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Life Sciences
Reports summarize life sciences study results from University of Ilorin
November 4th, 2008
"Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and it is likely to worsen in developing countries over the next two decades based on the projections by the World Health Organization (WHO). With the current scourge of HIV/AIDS and the battle against other communicable diseases like multi-drug resistant malaria and tuberculosis; Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, stands to risk the further straining of its resources as a result of the increasing prevalence of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases due to epidemiological transition," researchers in Ilorin, Nigeria report. "The current prevalence of stroke in Nigeria is 1.14 per 1000...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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