HIV baby cured by early drug treatment

A baby has been cured of HIV after doctors gave her medication when she was just hours old.

The little girl, now two-and-a-half, was born with the virus but has been off treatment for around a year with no signs of infection.

If the American youngster, from Mississippi, stays healthy, it would be one of the first reported cures of HIV.

She was given…

Prezzo & Goldie To Wed Early Next Year

Prezzo and Goldie at the Channel O house party recently.

The relationship that bloomed during the Big Brother Africa StarGame reality show between Kenya’s Prezzo and Nigeria’s Goldie is turning out to be one of the most controversial relationships in the celebrities world.

Their fans…

Ondo Election: Mimiko maintain early lead as INEC announce result

The incumbent Ondo State governor and candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the state in Saturday’s governorship election, Olusegun Mimiko is in early lead as results of the election trickle in.

Mr Mimiko won his Lijoka open space Ward 7 Unit 20 in Ondo with 348 votes to 18 of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and 16 of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

The governor defeated the ACN candidate, Rotimi…

14 People Killed in Early Morning Attack in Jos

14 people were brutally murdered by suspected herdsmen on Wednesday morning in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau state.

The assailants reports say raided three villages in the early hours of Wednesday, armed with dangerous weapons while the villagers were still asleep; killing and destroying their properties.

According to reports, the attack…

New knee replacement model increases likelihood of early revision surgery

Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures are as safe and effective as conventional methods. Patients who undergo the first 15 operations using a new device in a hospital are 48 percent more likely to…

Early aquatic therapy after TKA may improve quality of life

Despite increased use of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), there is a notable lack of consensus about optimal postoperative treatment. Aquatic therapy has been shown to have a beneficial effect, and it is typically begun two weeks after surgery, after the wound has healed. According to a new study published in theArchives…

Non-invasive test for early detection of fetal gender

A new research study published in the January 2012 edition of The FASEB Journal(http://www.fasebj.org) describes findings that could lead to a non-invasive test that would let expecting mothers know the sex of their baby as early as the first trimester. Specifically, researchers from South Korea discovered that various ratios of two enzymes (DYS14/GAPDH), which can…

Atletico Madrid’s Diego: It’s too early to say whether we will win Europa League

Atletico Madrid playmaker Diego believes it is too early to say whether his side will win the Europa League despite reaching the semi-finals of the competition.

The Spanish giants defeated Hannover 2-1 in Germany in the second leg of their quarter-final tie on Thursday to go through 4-2 on aggregate and Diego Simeone’s men will…

LCI feasible, sensitive non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with CF

The lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to a new study from Australian researchers.

“We found that LCI is elevated early in children with CF, especially in the presence of airway inflammation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa,” said Yvonne Belessis, MBBS, MPH, PhD, respiratory staff specialist…