Category: Health

A study has found that consuming Mediterranean diet, especially plenty of olive oil, cuts the risk of erectile dysfunction by 40 percent, It revealed that consuming nine tablespoons of the oil each week, along with plenty of vegetables, fruit, fish and beans also boost men’s chances of a drug-free sex life into their seventies. The study, presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Munich, suggests a healthy diet in middle age could pave the way for an active drug-free love life well into their late 60s and 70s.…

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Due to an alleged insensitivity of the state government towards their welfare Medical workers at the Ondo State Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Akure, on Thursday protested. The protesters alleged that the government exposed them to attacks by psychiatric patients, who often assaulted them while on duty. It was gathered that the protest was staged after a patient, identified as Folorunsho Olawale, who was brought in by men of the Ondo State Police Command, allegedly attacked the nurses on duty and destroyed some equipment of the hospital on Wednesday. A source said Olawale…

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According to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, women who eat a high amount of fruits and vegetables each day may have a lower risk of breast cancer, especially of aggressive tumors, than those who eat fewer fruits and vegetables. In their findings, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, and yellow and orange vegetables, had a particularly significant association with lower breast cancer risk. “Although prior studies have suggested an association, they have been limited in power, particularly for specific fruits and vegetables…

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The high level of miscarriages being recorded in Rido community in Kaduna State has been blamed on bad state of their road by women in the community. The women also said that the situation has crippled social and economic activities in the community. The women said that the primary health center in the community do not operate at night, thus forcing them to convey patients to Kaduna when the need arises. “When a woman is in labour at night, we have to look for a way to take her to…

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Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, will hold the 8th edition of its Annual Autism Conference on Tuesday, July 17 and Wednesday July 18, 2018 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Themed “Raising a Child with Autism, the Role of Family and the Community”. The two-day conference is part of the Bank’s Annual Autism Program, which brings together globally renowned medical specialists, parents, caregivers, health practitioners and concerned members of the public to share ideas on how to support children and adults living with Autism. According to the…

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says mobile authentication of all drugs is not possible for now. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said this in a statement on Friday. The statement was in response to a call by the House of Representatives, that the Consumer Protection Council and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria should use the Mobile Authentication Scheme to detect counterfeit medicines. Adeyeye noted that the scheme was first used by NAFDAC in 2010 as tool to curb the menace of substandard and…

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In desperate bid to eradicate malaria, Bill Gates has donated $4.1 million to a lab creating mosquitoes that self-destruct by producing offspring that dies before reaching adulthood. Scientists at British biotech firm Oxitec are infecting female mosquitoes (the only ones that bite) with a hereditary gene that means their offspring cannot survive outside a lab. They have seen success with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread Zika, reducing their populations in some regions by up to 90 percent. But now, they plan to identify a new gene to infect malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes,…

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Existing research as well as a new analysis of clinical reports suggests that “stress is both consequence and cause of vision loss.” The findings indicate that clinicians should refrain from adding any unnecessary stress to their patients, and that reducing stress may help to restore vision. Prolonged stress may lead to a range of eye health issues, as well as worsening existing ones, suggests a new study. When a person loses their eyesight, they may experience a high level of mental stress in the form of worries and anxiety about…

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Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, has revoked the appointments of NAFDAC consultants over allegations of anomalies and irregularities. In a statement made available today in Abuja, prof. Adeyeye noted that the activities of the consultants were detrimental to the Federal Government’s ease of doing business policy. “The operations of the NAFDAC Appointed Consultants in recent times have been fraught with a lot of challenges and irregularities, which militated against the very purpose of their appointment i.e. easing regulatory business of the industry with NAFDAC. “NAFDAC, in this new dispensation…

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