By Chukwuma Muanya
A new study has warned that an unhealthy diet during pregnancy could influence a child’s risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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‘Good diet in pregnancy produces well-behaved kids’ – New Study
By Chukwuma Muanya
A new study has warned that an unhealthy diet during pregnancy could influence a child’s risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Health Tips for Today:Researchers say Paracetamol causes infertility
By Chukwuma Muanya
Couples where man has ‘high levels of drug in his system are 35% less likely to conceive’
Experts have warned that a common painkiller could impair a man’s fertility.
New research suggests that paracetamol, which is also known as acetaminophen and sold under the brand name Tylenol in the United States (U.S.) and Panadol in the United Kingdom (U.K.), has been linked to infertility.
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Health Tips for Today:Benefits of Okra- Beat Diabetes, Cancers, Ulcer
Regular intake of okra soup could provide novel ‘cure’ for diabetes, breast and prostate cancers, stomach disorders, prolonged labour during childbirth and goitre (caused by iodine deficiency). However, okra may not be very good for males who are still producing children especially those that have previously had infertility problems.
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Pregnant Teens In Australia Take Up Smoking To Have Smaller Babies: Study
MELBOURNE: Pregnant teens in Australia are deliberately taking up smoking to help them reduce the birth weight of their unborn babies and make childbirths less dangerous and painful, a shocking new research has found.
Health:Pain killers reduce sexual drive, sperm count
A medical practitioner at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja, Dr Arikawe Adeolu, on Tuesday, said that long use of analgesics and antidepressant drugs, could cause sexual dysfunction and low sperm count.
Health Tips for Today:Benefits Of Cucumber To The Body
Cucumbers are one of the most underrated vegetables in the world, although the vegetable is the most cultivated on earth, people tend to shy away from the nutritional and health benefit because they simply don’t know. In this article, we will discover some interesting health benefit of Cucumber that has been with man for hundreds of years.
Read the 7 Benefits of Cucuumber
Health: Lagos records first successful bone bridge surgery in West Africa
The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in December 2015 carried out the first successful Bone Bridge Surgery in West Africa as well as successful Cochlear Implant surgeries on three deaf patients without the support of foreign doctors, the state government said on Tuesday.
LASUTH also had its first successful Kidney Transplant carried out by its team of urologists and nephrologists in November 2015 and discharged the patient in good condition on December 1, 2015, while another transplant is being planned, a state by Habib Aruna, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akinwumi Ambode, said.
Health: Diabetes Cure Revealed!!!
If you have diabetes, what I’m about to share with you in this post could prevent you from having a premature heart attack, save your eyesight, kidneys, legs, and nerves—even save your life. www.healthvitalneeds.com
Diabetes has a devastating effect on virtually every system in the body. This is what sets the stage for a variety of diabetic complications. But, as I will explain, this devastation is largely preventable if you consistently do the following:
Health:New HIV Testing, Treatment Begins in Endemic States
A new scheme to conduct free HIV testing and counseling has commenced in six states classified as HIV endemic in Nigeria.
The project, which begins tomorrow (Thursday), is a collaboration between states, local councils and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF).
The scheme targets Anambra, Benue, Nasarawa, Kogi, Cross River and Abuja and plan to test about 15,000 persons per day.
Health: Marriage may help fight cancer
Married people are more likely to survive cancer than unmarried people, a new study suggests.
The researchers found that single men with cancer had a death rate 27 percent higher than it was for married male patients, while the death rate for single female patients was 19 percent higher than their married counterparts, reports WebMD.com........Read more>>
Health: Beans may help with weight loss
Canadian researchers have reported that beans, chickpeas, peas, lentils and humble foods may help in weight loss.
A new analysis of data from 21 clinical trials on these foods collectively known as “pulses” finds that they can help dieters feel full, and shed some weight.....Read more>>
Osun Doctors Suspend Seven-month-old Strike
Medical doctors in the service of the Osun State Government yesterday suspended the industrial action they embarked upon since last September.
The doctors working with the state Hospital Management Board and those attached to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, embarked on industrial action to reject the payment of modulated salaries among other grievances.......Read more>>
Nigeria: Country Records First Baby From Frozen Egg-TIWALOPE
By Sola Ogundipe
Lagos — Nigeria has recorded the first successful birth of a baby conceived from frozen egg of a 44-year-old woman, who had suffered infertility for eight years, making it the first in the country and West Africa.
The birth and conception of the baby, named Tiwatope, which is the 5001st in the world, were carried out by Nigerian fertility specialists at The Bridge Clinic, a Lagos-based fertility treatment centre, where the mother had her eggs frozen using the vitrification (flash-freezing) process..........................Read more>>
Nigeria: 72 Blind Students Risk Ejection From Centre
By Elizabeth Uwandu
Seventy-two students of Bethesda Home for the Blind, BHB, located at 1, Agege Motor Road, Moshalashi, has called on the Lagos State government to intervene towards stopping their ejection from their home.
This followed an ejection notice by Mrs. Aduke Hussein, the Executive Secretary, Surulere Local Government..............Read more>>
Palm Oil: The Benefits and its Effects
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa..............READ MORE>>
Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Ebonyi Constructs First Virology Centre in South-East
By Peter Okutu
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has began the construction of a multi-million naira virology centre which will take care of the diagnosis and treatment of Lassa fever in the State and the South East geopolitical zone of the country.
The Centre which will be commissioned this month was conceived following Governor Umahi's vision and passion that never again would an Ebonyian or foreigner living in the state die of the deadly disease........READ MORE>>
Nigeria: Diarrhea Outbreak Kills 30 in Imo
No fewer than 30 children have so far died in Imo State as a result of fresh outbreak of diarrhea which is said to be relatively common in the 637 autonomous communities in the state due to absence of potable water.
Nigeria: Three Die of Lassa Fever in Bauchi
By Balarabe Alkassim
Bauchi — Three persons have died out of the 10 fresh cases of Lassa fever recently recorded in Bauchi State. Read more>>
NAFDAC destroys expired raw materials of Guinness Nigeria
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