Energy Drinks Cause High Blood Pressure, Doctor Warns

The Chief Medical Director Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Wale Oke on Monday said the consumption of energy drinks can cause high blood pressure and such beverage should be treated as drugs.

While speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Dr. Oke said energy drinks have been able to penetrate the Nigerian market are treated as beverages which is…

Hillary Clinton Hospitalized With Blood Clot

(AP) – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been admitted to a New York hospital after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month.

Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines says her doctors discovered the clot during a follow-up exam today. Reines says Clinton is being treated with anti-coagulants.

What Do the Numbers in a Blood Pressure Test Mean and What Does This Test Tell the Doctor?

Carmen asks: What do the numbers in a blood pressure test mean? Also, what types of things do these numbers tell doctors?

Well Carmen, blood pressure is really just that- the pressure at which blood moves around the body in your arteries. The easiest and least invasive way to test what that pressure is at any given moment is to momentarily stop the flow of blood and then slowly allow…

UNIABUJA big girl dies vomiting blood weeks after buying N8 million car

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Many are still yet to come to terms with untimely demise of University of Abuja student, Sonia Okeke who reportedly died in a mysterious circumstance recently. Sources say the Awka-Anambra State born pretty damsel was one of the campus big babe with connections with…

Deschamps: France could use some fresh blood

Didier Deschamps has revealed that he is likely to make a number of changes to his France squad for the upcoming friendly against Uruguay.

Deschamps replaced Laurent Blanc as national team coach after this summer’s European Championship, and will be in charge of les Bleus for the first time against La Celeste on August 15.

“Some of those who went…

Does Blood Pressure Medication Cause Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies?

High blood pressure medication puts you at risk for vitamin and mineral deficiencies, including:

Vitamin B1 Magnesium Potassium Calcium Coenzyme Q10

The best way to lower high blood pressure (hypertension) and reduce your risk for heart disease is through a healthy diet, regular exercise and other changes in lifestyle (more sleep, less stress, etc).

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Enough is enough •Sultan tells Boko Haram •Says shedding of blood must stop

Written by Hassan Ibrahim Friday, 25 May 2012

DISTURBED by the security situation in the North, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has told perpetrators of terrorism and related acts in the region that “enough is enough,” saying the shedding…

You are blood thirsty, PDP tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011 elections, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, as a blood thirsty politician who relishes in bloodshed.

The PDP was reacting to a…

The Dog & The Baboon Will Be Soaked In Blood – Buhari

2015 ‘ll Be Bloody If…- Buhari

KADUNA– Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in the 2011 election, General Mohammadu Buhari, rtd,yesterday identified three types of Boko Haram in the country with the Federal Government topping the list, followed by those he described as criminals who steal and kill Nigerians in the name of religion, with the third group as the original one led by late Muhammed Yusufu.

Buhari…

DNA-based prenatal blood test can also identify trisomy 13 and 18

A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy withDown syndrome can also identify two additional chromosome abnormalities: trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome). The test for all three defects can be offered as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy to women who have been identified as being at high risk for these abnormalities.

These…