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- June 13, 2020
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Diseases and Conditions
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DONATE: www.docotal.com/donate A three-year-old baby recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Imo State, Nigeria. Like this baby, many health workers are exposed to this dangerous virus because of inadequate personal protective equipment. The Docotal Foundation is supplying masks and gloves for these defiant people to protect themselves. Your donation of only $1 will make
A pandemic and the future by Ekene Okwechime
- May 18, 2020
- Posted by: Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke
- Category: Diseases and Conditions
The world is ill-prepared to respond to a severe influenza pandemic or to any similarly global, sustained and threatening public-health emergency. International Health Regulations Review Committee (2011) Freedoms are fragile. The coronavirus pandemic shows how fragile our individual freedoms are — and even overrated. The basic perception is that we have to do something
Coronavirus Disease – Busting the Myths
- April 14, 2020
- Posted by: Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke
- Category: Health
In my opinion, the rationale behind these misinformation and fake news is called INFODEMIC. So, it’s very critical to be fighting a pandemic as well as an infodemic. Infodemic is more dangerous than the virus because it spreads faster and even kills. Dr. L. Kaumi. Everyone is at risk. This is true. SARS-CoV-2, like other
What you need to know about COVID-19 + The Italian situation
- March 29, 2020
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Diseases and Conditions
Definition The Coronavirus belongs to the family of Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales. They are large positive sense RNA viruses comprising of four genre: alpha-beta-delta-gamma. Until 2019 only six human coronaviruses (HCOVs) were known that could be held responsible for respiratory diseases. Out of these, four (HCOV-229E, OC 43, NL63 and HKVI) are endemic globally and are
COVID-19 PANDEMIC: An Expert Interview with Dr Laminu Kaumi.
- March 22, 2020
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Diseases and Conditions
Dr Laminu Kaumi is a Consultant Physician Family Medicine and Community Health trained in the prestigious Hospital Ramon y Cajal Madrid Spain. He got his postgraduate certificate in the famous Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, awarded with both MSc Tropical Medicine and International Health and Masters in Public Health. As a Global Health Champion, can you
Why Do You Have To Get A Pharmacy Management System?
- March 9, 2020
- Posted by: angelica07o
- Category: Health
These regimens are primarily based on protocols which have been used clinically for many years and are based mostly on animal testing and varied clinical trials. In a paper revealed within the journal JCI Insight, the scientists reported that mice with arginase deficiency had lower than a quarter of the conventional quantity of myelin in
TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH
- February 4, 2020
- Posted by: Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke
- Category: Health tips
Last week Saturday my phone rang in the morning. Usually I receive calls from Nigeria on this day at this time. This call however was different. It was my long-time friend. He told me that his uncle of 60 years just had his left body paralyzed. They were in the hospital. “The doctor said he
8 NATURAL WAYS TO LOSE BELLY FAT
- January 13, 2020
- Posted by: Dr. Nnamdi Elenwoke
- Category: Health tips
Getting rid of your belly fat or bulge is important for more than just vanity’s sake. Excess abdominal fat-particularly visceral fat, the kind that surrounds your organs and puffs your stomach into a “beer gut”-is a predictor of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and some cancers. Read on for 8 sure ways you
5 Ways To Prevent Heart Disease and Keep Your Heart Health
- December 9, 2019
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Health tips
Do you know that heart diseases are number one cause of death globally? More than three quarters of these deaths occur in middle and low income countries. Early detection and management is very important to avoid these deaths. Most heart related diseases are preventable if you follow these tips: 1. Tobacco Quit smoking now! Many
6 Ways to Naturally Relieve Stress and Anxiety
- November 4, 2019
- Posted by: Mrwilson
- Category: Health
It’s only recently that society as a whole has started to become more aware and educated regarding mental health. While we, as a society, still have a long way to go towards completely destigmatizing mental health ailments, we have, in fact, come a long way from where we once were 20 years ago. 20 years ago,