Early on Thursday, Buckingham Palace, United Kingdom, announced that Queen Elizabeth’s physicians were “concerned for Her Majesty’s health”. It was disclosed that doctors have placed the 96-year-old monarch under medical supervision.

It was also reported that her children – Prince Charles, 73, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, were either already with her at Balmoral Castle, the royal residence where she was been tended to, or were on their way there.

Health experts have dispelled the notion that too much thinking can cause hypertension, noting that the assumption that there is a link between hypertension and thinking has no scientific backing. According to the experts, the major risk factor for increased blood pressure is age, stressing that thinking does not cause hypertension.

They stated that thinking may cause a person’s blood pressure to go up momentarily. This short-lived increase, they said, is usually resolved when the issue troubling the person is solved, stressing that this is not the pathway of hypertension.

Child health experts have urged mothers to breastfeed their newborns within the first 30 minutes to one hour after delivery, noting that doing so is of great health benefit to the baby. According to them, not breastfeeding early could give room for newborns to develop irreversible health complications and infections.

The experts, a Consultant Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araban Prof. Edamisan Temiye, and a Paediatrician, Neonatologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Zainab Imam, noted that early breastfeeding is not only beneficial to the baby but also to the mother.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first guideline for Ebola virus disease therapeutics, with new strong recommendations for the use of two monoclonal antibodies.  WHO calls on the global community to increase access to these lifesaving medicines.

Ebola is a severe and too often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus. Previous Ebola outbreaks and responses have shown that early diagnosis and treatment with optimized supportive care —with fluid and electrolyte repletion and treatment of symptoms—significantly improve survival.

The World Health Organisation has said that nearly 1000 children are born daily with sickle cell disease in Africa. The WHO said more than half of these babies will die before they reach the age of five, usually as a result of infection or severe anaemia.

The global health agency regional office for Africa stated this on Tuesday in a statement made available on its official website. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that shortens the survival of red blood cells, leading to sickle cell anaemia.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has cautioned Nigerians against the use of brown henna produced by India’s Royal Topline Exim Inc, noting that the product has been banned.

The agency said the alert on the cosmetic product was issued as a result of safety information gotten from the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products. The NAFDAC public alert with No. 0037/2022 signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, was posted on the official website of NAFDAC.

A health expert, Dr. Damian Avar has urged mothers breastfeeding exclusively to still adopt a family planning method despite the coverage that exclusive breastfeeding confers on them from getting pregnant immediately after delivery.

According to the physician, it is still possible for a woman to get pregnant just four weeks after the birth of her baby, despite breastfeeding exclusively. Speaking in a video posted on his Instagram handle, @therealsabidoctor, Avar said, “It is very possible for a woman to get pregnant four weeks after birth.

Health care experts have dismissed the notion that palm oil and charcoal are effective antidotes that can help neutralise poison. According to the experts, there is no scientific backing for the notion that palm oil and cooking charcoal have any effect on poison.

The experts stated that the belief that palm oil and charcoal could serve as an antidote to poison is just a myth, adding that anyone that ingests poison should seek proper medical intervention and not depend on the use of spurious substances.

A Health expert, Dr. Chinonso Egemba, has cautioned Nigerians against consuming foods cooked with paracetamol, noting that such foods could cause serious health problems. Dr. Egemba, popularly known as ‘Aproko Doctor’ on social media warned that paracetamol overdose increases the risk of acute liver failure and damage.

Dr. Egemba stated this in a new post on his Instagram page @aproko_doctor. According to the expert, paracetamol is often used for headaches, pains, and fever. He, however, noted that some restaurants in the country make use of paracetamol to boil meat, with the mindset that it will help get the meat softer.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the establishment of three more orthopaedic hospitals across the country. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the official inauguration of the Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja.

The event was organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum in partnership with development partners. “The president has approved three more national orthopedic hospitals; one per geo-political zone. “North-East has one; the North-Central has one and the South-South has one; in Benin, Jos and Jalingo respectively,’’ he said.