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| Resistance risk to malaria cure |
The most effective cure for malaria could be lost unless new prescribing guidelines are followed, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
29 Jul 2009 |
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| Gout : Prevention and treatment |
Gouts manifest through inflammation and sharp pains at the level of joints. The quality of feeding influences considerably gouts attack.
04 Jun 2009 |
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| How to treat yourself with quail eggs |
Quail eggs can prevent, cure or treat diseases associated with age, deficiency or excess nutrients in the body including allergies. Its efficience against microbial infections is yet to be proven.
19 Mar 2009 |
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| Health benefits of honey |
Unprocessed honey, straight from the hive, has been used worldwide for millennia to promote healing
07 Jan 2009 |
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| Miscarriage - How To Avoid It |
Pregnancy miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the loss of a pregnancy, on its own, which occurs in nearly 20% of all confirmed pregnancies.
12 Nov 2008 |
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| Burns: treatment and appropriate diets |
Burns are caused by frequent accidents of various origins: you can get burned by hearth embers, by hot water or boiling oil, by a fire caused by the explosion of a gas bottle…
30 Oct 2008 |
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| Diabetes :What you should know |
Persons with diabetes have too much sugar in their blood. This can start when a person is young or older. It is usually more serious in young people, and they need special medicine to control it.
What causes diabetes ?
26 Sep 2008 |
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| Boost your fertility |
If you've been trying to start a family without success, making some simple lifestyle changes may increase your chance of conception and help to ensure a healthy pregnancy.
26 Sep 2008 |
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| Hot peppers as a health and diet aid |
The spicier a pepper, the stronger its health effect and when it comes to health food, people pick peppers
Hot peppers have been around for more than 6,000 years and now they are taking the medical world by storm.
By Darren Swan
Edited by Joy Ful
26 Sep 2008 |
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| Drug raises hope for prostate cancer treatment |
Scientists are hailing a new drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer as potentially the most significant advance in the field for 70 years.
By Richard Warry - Health editor, BBC News website - Story from BBC NEWS:
26 Sep 2008 |
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| “Many people are now able to go to hospital” |
The Mayor of Kumbo, Njong Donatus was the brain behind the creation of the Kumbo Mutual Health Organisation which benefited from the financial and technical assistance of GTZ and SAILD. The population of Kumbo bought the idea and chose the two mission hospitals in the area as service providers. The co-ordinator to the Kumbo MHO, Mildred K Njamnsi says many more people are able to go to the hospital unlike before
10 Mar 2006 |
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| 09/03/06 - Typhoid Fever |
vTyphoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Persons with typhoid fever carry the bacteria in their bloodstream and intestinal tract and can spread the infection directly to other people by contaminating food or water. Typhoid fever is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million persons each year. Typhoid fever can be prevented and can usually be treated with antibiotics
10 Mar 2006 |
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| The Dilemma of Depression for Mothers-to-Be |
Pregnancy has long been assumed to be a time of expectant joy, at least for women whose pregnancies are planned and who look forward to motherhood. And indeed, it is a happy time for most.
10 Mar 2006 |
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| Water-borne diseases : How to identify, prevent and treat them |
Each year, thousands of people suffer and die of water-related diseases especially during the dry season. Children are usually the greatest victims. This is because their immune systems are not full developed. Certain people attribute such deaths to witchcraft which is not true. This is mostly common in localities where people do not have access to good drinking water. In such places, people depend on wells, rivers and streams for drinking water. The Farmer’s Voice has been able to get some useful information that could help us to identify, avoid and treat water-borne diseases.
15 Feb 2006 |
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| Health CIGs to be closed |
Following a decision from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development suspending the authorisation of Common Initiative Groups dealing with health matters, such groups which have been transformed to clinics shall be identified and closed in the days ahead.
15 Feb 2006 |
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