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A strange illness has been killing thousands of young people each year, and recently it has started claiming even more victims in Africa. Called nodding disease, it usually strikes children at the age of 4 or 5 years and starts with occasional bouts of uncontrolled nodding. As the disease progresses through adolescence, the nodding often [...]
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The World Health Organisation is investigating the cause of a mystery disease which has killed at least 60 children under seven years old, within 24 hours of them being admitted to hospital. The children had been admitted to hospita... Read Post

While health experts try to identify the cause of East Africa's unexplained nodding disease, children continue to suffer.http://thinkafricapress.com/uganda/nodding-disease-continues-mystify Read Post

Even healthy children as young as 9 years old can start to show an increased risk of future heart problems if they are physically inactive. Researchers studied 223 children with an average age of 9.8 years, assessing their physical ... Read Post