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Dr. Gene Ogrod has his first recruiting class. Since arriving in Casper last August, he said he has taken a more aggressive approach to recruiting than seen before and his team has been more organized.
Dr. Fred Yutuc knew as a young boy growing up in the Phillipines that he wanted to be a doctor. “No special reason ... I always wanted to,” Yutuc said.
Federal Medical Center, Bida, Niger State has been approved by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to provide a sustainable medium for a bachelor’s degree training in nursing.
HUNTINGTON -- Louis Fred Williams, Esq., CPA, a partner with the firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, has been elected president of the Huntington Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants for the 2009-10 year.
PHILLIPSBURG -- Graduation ceremonies were held for seven physicians who recently completed the three-year Family Medicine residency program at Warren Hospital. The doctors include: Raymond Adedapo, M.D., who will practice in Texas; Lei Gong, M.D., who will join the staff...
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has received approval today from the United States Food and Drug Administration on its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for levonorgestrel tablets, 0.75 mg, for women seventeen years and younger.
The Pediatric Cardiac team at the new Apollo Children’s Hospital successfully performed a complicated surgery to treat a condition called complete a-v canal defect in a 4–month old Nigerian baby.
GENE THERAPY: Defining immune pathways limiting gene therapy In gene therapy, recombinant adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are commonly used vehicles for delivering the therapeutic gene into target cells. One factor limiting the clinical application of such vehicles is that the immune system often mounts a response against the AAV vehicle.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
One of the most controversial issues in men's health is whether men should routinely have a blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) to screen for prostate cancer. Some experts argue that PSA testing saves lives by helping detect this common form of cancer early. Others say it triggers unnecessary treatment that disrupts many more lives than it saves.
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