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Maple syrup urine disease Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis

Maple syrup urine disease Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, in which the defect in the Branched Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase (BCKD) enzyme causes irregular amino acid metabolism. This leads to accumulation of protein...

IELTS Speaking Test Tips: How to Ace your Speaking Test

IELTS Speaking Test Tips: How to Ace your Speaking Test

A lot of candidates who take IELTS Speaking test find this section the hardest one because it involves face-to-face communication. But in fact, IELTS Speaking is the easiest section of IELTS to improve your...

Europe Implements New Anatomic Pathology Guidelines to Reduce Nurse Exposure to Formaldehyde and Other Toxic Histology Chemicals

Europe Implements New Anatomic Pathology Guidelines to Reduce Nurse Exposure to Formaldehyde and Other Toxic Histology Chemicals

Histology technicians and anatomic pathology (AP) laboratories regularly handle dangerous chemicals such as formaldehyde. They understand the risks exposure brings and take precautions to minimize those risks. However, in operating suites worldwide, nurses assisting...

Dehydration Definition, Dehydration Causes and Types of Dehydration

Dehydration Definition, Dehydration Causes and Types of Dehydration

DEHYDRATION Dehydration is the condition in which there is excessive loss of body fluids, mostly water. Fluid loss mostly exceeds amount of fluids taken in. In dehydration, fluids are lost from blood, extracellular spaces...

Meningitis: Meaning, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Meningitis: Meaning, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

There is an outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis across some states in the country. Even though the federal ministry of health has advised Nigerians to remain calm as it is working to put an end...

Latest Diabetes Cure News: Latest Breakthroughs in Type 1 Diabetes 2017

Latest Diabetes Cure News: Latest Breakthroughs in Type 1 Diabetes 2017

Ending the world’s diabetes epidemic could be one step closer, with a promising new technique curing the condition in mice. Scientists at the University of Texas announced the breakthrough, which uses a novel approach...

Prostate Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, Complications, Prevention and Risk Factors

Prostate Cancer: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, Complications, Prevention and Risk Factors

I will like to seize this opportunity to wish you happy New Year in advance. Prostate cancer is a “cancer that occurs in the prostate, a small walnut-shaped gland in men that produces the...

Genotype and Blood Group: All You Need to Know

Genotype and Blood Group: All You Need to Know

Imagine I walk up to you and ask you this simple question, “What is your blood group?” What will be your answer? A Lot of times, most people I ask this question will retort...

List of Blood Group and Genotype: Genotype and Marriage Compatibility

List of Blood Group and Genotype: Genotype and Marriage Compatibility

List of Blood Group and Genotype Genotype & It’s Appropriate Suitor: AA + AA = Excellent AA + AS = Good AA + SS = Fair AS + AS = Bad AS + SS =...

Influenza Symptoms: Flu Symptoms 2018, Complications and People at Risk

Influenza Symptoms: Flu Symptoms 2018, Complications and People at Risk

Influenza Symptoms According to the CDC, below are influenza symptoms Flu Symptoms Influenza (also known as the flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness,...