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Uganda: Cure for Almost All Diseases Unveiled
[Observer]Many people these days are dying of lifestyle diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart diseases, high-blood pressure, stroke etc, yet there is a simple, natural cure for all these diseases, discovered in 1818 by French chemist, Louis-Jacques Thenard. Unfortunately, it has all along been secretly suppressed by the pharmaceutical industry and its agents in the medical establishment because of it being natural, as by international law, they are not allowed to deal in natural products. That miracle cure is hyd
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 24, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Health Landscape Reveals Progress Made and Challenges From Hundreds of Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors
[World Bank]In the Middle East and North Africa, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes are causing a massive amount of premature death and disability. People in Latin America and the Caribbean are living longer on the whole, yet they face increasing threats from chronic diseases. Mortality has declined in many South Asian countries, yet the number of deaths by non-communicable diseases and self-harm has skyrocketed since 1990.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 4, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Strokes Affecting Younger Patients
[Health-e]A Johannesburg father talks about how a stroke changed his teenage daughter's life.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 6, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Contaminated BP Drug Recalled
[The Herald]Local pharmacies have removed Brinerdin, a drug used to treat hypertension, from their shelves after it was recently recalled by its Swiss manufacturer - Novartis - to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and quality control.The withdrawal of Brinerdin from the local market came amid indications that the drug caused severe side-effects such as kidney malfunction, ulcers, stroke, heart failure and depletes vitamins.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 24, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gambia: World Health April 2014 Is High Blood Pressure Awareness Gambia"high Blood Pressure" Is Likely to Become an Increasingly Important Public Health Problem
[The Point]World Health Day is celebrated on the 17th April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. This year's theme is high blood pressure. With one in three adults worldwide having the condition, this 'silent killer' puts huge numbers of individuals at risk for heart disease and stroke, and represents one of the most important challenges facing public health today. It is estimated there will be a staggering 1.56 billion adults living with high blood pressure in 2025.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 22, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'One in Three Adult Nigerians Has Hypertension'
[This Day]High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of heart disease and stroke in the world, and is also termed a silent killer because often, there are no symptoms or signs. People don't feel sick and are not aware of it and statistics show that one in every three Nigerians has the condition.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Is Bread Killing South Africans?
[News24Wire] South Africans eat a lot of bread and it forms part of every meal in the day, according to Dr Vash Mungal-Singh, who is the CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA (HSF).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 18, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'COPD Now Deadliest Non-Communicable Disease'
[Daily Trust] Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), has now been identified as the most dangerous and deadliest non-communicable disease, which is worse than heart attack, stroke, road traffic accidents and cancer.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 2, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: South Africa Has the Saltiest Children's Chicken Burger in the World
[News24Wire] Children are being served worryingly high amounts of salt by popular fast food chains, according to a new 2015 international survey carried out by World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) and supported by the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA).
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Important complications of chronic kidney disease.
Authors: Van der Walt I, Swanepoel CR, Mahala B, Meyers AM
Abstract
The complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are dyslipidaemia, hyperkalaemia, metabolic acidosis, anaemia, and bone and mineraldisorders. Dyslipidaemia may be treated with low-density lipoprotein-lowering agents. Statins are ineffective in stages 4 and 5 CKD, but areindicated for preventing the progression of disease in the earlier stages. Chronic acidosis has recently been shown to be a risk factor in theprogression of CKD renal dysfunction. Therefore, treatment is mandatory. Practically, this should consist of 1 - 2 heaped teaspoons of sodi...
Source: South African Medical Journal - August 22, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Significance, definition, classification and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in South Africa.
The objective of diagnosing CKD lies in its future prevention, earlydetection and proper treatment, which will prevent or delay functional deterioration.Primary hypertension (PH) occurs in 25% of South Africa (SA)'s black population and is the putative cause of stage 5 CKD in 40 - 60%of these patients. Moreover, in this group, stage 5 CKD occurs at a relatively young age (35 - 45 years) compared with other populationgroups in whom stage 5 CKD resulting from PH usually occurs between 60 and 70 years of age. In the cohort study, PH has been found in12 - 16% of black school learners (mean age 17 years) compared with 1.8 - 2% ...
Source: South African Medical Journal - August 22, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Ethiopia: Working Long Hours 'Increases Stroke Risk'
[Ethiopian Herald] Long hours can impact both mental and physical health
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gambia: Drug Addiction and Health
[The Point] People who suffer from addiction often have one or more accompanying medical issues, which may include lung or cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and mental disorders. Imaging scans, chest X-rays, and blood tests show the damaging effects of long-term drug abuse throughout the body. For example, research has shown that tobacco smoke causes cancer of the mouth, throat, larynx, blood, lungs, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and cervix.19 In addition, some drugs of abuse, such as inhalants, are toxic
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Sweetened Drinks May Damage the Heart
[Ghanaian Chronicle] Soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages can seriously damage heart health, a new review finds. The added sugar in sodas, fruit drinks, sweet teas and energy drinks affects the body in ways that increase risk of heart attack, heart disease and stroke, said review author Vasanti Malik, a nutrition research scientist at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 6, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Multiple intracerebral lesions in a young male
Conclusion: We are presenting this case to highlight the fact that cerebral toxoplasmosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multiple neuroparenchymal lesions in young individuals who present with neurological deficits.Keywords: Cerebral toxoplasmosis; HIV/AIDS; Tuberculoma; Neurocysticercosis
Source: African Health Sciences - September 9, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: research
