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| Sickle Cell Anaemia:Awareness of Sickle-Cell Anaemia and its Heterozygous State among Undergraduate Students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu. A questionnaire based study was carried out to determine the extent of awareness of sickle cell anaemia and its heterozygous state among undergraduate students of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (UNEC). A total of 452 students were... |
| Cultural Practices and Health: The Nigerian Experience The cultural practices of a people not only affect their health, but also affect all their affairs including health and disease. Man living in an interactive society is affected by what happens in his environment and how he reacts... |
| Gin and Gene:Relationship between Alcoholism and the Gene Alcoholism or Alcohol Dependence is a chronic disease marked by a craving for alcohol. People who suffer from this illness are known as alcoholics. They cannot control their drinking even when it becomes... |
| Down Syndrome: Is he really “down”? English physician, John Langdon Down, first characterized Down syndrome as a distinct form of mental retardation in 1862. People suffering from this condition are often referred to as “imbeciles”. Until the middle of the 20th century, the cause of Down syndrome remained... |
| Ischaemic Stroke & Neuroprotection Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries of the world. Greater understanding of the pathophysiology of neuronal damage in ischaemic stroke has generated interest in neuroprotection as a management strategy. This paper aims to review the current concept... |
| The Human Genome Project:An Appraisal The Human Genome Project is an international scientific collaboration that seeks to understand the entire genetic blueprint of a human being. This genetic information is found in each cell of the body, encoded in the... |
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