Category: Health

For some Nigerian couples battling infertility, the path to having children can mean years of waiting, repeated treatments, pregnancy losses

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The management of Plateau Express Services Group, which operates the state-owned mass transit service, announced a “no face mask, no entry” policy in a statement issued on Monday.

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Without stronger intervention, the report warned that the proportion of the global population exposed to the most dangerous PM2.5 concentrations could rise from 27 per cent in 2025 to 34 per cent by 2050.

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The intervention comes amid reported diphtheria cases in Jos North, where 117 suspected cases and 15 deaths had been recorded as of 1 September, according to health authorities

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Conclusion of PREMIUM TIMES’ three-part series: As donor support declines, laws meant to guarantee political leadership, funding and protection for people living with HIV remain weakly implemented, raising critical questions about accountability in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.

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Roche’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug, trontinemab, has cleared harmful protein deposits from the brains of nine out of 10 patients within

read more Roche’s alzheimer’s drug clears plaques in 28 weeks, faces 2028 test to slow memory loss

While cancer can result from several factors, including genetic changes, age and environmental exposures, some established risks are linked to infections, substances and behaviours that can be prevented.

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A PREMIUM TIMES investigation, based on interviews with patients’ relatives, healthcare workers, hospital management and mental health experts, found that rising demand for psychiatric services is stretching JUTH’s capacity

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NARD made the demand in a statement issued on Friday by its national leadership, following the alleged assault of a senior medical officer while on call at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit on 31 August.

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The affected medicines are Nitras tablets, Kadin 2 tablets, Acefyl cough syrup and Loratadine 24 tablets

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