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Medical certificates from Ukraine no longer recognized –MDCN
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The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has announced that it will not recognise any medical degree issued by Ukrainian medical schools from 2022. The MDCN disclosed this in a statement shared on its official Facebook and Twitter pages, noting that it will not honour certificates issued by Ukrainian medical schools until normal academic activities resume. The council also reiterated that online medical degrees are eqully not recognised.
The statement reads, “The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) wishes to inform the General Public that Medical and Dental Degree Certificates issued by Medical Schools from Ukraine from 2022 will NOT be honoured by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria until when normal academic activities resume.
Study says drinking coffee could reduce risk of acute kidney injury
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A recent study has indicated that drinking two to three cups of coffee per day could help lower the risk of acute kidney injury. The study, conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers further revealed that drinking any amount of coffee reduces the risk of acute kidney injury, but drinking two to three cups is more beneficial, according to a report by Science daily.
The director of the Division of Nephrology and professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Chirag Parikh, who was part of the study said, “We already know that drinking coffee on a regular basis has been associated with the prevention of chronic and degenerative diseases including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease.
Remoulding newborns head wrong, could cause brain damage, physician warns mothers
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A health expert, Dr. Chinonso Egemba, has cautioned mothers and grandmothers against using hot towels to remould the head of newborns, noting that the act could cause brain injury to the infants.
Dr. Egemba, popularly known as ‘Aproko Doctor’ on social media said it is inappropriate for anyone to reshape the head of a newborn. Dr. Egemba stated this in a new post on his Instagram page @aproko_doctor.
Men who drink lots of milk may be more likely to develop prostate cancer than men who don’t, new research finds. When compared to men who consumed just 1 or 2 teaspoons of milk every day, men who drank about 1¾ cups of milk daily were about 27% more likely to develop prostate cancer, a new study showed.
What’s more, they had about a 60% increased risk for developing prostate cancer compared with men who steered clear of dairy altogether. The new study wasn’t designed to say how, or even if, milk consumption ups the risk for prostate cancer, but researchers have their theories.
Don’t allow cultural practices deny you nourishing foods, nutritionist tells pregnant women
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A Professor of Public Health Nutrition at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Beatrice Ogunba, has urged pregnant women not to allow cultural practices to deny them nourishing foods. According to the nutritionist, some pregnant women run away from certain foods such as snail, and okra on account of cultural practice.
Prof. Ogunba who disclosed this in an interview urged pregnant women not to joke with foods containing iron, calcium, and other important nutrients needed for their babies’ growth and development during pregnancy.
The Lagos State Government has announced that no fewer than five million children aged 9 to 59 months are to be vaccinated against measles in its next measles vaccination campaign.
According to the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi, the exercise tagged 2022 Integrated Measles Vaccination Campaign for children will hold between June 17 and 24 and from June 27 to July 4 in all 57 local governments and local council development areas of the state.
Don’t brush after oral sex, it could spread gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV, dentist cautions Nigerians
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A dental care expert, Dr. Agho Theophilus has cautioned Nigerians against brushing right after engaging in oral sex, noting that it is bad for oral health. Theophilus who is a consultant of oral medicine at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Kaduna State, said brushing immediately after engaging in oral sex could also lead to the transmission of STIs.
Theophilus explained further that when an individual has injuries in their mouth if they brush immediately after engaging in oral sex, there is a tendency that bacteria could pass through these sores.
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.
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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.
