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Most diseases can be cured or contained with medication. … Leach, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Parkinson, Ollie Pope, Dominic Sibley … South African Airlines or Air Namibia to Namibia’s Windhoek …
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12/18/2024 getting around getting around They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning. By Bridget Read A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat.
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… elderly Sub-Saharan Africans receive pensions, … lost annually to diseases among seniors.
Expanding … Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa, with Namibia’ … African governments, innovators, and entrepreneurs. They could potentially reimagine aging …
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Gorilla with serious health issues at Boston zoo to undergo medical examination
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… if any, options are for treatment,” said Dr. Christopher Bonar, … Republic of Congo, Angola and Central African Republic and are divided … can do to help the geriatric gorilla.
BOSTON — A … which are managed by medication.
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Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes Among Older People Living with HIV Attending an Urban Outpatient Clinic in Kampala, Uganda
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Using the Socioecological Model to Understand Medical Staff and Older Adult Patients’ Experience with Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Study in an Underserved Community Setting
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How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer
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