Sexually transmitted infection testing of adult film performers: is disease being missed?

March 13, 2013 | konknaijagirl

It has been estimated that pornography in Los Angeles County, with its approximately 200 adult film production companies, is a $1 billion industry. After several instances of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission involving performers were reported, regulatory recommendations were made. … Read More

Spectrum of Illness in International Migrants Seen at GeoSentinel Clinics in 1997–2009, Part 1: US-Bound Migrants Evaluated by Comprehensive Protocol-Based Health Assessment

March 13, 2013 | konknaijagirl

Background. Many nations are struggling to develop structured systems and guidelines to optimize the health of new arrivals, but there is currently no international consensus about the best approach.

Methods. Data on 7792 migrants who crossed international borders for the purpose of … Read More

‘Nigeria Operating 19th Century Health System’

March 9, 2013 | konknaijagirl

Mustapha Danesi, Professor of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, spoke on the Nigerian health system and its weaknesses.

The high contribution Nigeria is making to medical tourism in India a developing country like Nigeria – speaks eloquently … Read More

Extinct Animals To Be Resurrected via Cloning – Nat Geo Reports

March 9, 2013 | konknaijagirl

 

A museum worker inspects a replica of a woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), a species that went extinct 3,000 to 10,000 years ago. In March 2012, scientists in Russia and South Korea announced a partnership to try to clone the … Read More

Key to TB Cure Could Lie Underwater

March 9, 2013 | konknaijagirl

The search for a cure for deadly infectious diseases has led Brian Murphy deep underwater.

Murphy, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is collecting actinomycete bacteria from water throughout the world in … Read More

Connectome Project Releases Brain Data

March 9, 2013 | konknaijagirl

The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavour to link brain connectivity to human behaviour  has released a set of high-quality imaging and behavioural data to the scientific community.

The project has two major goals: to collect vast amounts of data using advanced brain imaging methods … Read More