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Lagos nurses kick against N20,000 demand for retirement celebration
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Some nurses in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have kicked against the demand of N20,000 from apex nurses in the area as contribution for the retirement celebration of the Directorate Apex, Kudirat Odunoye.
According to the aggrieved nurses, Odunoye allegedly threatened to deal with anyone that does not make the contribution, as she allegedly instructed heads of primary health centres in the LGA to compile the names of defaulters.
Oral sores, blisters symptom of herpes, not malaria –Microbiologist
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A Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, says herpes, not malaria causes oral blisters in people who experience it even when they are having from malaria. Professor Terver stated that herpes blisters can occur in other parts of the body like the mouth and not just on the genitals.
According to an article published by Mayo Clinic, an online medical site “Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the herpes simplex virus.” Speaking in an interview with PUNCH HealthWise,
Penis enlargement creams don’t work, have side effects, physician warns
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A health expert, Dr. Aigbe Eghosa, has cautioned Nigerians against using penis enlargement creams, noting that such creams do not increase the size of the penis and have side effects. Eghosa, however, said some techniques, including weight loss, may help a man’s penis to appear bigger because of the reduction of fat around the base of the penis and the belly size, but stressed that such techniques do not increase the size of the penis.
He explained that penile enlargement creams or injectables are used in children that have small penises and are going for surgery but noted that they are used for a short period and have some side effects.
WHO recommends world’s first malaria vaccine for children
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The World Health Organisation on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children.
The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi where more than two million doses were given of the vaccine, first made by the pharmaceutical company GSK in 1987.
Tying legs after snakebite wrong, fueling amputations, deaths
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Health experts have cautioned Nigerians against the practice of tying the legs of victims of snakebite with a cloth to stop the movement of the snake venom. According to the experts, the practice and other crude management of snakebite are fueling avoidable mortality and morbidity.
The call by the medical experts is coming after the Federal Government called for renewed vigour among stakeholders in snakebite management. One major harmful practice of snakebite management that should be discouraged, according to the experts, is the tying of the leg of victims after snakebite.
Using hot water, lantern heat, toothpaste for umbilical cord care dangerous, can cause death
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Consultant paediatricians have warned against the use of toothpaste, heat from lanterns and hot water for the care of the umbilical cord. Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise in separate interviews, the paediatricians also warned that using cow dung and mentholated ointment for the care of the umbilical cord can lead to infections and neonatal death.
A Consultant Pediatrician and Head of Department at the Massey Street Children Hospital, Lagos, Olanike Olutekunbi, said cord care starts at birth. She noted that after birth, the cord is clamped and cut but a short stump that is left must be well taken care of, to prevent infections.
Breast cancer spreads faster in men than women, affects older men more
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Breast cancer in men is not as common as it is in women, it, however, spreads faster in men, health experts have said. The experts also warned that despite the wide gap in the occurrence of breast cancer in men compared to women, men should also be alert to the health condition because it spreads faster in men.
They, however, noted that the condition is seen more among older men than young men. Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise in separate interviews, the experts, Professors Abiodun Afolayan and Emmanuel Ezeome, noted that there is no difference in the pathology of breast cancer in men and women.
Fully vaccinated 74-year-old SAN, Williams, dies of COVID-19
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Oladipupo Williams, was on Sunday reported to have died of COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated with the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. Oladipupo was the first child of the late legal luminary, Chief Fredrick Rotimi Williams.
A Facebook post by Oladipupo’s son, Kunle, revealed that his father died on Sunday at a private hospital in Lagos. He wrote, “My father passed away this morning from COVID despite being double vaccinated with Oxford AstraZeneca.” Oladipupo was called to the Nigerian bar about 48 years ago and he became a SAN in 1995.
Stop eating placenta after childbirth, gynaecologist warns new mothers
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An obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr. Akinsola Akinde, has cautioned women against consuming their placentas, saying there is no medical evidence to support its health benefits to new mothers. Akinde, former Chairman, Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.
The placenta is an organ that delivers oxygen and nutrients from the mother’s blood to the fetus. It also removes waste products from the baby’s blood. NAN reports that the act, known as placentophagy, is simply the practice of consuming the placenta after birth, and is gaining popularity among more women after childbirth.
Nerve disorder listed as ‘very rare’ side effect of AstraZeneca vaccine
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The European Medicines Agency has listed the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis, as a “very rare” side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
A causal relationship was “considered at least a reasonable possibility,” the EMA said in an update on Wednesday after a total of 833 cases of the syndrome had been reported worldwide by July 31, from about 592 million doses of the AstraZeneca “Vaxzevria” shot administered.
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Suspend COVID-19 booster vaccinations until 2022, WHO urges countries
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The World Health Organisation on Wednesday called for countries to avoid giving out extra COVID-19 vaccines until year-end, pointing to the millions worldwide who have yet to receive a single dose.
“I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists.
Against the narratives that cowhide otherwise known as Ponmo contains no nutritional benefit, a dietitian, Mrs. Oluwakemi Olanrewaju, has said it provides the body with important nutrients. In an interview with our correspondent, Olanrewaju said although Ponmo had low nutritional value when compared to other protein sources, it contained beneficial nutrients and contributes adequately to peoples’ diets.
She said, “Over the years, people have debated about the nutritional value of Ponmo. Growing up, we were told that it doesn’t contain any nutrient and it is just considered as skin but after so many scientific studies, Ponmo actually contains beneficial nutrients which provide the body with important nutrients.
Why women with polycystic ovarian syndrome suffer psychological trauma –Gynaecologists
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Gynaecologists have said that women living with polycystic ovarian syndrome suffer from psychological trauma because most people have misconceptions about the health condition. Polycystic ovarian syndrome, commonly called PCOS, is characterised by the lack of or infrequent menstruation, growth of male pattern hair and severe acne in women.
The experts explained that the importance of PCOS as a public health issue prompted the decision to make the whole of September a PCOS awareness month. According to the experts, PCOS now accounts for 15 to 20 per cent of infertility cases in Nigeria.
Babies sleeping on stomach more prone to suffocation, sudden death, physicians warn mothers
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Maternal and health experts have warned mothers against making babies, especially those less than one year, sleep on their stomachs, noting that such a sleeping position makes the babies more susceptible to suffocation, convulsions and sudden death.
According to the experts, sleeping on the stomach is dangerous for the infant, especially when the baby remains in that position for a long time. The experts pointed out that putting babies on their stomachs to sleep comes with a lot of health issues, warning that normal breathing may become compromised, especially when the bed surface is too soft or woollen.
