Browsing: cardiovascular diseases

CVDs are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels.

Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health in Australia said that the blood pressure lowering effects of salt substitutes could prevent around 460,000 cardiovascular disease deaths annually, including 208,000 due to stroke and 175,000 due to heart disease.

Ugwu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that sitting was a form of inactivity which slowed the body’s metabolism.

Prof. Temitope Alonge, the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, says death from cardiovascular diseases is on the increase in Nigeria.

Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that potato was a rich source of flavonoid anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre that are essential for optimal health