Tag: Heart Disease
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BREAKING: Ohanaeze President-General, Obiozor is dead
President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor is dead. Obiozor died on December 26th, according to a high-ranking Ohanaeze official.
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Aubameyang diagnosed with minor heart problem
Arsenal striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, was ruled out of Gabon’s clash with Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations, after being diagnosed with a minor heart problem. Aubameyang missed their first Group C fixture against Comoros on Monday after testing positive for COVID-19. But the Gabonese federation announced that their captain along with Axel Meye and…
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COVID-19 third leading cause of U.S. deaths after heart disease, cancer
The United States Centres for Disease Control, on Thursday released an MMWR report that provides provisional data on mortality in the United States in 2020. According to it, with approximately 378,000 fatalities, COVID-19 ranked as the third leading cause of underlying deaths after heart disease and cancer. In 2020, about 3.3 million people died in…
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N4.9bn fraud: Fani-Kayode ‘heart-disease’ stalls trial
The trial of a former Aviation minister, Femi Fani-kayode, for an alleged fraud of N4.9bn was stalled on Wednesday after the defendant’s lawyer told the judge his client could not attend proceedings due to “heart-related” ailments. Counsel for the ex-minister, Mr. Norrison Quakers (SAN), told the court that his client was unable to make it…
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Grey hair: Warning sign of heart disease – Scientists
A recent study has linked grey hair in men with an increased risk of heart disease. The study by EuroPrevent 2017 researchers assessed how common grey hair was in patients with coronary artery disease, and whether it was a risk factor. They observed 545 adult men, most of whom were in their 50s, that doctors…