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Dialogue on Vaccine Production to Receive Boost at NAIP Conference
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As the Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) looks forward to hold its Annual National Conference tagged Eko 2022, the National Chairman of the association, Pharm. Ken Onuegbu, has said discussion on vaccine production and intervention will be given priority.
Pharm. Onuegbu said this on Friday at a press briefing preceding the 25th National Annual Conference of the association, held in Lagos; saying the conference was scheduled to proffer workable solutions to the challenges facing the industrial sub -sector of the nation’s pharmaceutical industry.
As part of efforts in living up to its creed, as a foremost catalyst of growth and development of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy (NAPharm) recently staged a two- day retreat to prepare the Pharmacy profession and the pharmaceutical industry for a better future.
According to the President of the academy, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adelusyi, the retreat, which was attended by major stakeholders in the Pharmacy space, was organised after a similar programme scheduled to hold in year 2020 was put on hold by the academy due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Don’t give children under-five cough syrups, it is dangerous, paediatrician warns mothers
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A child health specialist, Dr. Rasheedat Ibraheem, has asked parents in the habit of giving their under-five children cough and cold medicines to stop the act, noting that the medication could harm the children.
According to the paediatrician, cough medicines are not suitable for treating cough in under-five children because they often come with adverse effects in children. Dr. Ibraheem who is a Consultant Paediatrician with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State, spoke in an exclusive interview with PUNCH HealthWise.
Applying antibiotic powder on fresh wounds to aid healing crude, can cause ulceration, surgeon warns
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A Professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mike Ogirima, has cautioned Nigerians against applying antibiotic powder on fresh wounds, noting that the practice cannot aid healing.
Prof. Ogirima noted that applying antibiotic powder to fresh wounds to aid healing is unscientific, noting that those indulging in are only wasting their money and exposing the wounds to ulceration and possible infection.
A Registered Dietician-Nutritionist, Cynthia Onyekwere, says though the body needs protein to help build muscle, repair tissue, and fight infection, too much intake of it can damage the kidneys. According to the dietician, eating too much protein could place more burden on the kidneys, warning that this can progressively cause damage.
Onyekwere also cautioned Nigerians against living mainly on processed foods, noting that those doing it are at risk of developing kidney diseases. Eating a lot of processed foods, she warned can predispose those indulging in it to Type 2 diabetes and increase their risk of coming down with kidney diseases later on in life.
Assessing the way someone walks could help spot dementia, experts have claimed. Most people with dementia are diagnosed once they are already suffering short-term memory loss, mood swings or a lack of interest in day-to-day activities.
But experts at Newcastle University now say that assessing someone’s walking could diagnose the condition faster and more accurately. Ríona McArdle, research associate in the Brain and Movement Research Group at the UK’s Newcastle University, said that walking patterns change before memory and recognition problems start to show.
Breastfeeding may literally help your baby breathe more easily, according to new research that found the longer an infant is fed mother’s milk exclusively, the lower the baby’s chances of developing asthma.
“Breastfeeding for at least six months was the most protective but, importantly, it is likely that shorter amounts also provide some protection against asthma,” said study author Dr. Keadrea Wilson, an assistant professor of neonatology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
World food safety day: Eat right to fight diseases, NAFDAC tells Nigerians
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The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to consume only safe, and wholesome food, noting that doing so will help boost their immunity against diseases.
Prof. Adeyeye also stated that Nigerians do not need medicines if they eat right, stressing that eating right means making healthy food choices. Adeyeye made the admonition in Abuja on Tuesday atthe NAFDAC celebration of the 4th World Food Safety Day 2022 with the theme ‘Safer Food, Better Health’, where she opined that where food is unsafe, our nutritional goals cannot be achieved.
Healthcare facilities need federal regulatory body to tackle quackery — HFN
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Private healthcare providers under the auspices of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, HFN, have appealed to the Federal government to review existing laws governing medical practice in Nigeria and to set up a federal structure that would effectively checkmate quackery and the lack of trust in the health sector that is being promoted.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting with the Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, HFN, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, said that the current regulatory framework for healthcare in Nigeria is such that anyone with a medical degree can open a hospital and provide services.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Ibrahim Oloriegbe and the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN) have suggested how the country can retain talent in the healthcare sector.
They proposed a national conversation aimed at recognising government workers in the sector as priority employees to be put on a globally competitive special salary scale, as well as competitive incentives for their counterparts in the private sector.
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What Nigerians need to know about food safety –Nutritionist
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A nutritionist, Dr. Mary Mgbekem, has urged Nigerians to seek more knowledge about food safety, noting that the knowledge would help protect them from the risk of food-borne illnesses.
Citing data from the World Health Organisation, the nutritionist stated that unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances can cause more than 200 different diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.
Eating an egg daily could reduce risk of stroke, heart attack, study says
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A new study has indicated that eating at least an egg a day could help reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. The new study conducted by researchers from Peking University, Beijing, and reported in Life Sciences, a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal, stated that eating an egg a day cuts the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
The researchers say they found that participants who ate a whole egg every day had higher levels of healthy proteins and good cholesterol in their blood, adding that this also helped to lower levels of bad cholesterol.
New drug trial shows 100% success rate in rectal cancer treatment
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A team of researchers in the United States has reported that a new experimental drug has shown shocking results of a 100 per cent success rate in the treatment of patients who have rectal cancer.
The researchers who are doctors disclosed this in a small trial study report that they recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine. According to a report published by New York Times, the researchers in their findings disclosed that cancer completely disappeared in all patients who were part of the study.
Private sector participation needed to develop health sector – HFN
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The Healthcare Federation of Nigeria has stressed the need for private sector participation to develop the country’s health sector. The HFN President, Dr Pamela Ajayi, at an event convened by the Federation in Lagos, said the private sector accounts for 70 per cent of the work been done in the country’s health sector.
She said, “The HFN has been able to provide a platform for the private sector to meet directly with the highest levels of government in terms of health and to directly present their issues. What is great is that we are getting resolutions, responses and it looks as if we are going to be able to resolve a number of issues from this meeting.
