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South Africa:'Miracle' Woman Home for Christmas After Three Heart Attacks, Stroke
[News24Wire] A 55-year-old woman from Krugersdorp in Johannesburg is looking forward to spending Christmas with her family after surviving three heart attacks and a stroke.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 21, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria:Being Black Predisposes Africans to Stroke, Says Expert
[This Day] Abuja -A neurosurgeon at Spine Fixed in Abuja, Dr. Biodun Ogungbo, has revealed that the African race is susceptible to stroke, which he said is a preventable but silent killer that has been ignored over the years due to little knowledge about its causes and preventions.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe:Govt Urges Stakeholders to Fight Stroke
[The Herald] There is need for increased efforts by all stakeholders in the fight against stroke as the condition continues to cause disability and premature death, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 1, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: New Coalition Plans to Tackle Continent's Growing Burden of Stroke
[The Conversation Africa] Africa is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and deaths. The continent faces a double burden of infectious diseases and rapid escalation of non-communicable diseases such as stroke and heart disease. These conditions are driven by factors like ageing populations, changes in dietary habits, and rising rates of hypertension, physical inactivity, smoking, diabetes, raised cholesterol, alcohol abuse and obesity.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 18, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Stroke - Why Uganda Is Experiencing an Upsurge
[Monitor] Sulaiman Sewanyana, 69, a resident of Kampala, is undergoing rehabilitation following a stroke which left him paralysed.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Aga Khan Hospital Accredited As a Centre of Excellence in Acute Stroke Management
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) has been accredited as a Centre of Excellence for the management of Acute Primary Stroke, becoming the first hospital in Africa to achieve this certification.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Reduce Risk of Stroke With Regular Physical Activity
[Namibian] THERE are various causes of stroke. These causes are mainly either from bleeding in the brain due to injury to blood vessels or reduced oxygen and blood flow to an area of the brain due to a blockage.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Ghana Records 1,000 Stroke Cases Annually - Health Minister
[Ghanaian Times] Pekidzake -- An estimated 12,000 to 16,000 stroke cases are recorded across the country annually according to the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Even Mild Covid Raises the Chance of Heart Attack and Stroke. What to Know About the Risks Ahead
[The Conversation Africa] A concerning report recently published in Nature Medicine suggests even a mild case of COVID can increase the long-term risks of serious cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, heart attack and heart failure. The study highlights our limited understanding of the full consequences of COVID infection and the long-term impact of the COVID pandemic.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Pfizer Moves to Check High Prevalence of Stroke in Nigeria
[Leadership] Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer has relaunched Eliquis, an anticoagulant, to address the continued increase in the prevalence of stroke due to heart condition called atrial fibrillation in Nigeria which is a common cause of death in the adult population.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 2, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Benemef Foundation Donates Gh¢60,000 Wheel Chairs ...Walking Sticks to Stroke Patients
[Ghanaian Times] Benemef Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in partnership with Dr Wanda Evans-Brewer, a philanthropist, have presented 58 wheel chairs and walking sticks valued at more than GH¢60,000 to stroke patients and people living with disabilities in three communities in the Greater Accra and Volta regions respectively.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
PPAR agonists for the treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients with Diabetes
Conclusions: According to this study, Pioglitazone treatment in type 2 diabetes patients and hypersensitive Ischemic stroke patients is linked to minor ischemic stroke which is recurrent in Asian people. Pioglitazone and the telmisartan treatment have an increasing pleiotropic effect related to the higher PPAR- gamma effects. Further research needs to be conducted with the PPAR mechanism ' s details to confirm the PPAR effect on Ischemic stroke treatment. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(3): 249-257]Keywords: PPAR agonist, Dyslipidaemia, Thiazolidinediones, Type 2 diabetes, Pioglitazone, PPAR-alpha, PPAR-gamma, Insulin resistance, Alecardio.
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - November 25, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Zheng Xia, Guo Lixia, Zhang Zhijun Source Type: research
Patterns of complications seen in patients with hypertension admitted to tikur anbessa hospital: a retrospective analysis.
CONCLUSION: This study has revealed most of the patients have stroke as a complication, therefore preventive or prophylactic measures should be encouraged to avail it.
PMID: 26591283 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - November 29, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research
Poststroke emotionalism with dacrystic (Crying) episodes & #8211; making a case for risperidone
Frank Aiwansoba Imarhiagbe, OA AbidakunAnnals of African Medicine 2018 17(3):156-158
Emotionalism is the abnormal expression of emotions like crying and laughing and could follow stroke, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Emotionalism has been known to respond therapeutically to different classes of drugs including tricyclic antidepressants like imipramine, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) like sertraline and citalopram, anticonvulsants like lamotrigine, dopamine precursors like levodopa and NMDA receptor antagonists like dextromethorphan. Classical antipsychotics a...
Source: Annals of African Medicine - August 31, 2018 Category: African Health Authors: Frank Aiwansoba Imarhiagbe OA Abidakun Source Type: research
Multimorbidity and predictors of mortality among patients with cardiovascular disorders admitted to an intensive care unit: a retrospective study
Conclusions:There is a significant proportion of multimorbidity in our study population. Multimorbidity may be used as a criterion to prioritize and improve the management of patients. Measures to prevent cardiovascular disease in people who already have hypertension, diabetes or underlying causes of heart failure in primary care settings need to be emphasized. At higher levels of care, capacity building is key to addressing the management of patients who present with acute cardiovascular diseases. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev.2018;32(4):218-224]Keywords:Cardiovascular disease, multimorbidity, mortality, intensive care
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - January 29, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: research
