Category: 6. Health

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  • Two Trials Shed New Light on Stroke Prevention in AF – Medscape

    1. Two Trials Shed New Light on Stroke Prevention in AF  Medscape
    2. Ablation reduces stroke risk for AFib and may remove need for some types of blood thinners  www.heart.org
    3. LAA closure fails to achieve non-inferiority versus standard care in AF…

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  • James Norton is Thriving With Type 1 Diabetes, On and Off Screen

    James Norton is Thriving With Type 1 Diabetes, On and Off Screen

    This past month James Norton has graced our screens as the charismatic foreman Sean Rafferty in House of Guinness, the new Netflix drama set amid Ireland’s brewing heritage. 

    Rugged, warm and quietly commanding, James once again shows why…

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  • How to safeguard children and the elderly from winter pneumonia

    How to safeguard children and the elderly from winter pneumonia

    Reports of respiratory infection, especially pneumonia, will surge with winter now kicking over and its chill. The two most vulnerable groups are children younger than five and older adults over sixty due to low levels of immunity and…

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  • World Diabetes Day

    By Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia

    Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disease, can lead to life-threatening damage to the heart, kidneys, nerves, and eyes if diagnosed late or managed poorly. It remains a significant…

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