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Indian Field Hospital, Levels I and II, in Malakal.  Since the crisis that began 15 December 2013 the hospital has opened its doors to not only UNMISS staff, but also to IDPs living in the POC site and to residents of the larger community.  In the past year the medical staff has performed over 500 hundred surgeries, offered ob-gyn services, helped to deliver over 70 babies, and offered a whole host of other services.  The laboratory.  The lab technician checks for malaria.
(photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
Fears of growing resistance to malaria wonder drug
Business Day
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Open Source Drug Discovery and Universal Medicine
Huffington Post
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An alarming amount of drug trial results are never reported to the government
Business Insider
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Sierra Leone News: New Ebola drug trial starts in Sierra Leone
Awoko
Researchers in Sierra Leone today started a new phase II trial of an experimental drug in Ebola patients. The first participant received an injection of the therapeutic, called TKM-Ebola, this morning at an Ebola treatment unit in Kerry Town. The tri...
Honduras arrests businessman accused of drug trafficking
Philadelphia Daily News
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - Honduran authorities have captured a prominent Honduran businessman wanted in the United States on drug-trafficking charges. | President Juan Orlando Hernandez confirmed the arrest of Jose Miguel Handal, late Thursday thr...
Anti-herpes drug may help control HIV, NIH study finds
NIH
Valacyclovir, a drug commonly used to control the virus that causes genital herpes, appears to reduce the levels of HIV in patients who do not have genital herpes, according to a study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health, Case Weste...
Elderly woman - Alzheimer disease
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Everything that Glitters isn’t Gold And Drug-Induced Dementia isn’t Alzheimer’s
The People's Voice
“More than 50 conditions can cause or mimic the symptoms of dementia.” and “Alzheimer’s (can only be) distinguished from other dementias at autopsy.” ...
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A drug currently in clinical trials to treat obesity might also provide a way to combat anxiety disorders, says a new study. | The study reveals a new... (photo: WN / Geeta)
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