WorldLungCancerWeek: The Staging Process of Lung Cancer

When you inhale, the lungs transfer oxygen from the air to your blood. They also take carbon dioxide from your blood and get rid of it when you exhale. Lung Cancer is a disease caused by the unchecked growth and spread of some cells from the lungs. There are two major types of lung cancer: […]
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What are cavities and what causes it?

You have whole communities of microbes living in your mouth right now and if you don’t treat them right, they’ll make holes in your teeth. No matter how much you brush your mouth is filled with microbes. Thousands of bacteria live on every single one of your teeth. And that’s if you have excellent oral […]
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What Is A Parasite?

A parasite is an organism or living thing that lives on inside another living thing’s body for food and other things that it needs to survive and thrive. Though parasites are very small, and are often only seen with the help of a microscope, they have the ability to manipulate, harm, and sometimes even kill […]
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Why do we itch?

An itch, also known as pruritus, is an unpleasant and annoying sensation that makes you scratch your body. It can happen due to various reasons such as parasitic mites, dry skin, insect bite, disease, allergies, and sometimes, it happens for reasons that still remain unknown. Just as the immune system functions as an internal defense […]
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What causes Pneumonia?

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs caused by viruses or germs that invade the respiratory system. Generally, when we inhale oxygen, it goes through the windpipe, into the lungs, passes through the bronchi and eventually reaches the air sacs called the alveoli, which is surrounded by a network of fine blood capillaries. Here the […]
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What causes Kidney Stones?

Kidney stones, also known as renal calculi, are hard small masses of crystal that can form inside the kidneys that are part of the urinary tract. The kidney has many jobs, and one crucial role is to filter the blood to remove waste in the form of urine. These waste contains compounds that consist of […]
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immune system

THE BATTLE WITHIN – MOBILIZING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

It's a war – guerrilla warfare. From the point of view of the pathogen (a term used interchangeably with disease-causing microbes, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi), we are just big storehouses of goodies for them to grow on; next to the brain, the immune system is the body's most complex system.
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Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE

For the goal of universal health coverage to be actualized, every arm of the scheme (i.e clients, health care providers, health insurance companies) need to see itself as a key player and get involved.
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LAAPHMO BLOG Child Spacing

Child Spacing

Depending on how early it is, and what kind of delivery the woman had previously, having another pregnancy right after could be very risky and can seriously put the woman’s life in danger
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