Planning to Travel This Christmas? Here's What You Need to Know (Watch VIDEO)

It is now that time of year when we celebrate or travel to celebrate with family and friends. If you are planning to travel this Christmas season, then you need to play by the rules of the book that has been tested all year round in 2020. Read on and watch the video below...

Covid 19 Herd Immunity: Hopes Fade As Study Shows Drop in Antibody Levels

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a push to develop a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. If scientists can develop a vaccine quickly, and while we slow the spread of the disease, it’s believed that we can limit deaths by achieving herd immunity. This is a term that has been bandied about for awhile now and which some scientists hope will get all of us out of the clutches of the ravaging COVID-19 scourge.

PCN Approved Pharmacy Internship Training Centers in Nigeria

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) regulates and controls the practice of Pharmacy, determines professional standards in Pharmacy and secures the establishment and maintenance of registers of Pharmacists. Below is a list of the PCN-approved centers for internship training in Pharmacy in Nigeria.

MDCN Approved Medical and Dental Internship Training Centers in Nigeria

Lists of approved teaching hospitals, federal medical centers (FMC), general/specialist/military hospitals, private hospitals and dental teaching hospitals approved by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, for Internship (Pre-Registration) Training in Nigeria (with number of approved posts).

Lack of Exercise 'Killing As Many As Smoking'

I read this study report published in The Lancet in 2012, but which continues to remain relevant today so I share it here. The report concludes that 'a lack of exercise is now causing as many deaths as smoking across the world'. Through this widely respected peer-reviewed medical journal, we continue to be reminded how important exercising our bodies everyday is if we are to remain healthy into our older years. In this article, I have deliberately broken the report down.

And Then I Was Sued....For Millions of Dollars

This article is an IMG's personal story sent anonymously by someone who is not the writer, although signed by the writer. Even though we cannot confirm its authenticity, yet its fresh and vivid writing can only come from a personal experience; but much more, it contains highly valuable lessons for any IMG doctor (just like the story of Hadiza Garba in the UK), especially for IMGs practicing in the United States and other western countries. It re-emphasizes the need for detailed documentation in medical practice. This personal story is compelling and really worth the read. Enjoy...

To Err Is Homicide in Britain: The Case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba

The good that doctors do is oft interred by a single error. The case of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba, a trainee pediatrician in the NHS, convicted for homicide for the death of a child from sepsis, and hounded by the General Medical Council (GMC), is every junior doctor's primal fear.

Top 10 Countries With The Highest Pay for Doctors

The practice of medicine is a fulfilling one for many who come into it as a calling to serve humanity. Medical practice, however, can either greatly make you wealthy or greatly impoverish you depending on the country and region where you practice.

Blockchain and Healthcare: data integrity and overall patient security, privacy and accessibility

Using Blockchain within the healthcare industry is a fairly new concept. Blockchain has been around for several years, and one of its more famous assets Bitcoin is increasingly in the media. Blockchain is basically a digital ledger that records all transactions that have taken place on it. These transactions are secure, they cannot be edited or deleted. Many see blockchain as a digital currency platform, yes banks are taking advantage of the technology but the technology can be used for anything, such as contracts, messaging, data sharing, file storage, file transfer- anything that needs to be independently recorded and verified as having happened.

Diploma in UK Medical Practice for International Medical Graduates

Diploma in UK Medical Practice (DipUKMP)
The DipUKMP was developed through a partnership between Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP) and now incorporates a partnership with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

French Drug Trial Gone Badly Wrong Leaves One Brain Dead and Five More In Hospital

One person has been left brain dead and five others have been hospitalized after taking part in a clinical trial in France of an experimental drug made by Portuguese drug company Bial, French Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Friday.

Nigeria Moves to Control Outbreak of Lassa Fever

The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it would offer free treatment to dozens of victims of the latest outbreak of Lassa fever, a sign of how 2014’s Ebola epidemic has West African nations paying closer attention to the health of their citizens.

WHO Moves From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals

Earlier this month, on December 8, the World Health Organization, WHO, launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years.

WHO Launch New Global Campaign to Eradicate Rabies

A new framework to eliminate human rabies and save tens of thousands of lives each year was launched yesterday, December 10th, by WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Alliance for the Control of Rabies (GARC).

FDA Approves First Treatment Pill for Decreased Libido in Women -- With Restrictions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, on Tuesday approved the so-called "little pink pill" marketed as Addyi to treat acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). In simpler words, the controversial drug is intended to boost decreasing sex drive in women.

WHO's Rapid Health Impact Assessment of Nepal's Earthquake - Press Release

1 MAY 2015 | KATHMANDU - A rapid assessment of health-care facilities by WHO and the Ministry of Health and Population in the earthquake-stricken areas of Nepal has found that hospitals in 4 of the worst-affected districts are completely destroyed or too badly damaged to function.

Sun Pharma Concludes Take Over Merger Of Ranbaxy Laboratories

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, the multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, few days ago on Wednesday announced the take over and closure of its merger with Ranbaxy Laboratories.

Online Self-Paced Courses in International Health

Self-Paced Educational Courses in Global Health
The Institute for International Medicine (INMED) is pleased to offer a growing series of self-paced courses on topics of international health. Each course is accredited for Continuing Medical Education (CME) and can be accessed online.

Directory of Medical Schools - Find Any Medical School in the World

Medical schools are tertiary educational institutions, or part of such an institution, that teach medicine. They confer medical degrees, and are regulated by countries. To find a particular medical school, follow the links below to search the available directories.

New Gene Therapy Causes Fears About 'Designer Babies'

Fertility regulators in the UK have paved the way for the introduction of a radical form of gene therapy in which babies are created using cellular material from three people.