigeria will not meet its human capital development target if nutrition is not prioritised. Quoting World Bank statistics, they said