France-  A nurse and one of her patients were found dead Monday.  The perpetrator of both murders was still on the run Tuesday night. A nurse found dead at the edge of a road with her hands tied and a pensioner found dead at home, her hands sliced.  A macabre enigma that still had not been resolved Tuesday night.  On Monday morning, at 7:15 am, motorists  discover the body of Karine Foucher, a  42-year-old  liberal nurse  , along a road in Pannes (Loiret).  This mother of two has her hands tied by electric cables and has many deadly wounds.  Her autopsy, conducted on Tuesday, reveals that she succumbed to multiple blows to stab in the neck, face and chest. The investigators of the research section of the Orleans gendarmerie make the link with another homicide committed that same Monday morning in Châlette-sur-Loing in the same department.  That of Jacques Samson, an 84-year-old pensioner living in the district of Pontonneri...

Continent: Southern Africa Country: Namibia Capital: Windhoek Population: 2,606,971 (2017 Estimates) Official Language: English          Image:  Encyclopedia Britannica Profile: Republic of Namibia , is a country in  southern Africa . Its western border is the  Atlantic Ocean ; it shares land borders with  Zambia  and  Angola  to the north,  Botswana  to the east and  South Africa  to the south and east. Although  it does not  border  Zimbabwe , less than 200 metres of the  Zambezi River  separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the  Namibian War of Independence . Its capital and largest city is  Windhoek , and it is a member state of the  United Nations  (UN), the  Southern African Development Community  (SADC), the  African Union  (AU), and the  Commonwealth of Natio...

Nigeria - The Kano State House of Assembly has amended the law establishing the state College of Nursing and Midwifery to enable it to commence award of Degree, Diploma and Higher National Diploma (HND). Reading the bill before the house on Monday, the Majority Leader, Alhaji Labaran Abdul-Madari said the college which has been awarding only certificates will now be upgraded to award degrees and other certificates. The house, after approving the report presented by its standing committee on health and education, and considered it in the committee of the whole approved the amendment of the law. NAN

        Image : Harvard Health University Studies have shown that there is a link between cardiovascular health and brain health, but it is unclear whether genetic or environmental factors are most important in determining them both. A new study in twins suggests that nurture, rather than nature, may be decisive. Evidence  from different studies has suggested that there is   a strong link between Trust cardiovascular health and brain health. Researchers have explained that poor cardiovascular health can, with age, contribute to dementia mechanisms, affecting cognitive function. But what predisposes a person to poorer — or better — cardiovascular and brain health? So far, scientists have been unable to answer this question with any degree of certainty. Generally speaking, there are two types of factors that could influence aspects of heart and brain health in the long term. These are genetic (nonmodifiable) factors and environmental (m...

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The International Organization of African Nurses is an international organization for nurses of African descent who are interested in improving health care and health care outcomes in Africa. The official inaugural benefit gala will be held on October 26, 2019 in Dallas Texas at the Crown Plaza Hotel. WHAT IOAN DO? Engage nurses, other healthcare providers and interested stakeholders to seek solutions to healthcare problems in Africa. Accept project proposals from needed areas across Africa and seek ways of implementing them. Form partnerships with academic institutions, medical institution and other foundations to advance healthcare in Africa. Help train more nurses & healthcare providers in needed areas in Africa. Prioritize implementation of simple clinical interventions to curb the spread of communicable diseases. Improve life expectancy by improving early diagnosis & treatment of conditions like hypertension & diabetes. Seek w...