Zulum approves appointment of 594 health workers for Borno hospitals
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the engagement of 84 medical doctors, 365 nurses and midwives, 45 pharmacists and 100 health technicians an
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Ogun doctors threaten shutdown over ‘inappropriate pay’
Doctors in Ogun have threatened to shut down the medical sector from September 20 to protest poor pay and shortchange of doctors in the state civil se
Genes may play a role in weight gain from birth control
Some women may be at higher risk of weight gain with a popular contraceptive implant A woman’s genetic make-up may cause her to gain weight when using
More than one drink a day may raise high blood pressure risk in adults with Type 2 diabetes
In a large study of adults with Type 2 diabetes, moderate drinking (defined as eight or more alcoholic beverages a week) was associated with a 60% or
Bill Gates urges Nigeria to sustain polio immunisation
The Co–chairman Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, has called on the Nigerian government not to relent in the immunisation campaign in