How I control my blood sugar with diet, medication –87-year-old man who has lived with diabetes for almost 50 years
Many people believe that persons living with diabetes may not live long due to the complications associated with the disease, such as kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke. However, Mr. Emmanuel Adeyinka, who has lived with the disease for almost 50 years, believes that living long as a diabetic patient is possible.
According to him, all that is required is the right attitude to diet and compliance with drug therapy. The 87-year-old man has developed an unflagging determination in managing his condition following his diagnosis over 49 years ago.
Omicron spreads faster, weakens vaccines, says WHO
The Omicron COVID-19 variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organisation said Sunday.
The Delta variant, first identified in India earlier this year, is responsible for most of the world’s coronavirus infections. But South Africa’s discovery of Omicron – which has a large number of mutations — last month prompted countries around the world to impose travel bans on southern African countries and reintroduce domestic restrictions to slow its spread.
Drinking cold water in pregnancy will not cause runny nose, pneumonia in babies –Gynaecologist
The Lead Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Dr. Joseph Okoeguale, says there are no consequences for the unborn baby whose mother drinks cold water during pregnancy.
According to Dr. Okoeguale, the belief that drinking cold water during pregnancy will put the unborn child at risk of developing a runny nose, congenital pneumonia, or other respiratory diseases is a myth and not scientific.
New eye drop could replace reading glasses for millions
A newly approved eye drop by the Food and Drug Administration could change the lives of millions of people with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older.
As reported by CBS News, the eye drop named Vuity, which was approved by the FDA in October could potentially replace reading glasses for some people who have trouble seeing close-ups.
NARD backs MDCN’s mandatory training attachment for foreign-trained doctors
The President of the National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. Dare Ishaya has backed the new six-month mandatory attachment programme introduced by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for foreign-trained medical and dental graduates, noting that it is a welcome development.
Dr. Ishaya said it is good that doctors trained abroad undergo some re-training to make them familiar with Nigeria’s approach to medicine and to get acquainted with the treatment of tropical diseases.
Omicron COVID-19 variant not more severe than Delta, says Fauci
Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that while it would take weeks to judge the severity of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, early indications suggested it was not worse than prior strains, and possibly milder.
Speaking to AFP, President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor broke down the knowns and unknowns about Omicron into three major areas: transmissibility, how well it evades immunity from prior infection and vaccines, and severity of illness.
Smoking e-cigarettes increases cancer risk, damages DNA, study suggests
A new study has suggested that vaping – inhaling of a vapor created by an electronic cigarette, could be more dangerous to health contrary to the popular assumptions that it may be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking.
According to the study, just like tobacco smoking, vaping also damages people’s DNA even though it may be to a much lesser degree. According to the findings of the study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California, these biological changes can cause diseases such as cancer.
Address high cost of essential medicines, healthcare providers tell FG
Healthcare providers in Nigeria have urged the Federal Government to address the high cost of essential medicines in the country. According to them, the cost of essential medicines has been going up in recent times thus making life more difficult for Nigerians.
The healthcare providers under the aegis of the Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria stressed that the FG should as a matter of urgency address the problem, lamenting that the high cost of essential medicines is causing a serious problem in the health sector.
Overuse of antibiotics can cause drug resistance, microbiologist warns
A clinical microbiologist, Prof. Oladipo Aboderin, says the constant use of antibiotics drugs could cause resistance in microbes, which is dangerous to humans’ health. Aboderin, a Professor of Clinical Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said this while delivering a lecture at the ” 2021 World Antibiotics Awareness Week on Wednesday in Osogbo.
According to him, the United Nations General Assembly in 2016 classified antibiotic resistance as a global health emergency. Aboderin said that Antimicrobial Resistance or Antibiotics Resistance was a phenomenon that affects both humans and animals, adding that it is a situation where microbes that cause infections in the body become resistant to drugs.
Vagina bleaching dangerous, can cause yeast infections, experts warn women
A public health physician and sex educator, Dr. Yemi Adeyemi has warned against bleaching the vulva in a bid to have a “perfect” vagina. Dr. Adeyemi said pressure and poor education make some women undergo procedures that pose serious health risks.
Speaking in an interview with PUNCH HealthWise, Adeyemi said vagina bleaching is the use of products to lighten the skin around the vagina. “The vagina itself is inside. The outer part of the female reproductive system is the vulva. When people say ‘vaginal bleaching’, what they really mean is changing the colour of the vulva,” she said.
