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World food safety day: Eat right to fight diseases, NAFDAC tells Nigerians
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The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged Nigerians to consume only safe, and wholesome food, noting that doing so will help boost their immunity against diseases.
Prof. Adeyeye also stated that Nigerians do not need medicines if they eat right, stressing that eating right means making healthy food choices. Adeyeye made the admonition in Abuja on Tuesday atthe NAFDAC celebration of the 4th World Food Safety Day 2022 with the theme ‘Safer Food, Better Health’, where she opined that where food is unsafe, our nutritional goals cannot be achieved.
Healthcare facilities need federal regulatory body to tackle quackery — HFN
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Private healthcare providers under the auspices of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, HFN, have appealed to the Federal government to review existing laws governing medical practice in Nigeria and to set up a federal structure that would effectively checkmate quackery and the lack of trust in the health sector that is being promoted.
Speaking at a breakfast meeting with the Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, HFN, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, said that the current regulatory framework for healthcare in Nigeria is such that anyone with a medical degree can open a hospital and provide services.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Ibrahim Oloriegbe and the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN) have suggested how the country can retain talent in the healthcare sector.
They proposed a national conversation aimed at recognising government workers in the sector as priority employees to be put on a globally competitive special salary scale, as well as competitive incentives for their counterparts in the private sector.
What Nigerians need to know about food safety –Nutritionist
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A nutritionist, Dr. Mary Mgbekem, has urged Nigerians to seek more knowledge about food safety, noting that the knowledge would help protect them from the risk of food-borne illnesses.
Citing data from the World Health Organisation, the nutritionist stated that unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, or chemical substances can cause more than 200 different diseases – ranging from diarrhoea to cancers.
Eating an egg daily could reduce risk of stroke, heart attack, study says
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A new study has indicated that eating at least an egg a day could help reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke. The new study conducted by researchers from Peking University, Beijing, and reported in Life Sciences, a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal, stated that eating an egg a day cuts the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
The researchers say they found that participants who ate a whole egg every day had higher levels of healthy proteins and good cholesterol in their blood, adding that this also helped to lower levels of bad cholesterol.
New drug trial shows 100% success rate in rectal cancer treatment
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A team of researchers in the United States has reported that a new experimental drug has shown shocking results of a 100 per cent success rate in the treatment of patients who have rectal cancer.
The researchers who are doctors disclosed this in a small trial study report that they recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine. According to a report published by New York Times, the researchers in their findings disclosed that cancer completely disappeared in all patients who were part of the study.
Private sector participation needed to develop health sector – HFN
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The Healthcare Federation of Nigeria has stressed the need for private sector participation to develop the country’s health sector. The HFN President, Dr Pamela Ajayi, at an event convened by the Federation in Lagos, said the private sector accounts for 70 per cent of the work been done in the country’s health sector.
She said, “The HFN has been able to provide a platform for the private sector to meet directly with the highest levels of government in terms of health and to directly present their issues. What is great is that we are getting resolutions, responses and it looks as if we are going to be able to resolve a number of issues from this meeting.
Why national policy must address tax impact on healthcare
Written by Super UserThe national policy draft on incentivizing the healthcare industry is built on four pillars of fostering an enabling environment to attract private capital, driving public-private partnerships, government funding, and technology adoption.
But key sector stakeholders think the policy should not overlook other pertinent issues like incentives for players and the impact that uncritical taxes on imported medical products leave on the final cost of care.
Using toothpicks bad for oral health, could damage gums, cause infections, dentist warns
Site AdminA dental care expert, Dr. Oluyemi Fakolujo has cautioned Nigerians against the use of toothpicks after eating, noting that it is bad for oral health.
Fakolujo who is a dental technology specialist at the Lucent Hospital, Imaletalafia, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, said toothpicks can damage the gum and expose individuals to the risk of bleeding gums, irritations, and infections. Fakolujo explained further that using toothpicks can also make the spaces in the teeth to get wider and allow passage of food.
Nutritionist cautions Nigerians against consuming adulterated milk products, cereals, others
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A nutritionist, Adedotun Owolabi, has cautioned Nigerians against consuming adulterated foods, especially milk, milk products and cereals. The diet expert also urged Nigerians to purchase their foods from known vendors selling genuine products.
Nigerians, he said, should avoid buying foods like milk, milk products, edible oil, sugars, cereals, seasoning cubes, and beverages from bogus sellers, noting that adulterated versions of these food products are now seen more often in the Nigerian market.
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Stop starving yourself to lose weight, nutritionist tells women
Site AdminA Clinical Nutritionist at the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Susan Holdbrooke, has urged women to stop depriving themselves of healthy foods because they want to lose weight.
The diet expert noted that women depriving themselves of food to lose weight are at risk of short and long-term health risks, noting that they are starving their body tissues of important nutrients.
Why women should not use olive oil, moisturisers to treat vagina dryness –Gynaecologist
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A Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr. Modupe Adedeji, has cautioned women experiencing vaginal dryness against using moisturisers and olive oil to treat the condition.
The maternal health expert noted that using olive oil and moisturisers could introduce infections to the vaginal environment and cause more serious health problems. According to her, menopausal women and breastfeeding mothers experiencing vaginal dryness should seek help from experts and not resort to self-treatment.
Lack of exposure to sunlight put children at risk of rickets, surgeon warns mothers
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A former President, Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Mike Ogirima, has urged mothers to ensure that their children are exposed to the sun once in a while, warning that lack of exposure to sunlight can cause nutritional rickets in children.
Nutritional rickets, according to experts, is a bone disease in early childhood resulting in bone pain, delayed motor development, and bending of the bones, caused by vitamin D deficiency and/or inadequate dietary calcium intake.
Nigerians Need Enlightenment On First Aid Treatment – Physician
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A former chairman of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Lagos Chapter, Dr. Tunji Akintade, has call for better education of Nigerians on how they can help save the life before medical personnel attends to them.
According to the physician, there are things first responders can do that can help ensure gunshot victims are kept stable and alive until they can receive proper treatment.
