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Most disadvantaged children more likely to be obese

You would think disadvantaged children are more likely to be thinner than more advantaged children. That was the case. Now it seems, according to rese

Varsity don identifies herbal treatment for epilepsy, mental illness

A Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaduna State University (KASU),  Ben A. Chindo has identifi

Low blood pressure damages brain – Expert

Dr Nnenna Okafor, Senior Registrar, Department of Family Medicine, National Hospital, Abuja, has warned that low blood pressure could lead to brain da

14 Nigerians begin 10-month Fellowship in health financing

14 Nigerian health practitioners have commenced a 10-month intensive training programme on performance-based financing (PBF) approach to heath deliver

FG mobilizes 1,586 midwives in modified scheme

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has begun mobilizing 1,586 basic midwives for deployment to primary health centres nationwide in a