What is red meat? In gastronomy, red meat is commonly red when raw and a dark color after it is cooked, in contrast to white meat, which is pale in color before and after cooking. In culinary terms, only flesh from mammals or fowl is classified as red or white. Red meat is a good […]
The production of meat has doubled in the last 30 years, by 2050, global meat consumption is projected to reach between 460 million and a staggering 570 million tons by 2050. 570 million tons would mean a consumption of meat twice as high as in 12 years ago. A vast majority of these will be […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines stroke as “rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than vascular origin”. By applying this definition transient ischemic attack (TIA), which is defined to last less than 24 […]
Who Is a Public Health Nurse? A public health nurse is a nursing professional who works in a public position. Their overall focus is on improving the general health of the population within an area or facility. A public health nurse working for a county government may focus on working to improve the health of […]
According to recent studies¸ there are between 40 and 42 million prostitutes in the world more than the population of many countries. Available data on Nigeria listed as one of the most religious countries in the world indicates that there were over 103,500 prostitutes in the country as at 2015. Unfortunately these data does not […]
What is Mucoid plaque? Mucoid plaque is a pseudoscientific term used by some alternative medicine advocates to describe what is claimed to be a combination of harmful mucus-like material and food residue that they say coats the gastrointestinal tract of most people. Mucoid plaque can be a variety of colors: white, yellow, gray, greenish, […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines Public Health as “the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society. Comparable terms for public health are social medicine and community medicine; the latter has been widely adopted in the United Kingdom, and the practitioners are called community physicians. […]
The term immunity is medically defined as a condition of being immune. Immunity confers the ability to resist disease, through the activities of the immune system.The development of immunity to a pathogen through natural infection is a multi-step process that typically takes place over 1-2 weeks according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Immunization is […]
World Health Organization (WHO) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system, responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. WHO is the clearing house for […]
According to the World Health Organization, A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. The classical definition includes nothing about population immunity, virology or disease severity. Cholera, bubonic plague, smallpox, and influenza are some of the most […]
