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Menchu Sanchez, The Filipino Nurse In Dire Need Of Kidney Donor on DWN TRANSPLANT
A Filipina nurse, who is considered one of the heroes of the 2012 Hurricane Sandy disaster in the US, is in need of a kidney donor to save her life. Menchu Sanchez, a nurse at New York University’s Langone Medi[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
Bukar Mustapha, 2nd Nigerian senator to die within 14 days on DWN BREAKING
Bukar Mustapha, the senator representing Katsina North, is dead. Mr. Mustapha was President Muhammadu Buhari’s senator as he represented the president’s senatorial district. He[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
Benzoquinoline, the chemical that inhibited Ebola virus on DWN EBOLA
An organic chemical compound shows effective antiviral activity against Ebola virus and several other viruses, according to a study led by Georgia State University. The researchers found benzoquinoline inhibited the[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
First Transgender Man In Finland Gives Birth on DWN BREAKING
A Finnish woman who underwent hormonal therapy to become the nation’s first transgender man has given birth, local media said Wednesday, triggering controversy as laws require infertility to change gender. &ldq[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
Vaccine To Be Tested In Humans With Cancer This Year on DWN CANCER
A cancer vaccine that cured 97 percent of blood tumours in mice will be tested on humans with low-grade lymphoma later this year.Patients receiving the vaccine, which contains two drugs proven for their safety, will not require any chemotherap[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
Dr Chizorom Nduku dead, 30 others quarantined in Abia state on DWN LASSA FEVER
The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Umuahia, Dr. Abali Chuku has disclosed that 30 people are under surveillance following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Abia State. The disease had claimed the life o[...]
Date Posted: 04/Apr/2018 -
Anticoagulation, CV Events and Worsened Anemia in CKD on DWN NEPHRO
Anticoagulation therapy in patients with stage 3 to 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) appears protective but it also significantly increases the risk for hemorrhage and worsens anemia, according to new study findings. T[...]
Date Posted: 16/Mar/2018 -
Kidney Disease And Ignorance Goes Pari-Passu In Nigeria on DWN RENAL
In Nigeria alone, nephrologists say at least 36.8 million Nigerians (23 per cent), of the nation’s over 170 million population, are suffering from various degrees of kidney disease. An estimated 17,000 new cases of kidney failure are dia[...]
Date Posted: 16/Mar/2018
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