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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

Nigeria is blessed! We have absolutely everything edible, co-operative soil, beautiful rain, adequate sunshine and quite a number of hardworking farmers. Every season has some fruits or vegetables associated with it. The different tribes make the same raw material into a million and one scrumptious delight. There really is an amazing variety to choose from and enjoy. Food is life and adds to health. Why then do you wallow in monotony and drown yourself in rice, spaghetti, dry beans, bread…

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SIMPLEST WAY TO MAKE PIZZA

Hey there! Are you in love with Pizza? Do you feel like eating it everyday but can not due to the high cost of it? It can be quite distressing when we have to spend at least #3500 to get good Pizza just because we have to satisfy our cravings. Therefore,to celebrate the World Food Day today, UIMSA Press brings you the simplest and fastest way to make delicious Pizza in our homes and rooms. INGREDIENTS QUICK HOMEMADE PIZZA SAUCE…

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GAINING WEIGHT THE HEALTHY WAY

It seems like everyone is obsessed with losing weight, but what happens if you want to gain weight? The term ‘underweight’ is typically used to describe an individual who is not within a healthy weight range and has less body fat than is required for maximum well-being. Body fat is estimated using a measurement known as Body Mass Index (BMI), which classifies a person as underweight if their BMI is below 18.5. Whilst there are some people who have a…

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WORLD FOOD DAY 2018

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. ORIGIN World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO’s Member Countries at the Organization’s 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food…

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2k16 INTERGROUP FOOTBALL MATCH KICKS OFF, CONTINUES TODAY

The 2nd edition of the Intergroup football championship organized by the 2016 set for its class members kicked off on Saturday, October 6th 2018 at the Alexander Brown Hall (ABH) football pitch. Spectators from different classes and departments trooped out to experience this event with lots of expectations in mind after witnessing last year’s edition. The first match was between groups C and D with UIMSAites in the class performing greatly on the football pitch. Though lots of chances were…

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WORLD TEACHERS DAY 2018

In many different languages in countries around the globe, World Teachers’ Day celebrates the essential role educators play in teaching and nurturing students of all abilities at all levels of their academic careers. Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day (WTD)  commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO recommendation concerning the status of teachers. This recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers, standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment,…

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BASIC GUIDE TO USMLE PREPARATION

The USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination) is the only examination that makes you practice Medicine in the United States. It has 3 Steps: Step 1 – tests your grasp of the principles of Medicine and its application. Steps 2 Clinical Skills and Clinical Knowledge (CK &CS) – Separate exams; tests your clinical knowledge clinical skills respectively. Step 3 It’s possibly to take the Step 1 exams in 400level, STEP 2 CK & CS after final exams. Step 3 can…

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FOUR STEPS TO SETTING FITNESS GOALS

Why do you want to exercise? Is it to get a bit fitter? To lose some weight? Oops! This is exactly where things start to go wrong. If your goals are so vague, and you don’t kick off with clear direction, chances are that you will hit a wall, or stop exercising soon. A vague goal may be of some help to you in the short-term, but not in the long-term. Before you embark on a fitness or training programme, set yourself…

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EFFECTIVE EXERCISE ON A BUSY SCHEDULE

Hello, beautiful people. Med school too stressful? Saving your dream body routines for those better days after school when you have more time and more money? Truth is, those days may never really come, because working out takes discipline and commitment. So it’s probably now or never. Here’s a couple of things I advise to try: 1) Make Your Plan Fit Your Life Make your workout plan fit into your lifestyle not the other way round. You don’t need fancy…

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A NEW BEGINNING FOR UIMSA PRESS

The UIMSA Clinical press inaugurated its newly elected members on Monday, 17th of September 2018. The hand-over ceremony which marked a transition in leadership paved way for the new crop of leaders who promised to adhere to the ethics of the profession while at the same time maintaining its reputation as one of the leading press organisations in the University of Ibadan. There was definitely excitement and enthusiasm over the new innovative ideas for the press year which showed lots…

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Students’ Secretariat,

Ground floor, E.O. Oluwole Akande Building,

University College Hospital,

Ibadan,

Oyo State, Nigeria.

Tel:  +234 813 537 4183 | +234 817 946 0620

Email: ibadanmedicine@gmail.com

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