Surgeons grow ear on arm and transfer to head
Plastic surgeons from a hospital in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have successfully transplanted a regenerated ear from a patient’s arm to his Read more
Plastic surgeons from a hospital in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have successfully transplanted a regenerated ear from a patient’s arm to his Read more
The FCT Primary Health Care Development Board on Thursday began the immunisation of 3,000 residents of Dakwa village against Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM). The Executive Secretary Read more
Suspected cases of Cebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) have been reported in Fika and Nguru Local Government Areas of Yobe. Dr Bello Kawuwa, the state Commissioner Read more
The death toll as a result of the meningitis epidemic in Sokoto State has now risen to 21. The State Health Commissioner, Dr Balarabe Kakale, Read more
LONDON — Friday marks the United Nations’ World Tuberculosis Day, aimed at raising awareness of a disease that kills an estimated 1.8 million people every Read more
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa launched a new drug programme to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) on Friday in a bid to combat the leading cause of Read more
Doctors on Tuesday successfully separated a baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines in a rare and complex surgery Read more
Dr Bodeno Ehis, Consultant, Public Health, University of Benin Teaching Hospital says no fewer than 100,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed yearly in Nigeria. Read more
An international study has found a significant link between painkilling drugs, especially ibuprogen use and cardiac arrest. The Sidney Morning Herald reports that the danger Read more
DAKAR – Three years after the world’s worst recorded Ebola outbreak was first declared in Guinea, hundreds of survivors who suffer from physical and mental health Read more
BANGKOK — Australian scientists, working with counterparts in Myanmar, are hoping to reduce Myanmar’s high death toll from snake bites in rural communities, especially among Read more
Three hospitals in Abuja have secured full accreditation from the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria and West African College of Physicians for post Read more
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) says it will go ahead with its nationwide indefinite strike until the Federal Government meets its members’ Read more
Baldness is inevitable in many aging men, but it may be of particular concern to men who are short. A new study has found that Read more
Dates nut, usually called “debino” by the northers have been in existence for years. Dates are the fruit of palm trees. Date varieties Read more
MONROVIA (Reuters) – The family of a Liberian Ebola nurse named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 2014 wants to sue a hospital whose Read more
Cat owners can breathe a sigh of relief: Your feline’s litter box likely won’t put your family’s mental health at risk. New British research challenges Read more
Andrew (Andy) Sandness is adapting to his new face. His face was disfigured over a decade ago after he attempted suicide. Once finding a matching Read more
Egyptian woman who is believed to be the world’s largest woman and weighs 500 kilograms arrives in Mumbai India for extreme weight reduction surgery. The Read more
Rwanda has banned the use of cell phones by medical workers while on duty in order to speed up healthcare service delivery to patients, the Read more
By Prudence Arobani No fewer than 250,000 women are killed by cervical cancer every year with 85 per cent of them from low and middle Read more
Prof. Francis Otunta, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, in Abia, has confirmed the discovery of a new drug for the Read more
Four British citizens who caught malaria while travelling in Africa have shown apparent resistance to the main drug used to treat the disease, according to Read more
A key malaria treatment has failed for the first time in patients being treated in the UK, doctors say. The drug combination was unable to Read more
An international stem cell research team announced the creation of the first human-pig embryos on Thursday, opening a new frontier in research into “chimera” mashups Read more
Women unsure about when they should start a family now have another worry to add to their fears: the age when they started their first periods. Women Read more
By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – N estled among dozens of pregnant women huddled together on benches in the clinic’s Read more
BERLIN — Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a law that legalizes the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes for people who are chronically Read more
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, the most dangerous form of TB, is on the rise in South Africa, according to a new study. So-called XDR-TB does not Read more
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday raised concerns over the increasing cases of Lassa fever and urged increased focus on prevention and Read more
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