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BlogMalaria – Taking the fight to mosquitoes
After steadily declining numbers of malaria cases and malaria deaths worldwide between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 2016 recorded an increase in malaria cases and no change in the number...
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BlogInexpensive lifesaving treatment for diarrhoea
Almost everyone has a bout of diarrhoea once, maybe twice a year. It lasts for a couple of uncomfortable days, and then you’re over it. What is a mild illness for you is life-threatening for...
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BlogDoes your “late bloomer” have Autism?
At a child’s birthday party I noticed a child who seemed to hang behind and wasn’t playing with the other kids. Judging by his size, he appeared to be about 4 or 5 years old...
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BlogManaging stress – a skill that can save your life
Do you know that your body’s unique alarm system, the “fight or flight” hormone response that prepares you to escape from danger is designed to turn off when the threat is over? However, in today’s...
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BlogColon Cancer – What you should know
Do you know that lifestyle factors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, alcohol and smoking cause 80% of colorectal or colon cancer? Inherited genes are only responsible for about 10% of all colon cancer. March...
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BlogDangers of Vitamin D Deficiency
Do you know that it’s almost impossible to get enough vitamin D through your diet because very few foods contain it? The best way to get the essential vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients your body...
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BlogLassa fever and Meningitis – the ongoing health threat
This past week brought two items of disturbing health news. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported that there are now 317 confirmed cases of Lassa fever so far in 2018, surpassing the number of...
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BlogVitamins and Minerals – Are you getting what you need?
Do you know that when it comes to vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients, your body prefers to get them from real food rather than supplements? There are many excellent food sources of essential Vitamins, Minerals,...
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BlogVitamins, Minerals, and Supplements – Should you be taking them?
Contrary to what many believe, research shows that vitamins and supplements that you take do not lower your risk of chronic diseases or make you healthy. They’re not the fountain of youth or the path...
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BlogHeart Attack and Stroke – When sudden death isn’t that sudden
Do you know that stroke and heart disease, have replaced malaria and tuberculosis on the list of 5 leading causes of death in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)? The two non-communicable diseases are now the leading causes...
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