The Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital has performed its first pneumonectomy, a delicate surgical procedure removing an entire lung. The landmark JOOTRH operation, conducted last ...

JOOTRH surgeons took out lung of debilitated mother of eight misdiagnosed with TB. She had a severe fungal infection. The complex, computer-planned procedure, the first of its kind in Kenya, required ...

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One of President Donald Trump’s great talents as a politician has been in holding together a very disparate coalition. His ...

I have had trouble with watermelon mosaic virus in the past. Is there a way to cure this or at least control the problem? Watermelon mosaic virus is related to other mosaic virus such as tobacco ...

Today we have modern antiparasitic drugs. But 130 years ago, our forebears had nothing but quack cures and prayers to drive out tapeworms.

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Deer and elk antlers are encased with a soft, skin-like material that is commonly referred to as velvet that is present from ...