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Children with Type 1 diabetes not on insulin may go blind, expert warns
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A Paediatric Endocrinologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Dr. Elizabeth Oyenusi, has advised parents that have children living with Type 1 diabetes to ensure they take their insulin regularly. She warned that if they fail to take the insulin medication as recommended, they could come down with complications such as blindness and kidney problem.
Dr. Oyenusi, who is also a consultant paediatrician said insulin, is a hormone that helps to regulate the amount of sugar, or glucose, in the blood, noted that lack of effective insulin plays a key role in the development of diabetes.
Vegetables, foods rich in Vitamin K can reduce risk of dementia -Study
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Consuming vegetables and other foods rich in Vitamin K can help to reduce the risk of dementia, a new study has revealed. The study, carried out by researchers at the AlMaarefa University, Saudi Arabia, was presented at the ‘Experimental Biology’ meeting held in Philadelphia, United States, on April 5, 2022.
The study, which had the researchers giving vitamin K supplements to rats, concluded that it may help to protect against “cognitive deterioration.” According to the Alzheimer’s Association, dementia is the term given to a group of diseases, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease, which affects millions of people.
Sitting for long on toilet seats can cause hemorrhoids -Expert
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A Medical Practitioner, Dr. Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya, has warned against sitting on the toilet seats longer than 10 minutes, noting that it increases an individual’s risk of developing hemorrhoids
The physician, who is popularly known as ‘OurFavOnlineDoc on Instagram and Twitter, disclosed that a mobile phone has 17 times more germs than a toilet seat and that using it in the toilet can predispose one to stomach ache and diarrhea
Hospitals without CS facilities must not perform labour induction on pregnant women – Gynaecologist
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A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Dr. Babasola Okusanya, has warned traditional birth attendants and private hospitals without safe caesarean section delivery facilities to desist from carrying out labour induction.
He said the medical procedure should be carried out by a specialist and only necessary based on certain clear medical indications. Dr. Okusanya, who said this during an interview with PUNCH Healthwise also cautioned pregnant women to be wary of quacks that operate in such facilities.
Sex tape: Chrisland School pupils need therapy, not cover up — Psychologist
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A Clinical Psychologist, Oluwakemi Akintoyese, has advised parents of Chrisland school pupils, who were alleged to have been caught engaging in sexual acts in a viral video, to ensure that they (pupils) undergo therapy and get other necessary psychological care.
In an interview with PUNCH Healthwise, the expert said the children involved have already formed opinions and ideas that only special care can change. Recall that a sex tape involving some minors from the upscale school, including a ten-year-old female student, went viral, sparking outrage and condemnation.
Inadequate rest, sleep during pregnancy could increase risk of miscarriage, hypertension –Gynaecologist
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A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Dr. Joseph Akinde, has urged pregnant women to always get enough rest and sleep, noting that failure to do this puts them more at risk of having premature labour, miscarriage, and hypertension.
According to Dr. Akinde, pregnant women who are advised by their doctors to observe some rest should do so, warning that stress and lack of rest usually have adverse effects on pregnancy.
NAFDAC cautions Nigerians against eating recalled Continental mills Buttermilk Pancake, Waffle mix
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has alerted the general public that Continental Mills is recalling a single lot of Great Value Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix, due to potential foreign material contamination.
The alert, with No. 021/2022, and signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. Adeyeye stated that the affected product was distributed nationwide in the United States of America where consumers purchased the product from retail Walmart stores.
‘Tackling postpartum hemorrhage can help reduce maternal mortality’
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MSD for Mothers in Nigeria has urged stakeholders in maternal healthcare to pay better attention to postpartum hemorrhage, noting that addressing this childbirth complication is crucial to reducing the high rate of maternal mortality.
A representative of the Country Director, MSD for Mothers, Nigeria, Susan Bello, made the call during the launch of a heat-table uterotonic for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries by the SmilesForMothers team.
Little salt consumption may cause heart attack, death – Study
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A recent study has indicated that little salt intake may just be as harmful as high salt intake and could possibly lead to heart attack, stroke or even death. The study, which was carried out by a team of researchers was published in the Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.
According to the lead author, Andrew Mente of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada, results of the study only showed that individuals with high blood pressure, who have high salt intake, should have it reduced.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has advised Nigerians to be on the lookout for some recalled brands of body sprays due to the presence of benzene, a carcinogenic substance in them.
The alert, with No. 0011/2022, and signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, was obtained by PUNCH Healthwise on the official website of NAFDAC. The names of the affected brands are Brut and Sure with expiry dates of on or before August 2023.
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Drinking urine as medicine dangerous, can cause gastroenteritis, other infections, physicians warn
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Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against engaging in urine therapy, noting that the consumption of urine can cause gastroenteritis and other serious infections. According to the experts, urine is dangerous for consumption because the drinker can end up swallowing bacteria.
The experts noted that the caution against the intake of urine is now imperative as some people hold on to the belief that urine is medicinal and can cure different illnesses noting that swallowing urine can cause all sorts of infections.
Eating catfish, chicken reared with growth hormones can cause cancers, drug resistance –Experts
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Scientists have cautioned against the use of banned hormonal growth promoters in rearing animals for human consumption, noting that eating such foods can cause drug resistance and cancers in humans.
According to the scientists, while the negative health effects of eating animals reared with hormonal growth promoters might not be immediate, they could become visible in the long run.
Attempt to reverse abortion in progress can cause heavy bleeding, birth defects –Experts
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Medical experts have warned pregnant women against taking high doses of progesterone in an attempt to reverse or stop a medical abortion already in progress, noting that they are at risk of haemorrhage (heavy bleeding) and giving birth to babies with abnormalities.
An American non-governmental organisation, Heartbeat International has been propagating the use of Abortion Pill Reversal, claiming that a pregnant woman can reverse the course of an abortion with high intake of progesterone.
Palm wine consumption can’t increase breast milk production –Experts
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Health experts have faulted the claim that drinking palm wine by lactating mothers could help increase breast milk production, noting that there is no scientific study to support the assumption in humans.
The experts, a professor of Paediatric Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Calabar, Emmanuel Ekanem and a former head of Nutrition Services with the Ondo State Government, James Oloyede, said the claim that drinking palm wine would enhance the flow of breastmilk in a lactating mother is spurious.
