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WASHINGTON (AP) — From a return to higher premiums for women to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, the Republican push to repeal the Obama-era health care law already is raising concerns that women could be hit hard. The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men…

A novel Smartphone app combines electrocardiogram (ECG), body weight, and blood pressure data to improve overall heart health and lower the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) The result of a collaboration between AliveCor (San Francisco, CA, USA) and the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA), the new app, which is available for both Apple iOS and…

SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH What is sudden cardiac death? Sudden cardiac death is an unexpected death due to cardiac causes that occurs in a short time generally within 1 hour of symptom onset) in a person with known or unknown cardiac disease. Sudden death is responsible for half of all heart disease…

CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENING AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   Definition of CVD Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are disease of the heart and blood vessels and include coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease and other conditions. 17.5 million People die each year from CVDs, an estimated 31% of all deaths worldwide.  80% of all CVD death is due…

Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria, IMAN, Bauchi State chapter, will establish a hospital and a school to render services to people. Speaking at the second state congress meeting of the association in Bauchi, its state chairman, Dr. Muhammad Alkali, disclosed that the hospital, when established, would provide medical care for people in line with the…

The Federal Government has raised the alarm that “health, security, transport, HIV/AIDS remain at high risk” in the Lagos-Abidjan borders of the West African sub-region.   The government also estimated that about 27 million passengers, including many traders from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Cote d’ Ivorie and the Republic of Benin, go through the borders annually.…