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Health

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

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