en-ng-hotdailynews: 2015-02-11 Nigeria Health

Most effective surgical procedure for extreme obesity should be used with caution
Phys.Org
Based on five-year follow-up of patients in a randomized clinical trial, researchers have concluded that gastric bypass is the preferred treatment for extreme obesity. This is despite the fact that it is not as effective in reducing body weight as the so-called ...

Which Bariatric Procedure Is Best For Patients With Morbid Obesity?   Medical Research News and Interviews on MedicalResearch.com (blog)
Gastric bypass improves survival for obese patients with and without diabetes   Healio
What Is the Best Type of Weight Loss Surgery?   Newsmax Health

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Deutsche Welle

Ebola quick test from Germany to be used worldwide
Deutsche Welle
The test by a German pharmaceutical company is easy to use and store. It comes at a time when Ebola infections in western Africa are on the rise again. Woman holding her child in an Ebola clinic. (Photo: John Moore/Getty. Good news in the fight against ...

GOOD NEWS: Rapid Ebola Test Will Be Launched Next Month   NAIJ.COM
German Pharmaceutical Company Stada Planning To Launch Ebola Test   Tech Times
German drug maker Stada to launch test for Ebola; claims to diagnose virus ...   Daily News & Analysis
Channel News Asia
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Nigerian Tribune

Reducing preventable blindness in Nigeria, the MTN Foundation approach
Nigerian Tribune
Telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria, has never hidden its desire to impact the Nigerian communities and its people positively ever since the company berthed in the country in 2001. Thus, the company, realising that it must give back to the society from ...

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The Nation

Scientists unravel mystery of snake venom
The Nation
Scientists have unraveled the mystery of how the Costa Rican coral snake's venom causes seizures in its victims, a finding that could boost research into schizophrenia, epilepsy and chronic pain, researchers said. The recipe involves a pair of proteins called ...

Coral Snake Venom Reveals Unique Route to Lethality   Bioscience Technology
Researchers unlock secret of reclusive coral snake's deadly venom   The Hub at Johns Hopkins
Latest from Iran   Press TV
The Costa Rica Star
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Medical Daily

Photographer Takes Photos Of Babies In Their First Seconds Of Life
NAIJ.COM
After photographer Christian Berthelot's son was born through a caesarian section procedure, he was asked if he wanted to shoot a series of photos showing newborn babies in their first seconds of life outside the mother's womb. And the man immediately ...

Amazing Photos Document Newborn Babies' First Seconds After Birth   LifeNews.com
C-Section Babies Get Photographed Not Even 20 Seconds After Birth For Art ...   Medical Daily

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Premium Times

60% Of Families In Oyo Still Carry Out Female private part Mutilation – Expert
Information Nigeria
female-private part-mutilation The President of Nigeria Inter-Africa Committee on Campaigns against Harmful Traditional Practices against Women and Girls, Modupe Onadeko, has said that 60 per cent of families in Oyo State still engage in female private ...

60% of families in Oyo still engage in female genital mutilation–Expert   Premium Times
Expert says 60% of families in Oyo still engage in female genital mutilation   DailyPost Nigeria

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New York Times

US military withdraws from Ebola fight
New Zealand Herald
Captain Josh McVay is reunited with his wife Bethany and daughter Elise at a Texas air force base after returning from an Ebola supply mission from Senegal to Liberia. Photo / AP. The US military plans to withdraw most troops deployed in West Africa to help ...

US Pulls Troops From Ebola Zone   NBCNews.com
US bringing home almost all troops sent to Africa in Ebola crisis   CNN
US to Withdraw Most Troops Fighting Ebola   Voice of America
ABC News
Washington Times
Reuters Africa
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