(4) Diabetes
Diet There must be many people like me who have diabetes but who are not on insulin. Why have I been told to control my weight? People who develop diabetes later in life are often overweight. For the first few years after...
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6. How doctors classify mental illness
ICD10 is the International Classification of Disease. It is a way of classifying mental illnesses and is internationally understood and accepted. This makes the diagnosis of mental illness as clear in Lagos as it is in London....
Read More2. How your heart works
Your heart is a pump made of muscle which pushes blood through your arteries to all organs of your body. The body needs oxygen and energy to work normally and blood is the delivery system. Blood picks up its oxygen in the lungs...
Read More(4) Quit Smoking
Why do people use tobacco? Tobacco is clearly valued for its psychoactive effects. This means that it has several actions on the mind that depend upon the dose used. It can be used to stimulate the mind, relieve anxiety, or...
Read More5. What type of stroke?
As discussed previously, there are two main types of stroke: ischemic and hemorrhagic. The majority of this course describes the approach to either type of stroke, but there are specific texts on ischemic stroke, TIA, ICH,...
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