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10 Technological Breakthroughs That Will Change Healthcare
The popular quote “impossible means nothing” seems to be the best way to describe the tremendous breakthroughs the advancement in technology has brought to the fore across numerous industries, healthcare inclusive. Just a few years ago, things that would...
Loosing Weight The Healthy Way
According to a report by The World Health Organisation, the worldwide prevalence of obesity is estimated to have tripled between 1975 and 2016. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight (WHO). Of these over 650 million adults...
GASTROENTERITIS
Gastroenteritis is known commonly as an upset tummy or tummy bug. It is a very common condition that causes diarrhoea and vomiting. Fever, lack of energy, and dehydration may also occur. This typically lasts less than two weeks. Gastroenteritis is most commonly...
BAD BREATH (HALITOSIS)
Bad breath is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant breath odor is present. It can be embarrassing and in some cases may even cause anxiety. Products such as toothpaste, mouthwash and other oral hygiene products frequently are only temporary measures. They don't...
HOW TO HELP SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
You may think this is straight out of the juju scene of a Nollywood movie but according to Ronald L. Holle’s paper, ‘Annual rates of lightning fatalities by country’, 24,000 people are killed by lightning strikes around the world each year and about 240,000 are...
HOW AIR AMBULANCE COSTS ARE CALCUATED
One of the most common questions we are asked at the Flying Doctors air ambulance service is how much the service costs. The short answer is that ‘it depends’. The cost of an air ambulance service depends on a whole number of factors that we will be discussing in this...