Steps to Achieving Goals and Vision as a Student and as a Young Person You see, most of the times this kind of topic is raised, one of the things that comes to the minds of young people, especially some persons from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds …
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Course Developer: The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Timeline: 3 weeks. Course Type: Online Certificate Course. Aim: To equip Medical Students, Medical Trainees, Consultants, Nurses and Healthcare Professionals on how to handle complex issues faced in Critical Care Units when other options in the ward have been exhausted. The Critical Nature …
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What is HPV? Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a double stranded DNA virus. It usually infects squamous epithelia including the skin and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory, anal, and genital tracts. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) easily passed on via skin-to-skin genital contact. Good enough, …
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Overview of Lassa Fever Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness prevalent in the West African region. It’s transmission to humans happens via contact with food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of rodents. Person-to-person infections also happens, and especially in hospitals that lacks adequate infection …
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The major and most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don’t feel unwell. …
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Proper and Frequent Hand Washing To prevent oneself from contacting this deadly virus, there is need to regularly and thoroughly clean our hands with an alcohol-based sanitizer. When a hand sanitizer is not available we should endeavor to wash our hands properly with soap and water. This is important because …
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What are kidney stones? The kidney is the body organ that clears waste products and fluids from our blood by converting them to urine. Unfortunately there might be times when we may have some of these waste products in our blood without enough fluid. Because of this low fluid volume …
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How to Get Rid of Hiccups Hiccups is something everyone knows about and has probably experienced either as an infant or as an older adult. Whereas hiccups are known to usually resolve on their own, they can also occasionally persist in an annoying manner often interfering with talking and eating. …
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What is Keto Diet The term “keto diet” stands for “ketogenic diet”. This refers to a diet low in carbohydrate and high in fat. During a keto diet, the body is induced into a state known as ketosis. Ketosis is a natural process whereby ketones are produced from the breakdown …
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How to Lower Blood Pressure High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. This remains is a major risk for heart disease and stroke which are among the leading causes of death especially amongst the aged worldwide. The fact that hypertension usually has no symptoms has earned it the nickname …
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