Tag Archives: Medicine

  Kariko and Weissman were pioneers of COVID-19 vaccines Scientists win first 2023 Nobel prize and $1 million Pair lauded for helping save millions of lives PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 2, 2023 STOCKHOLM – Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries that paved the way ...

  “Motion sickness occurs due to a difference between actual and expected motion. Symptoms commonly include nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, headache, dizziness, tiredness, loss of appetite, and increased salivation. Complications may rarely include dehydration, electrolyte problems, or a lower esophageal tear” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 11, 2023 Most children and adults suffer from it. Some call it Travel Sickness ...

  “RSV is a respiratory illness that typically results in cold-like symptoms for adults, but can be dangerous for young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions” The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) – an illness that kills thousands of Americans each year. The vaccine still needs approval from ...

“I think we healthcare workers are not educating the public enough on the role of BLOOD GROUP IN MARRIAGE, the benefits, and the risks. We only focus on genotype. More people are aware of issues of genotype than blood group. On this, I think we have to start educating the populace more” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | FEBRUARY 6, 2023 I ...

“The mental rigour, inconveniences, harassments, deficiencies and other family problems, which an average Nigerian student faces in the course of the study in our system should averagely make a graduate of Nigeria Tertiary Education a champion” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 15, 2022 I know I am a Cassander, however, I have never missed a prophecy, since my outspokenness. Sequel ...

  “Funny enough, many administrators in Nigeria’s academia have their kids in foreign countries, meaning, the managements members themselves know that they are doing nonsense and they are not ashamed about it, as one of the representatives of the Medical Council, MDCN, was telling me her daughter was studying Medicine in Germany. What a Shame!” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER ...

  “In their first real-world test, parasite-targeting monoclonal antibodies, which have been effective in the lab, protected people in Mali from infections” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | NOVEMBER 4, 2022 A new way to prevent malaria that showed promise in nine U.S. volunteers deliberately exposed to parasite-laden mosquitoes last year has now shown its mettle in a real-world situation in Africa. ...

  “They say the benefits of preoperative isolation are not only for the individual patient but also to other patients and staff in hospitals who are at risk from asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2.” BY ABIODUN AZI |AUGUST 11, 2021 Surgery: A new study has said that patients isolating before surgery mainly to avoid COVID-19 and its complications – are actually ...