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Liberian Doctor Defends 3-5 Days Ebola Treatment With HIV Drug

"When the patients come early, and they are put on this medication, they recover within three…

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World Heart Day: What Could Heart Murmurs Mean?

A healthy heart produces two distinct sounds – lub dub. The ‘lub’ is a sound cau…

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Ebola: Health Minister Under Quarantine In Liberia

The damage being done by the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia has been underscored by the quarantine…

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The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Appeals to Lagos Over Doctors’ Emolument

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to Lagos State to pay the withheld emolument of…

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NMA Urges Lagos Government To Pay Doctors

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World Environmental Health Day: A Celebration Of Inequalities?

The World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) was declared for commemoration in 2011 by the Internatio…

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Ministerial Group Calls For Mobilization Of Regional Armed, Security Forces To Bolster Ebola Fight

The ECOWAS Coordinating Ministerial Group for the implementation of the Regional Operational Plan …

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Cuba Sending 300 More Doctors, Nurses To Fight Ebola in West Africa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will send nearly 300 more doctors and nurses to West Africa to help combat…

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Ebola virus outbreak: Liberia doctor treating patients with HIV drugs reports success

  . Dr Gobee Logan  says 13 out of his 15 patients survived   A desperate doc…

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Researchers contribute to study of trained immunity

  A study published in the journal Science provides support for a new -- and still controve…

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Cardiology leaders call for global prevention of heart disease, stroke

  Heart disease and stroke contribute to 30 percent of global deaths, more than all infecti…

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Severe periodontitis: Sixth most prevalent health condition in the world

  The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have publishe…

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Liberia's Top Doctor In Quarantine After Assistant Dies Of Ebola

  Liberia's chief medical officer, who is also a deputy health minister, has put hersel…

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Inevitable Outbreaks: Can We Prevent Another Ebola? By Maggie Fox

  Fresh from pressing the rest of the world to step up and help West Africa get Ebola under…

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Mystery virus enterovirus 68 paralyzes nine children in Colorado as doctors study respiratory disease spreading across the country

  . Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colora…

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Ebola Doctor Shortage Eases as Volunteers Step Forward

  . Local health workers with members of Doctors Without Borders at a hospital in Conakry, …

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National Association of Industrial Pharmacists Institute Scholarship Scheme for Best Graduating Students

AS part of efforts to encourage excellence among pharmacy students and arouse the interest of othe…

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'Premature Deaths Could be Reduced by 40% Over Next 20 Years'

New research published today in The Lancet suggests that, with sustained international efforts, th…

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Drug Counterfeiting: Stakeholders Call for Proper Regulation, Stricter Laws

  The Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) has called for a proper regul…

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NACA Lists HIV Endemic States

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has identified Cross River and 11 other states as well…

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