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NAFDAC warns Nigerians against use of aluminium phosphide pesticides
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned the public of the risk involved in using Aluminum Phosphide 560TB pesticides. The warning is contained in a public alert with No. 009/2022 signed by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, and issued to newsmen on Monday.
She said that the warning followed the report of the death of three (3) children as announced by the Zimbabwean authorities, who said the death of the children was as a result of them inhaling the pesticides that had been applied to maize for storage.
Measles: NCDC laments non-vaccination as cases spread to eight states
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced the outbreak of measles in eight states of the federation. The NCDC, in the latest measles report, announced the affected states as Jigawa, Anambra, Katsina, Rivers, Enugu, Delta, Osun and Sokoto, while 908 suspected cases had been reported so far.
The centre also stated that there was an ongoing outbreak of measles in Zamfara, which had not been confirmed due to a lack of testing reagents in the country, adding that 58.7 per cent of confirmed cases had not been vaccinated.
Gynecologist warns against water birth in Nigeria, says ‘it could be risky’
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A Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr. Ekiniyi Destiny Ochete, has cautioned Nigerians against engaging in water birth, noting that the delivery method could be risky.
According to the gynaecologist, Nigerians should think twice before engaging in water birth because the nation lacks the required equipment that may be needed to deal with peculiar emergencies that may occur during the special delivery.
WHO recommends antiviral drug, molnupiravir for non-severe COVID-19 patients
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The World Health Organisation, says the antiviral drug molnupiravir has been conditionally recommended for patients with non-severe COVID-19 infection who are at the highest risk of hospitalisation. The statement was issued by a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts according to the British Medical Journal.
The recommendation, it said was for patients who are at the highest risk of hospitalisation typically including those who are unvaccinated, older people, and those with weak immune systems or chronic diseases.
Doctor allegedly dies of Lassa Fever as death rate hits 86
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A medical doctor, Abel Obetta, has reportedly died of Lassa Fever after allegedly getting infected in a hospital. A colleague of Dr. Obetta, with the Twitter handle, @sports_doctor2 disclosed this on Monday and also lamented in his tweet that the amount medical doctors are paid as hazard allowance by the Federal Government is too small compared to the risk they are exposed to.
The post shared on his Twitter handle reads, “This is Dr. Abel. Dr. Abel is the second doctor dying from Lassa fever this year. Guess where he got it from? – Hospital. Guess how much he was paid as a hazard allowance? – 5k. The sacrifice is too much and it’s not worth it!!! Oh, I’m heartbroken. R.I.P Dr. Abel”
Breakthrough treatment for prostate cancer reduces death risk
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A breakthrough triple therapy for advanced prostate cancer can give patients a more healthy life and reduce the overall risk of death by a third. The treatment involves two standard therapies alongside a powerful new hormone medication, darolutamide.
The new drug has already proved to be effective as a stand-alone treatment in the earlier stages of the disease when given to men who have stopped responding to other medications. But a pivotal trial has now shown that when combined with standard therapies it also has a dramatic effect in patients whose cancer has spread throughout the body, DailyMail reports.
Eating too much red meat, chicken skin dangerous, can cause heart diseases –Physician
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A health expert, Dr. Toluwani Binutu, has urged Nigerians to eat less red meat and chicken, noting that they have saturated fats that could cause serious health complications. Binutu, who is based in the United Kingdom, also cautioned against the consumption of fried and packaged foods, adding that they also contain trans fats.
Binutu explained that saturated fats and trans fats are unhealthy fats, stressing that studies have indicated that they are contributing to the increase in the incidence of heart diseases, stroke, and diabetes. He, however, clarified that while saturated fats aren’t as harmful as trans fat, they can also be harmful when consumed in large quantities.
‘Buruli ulcer third most common mycobacterial disease in Nigeria’
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Buruli Ulcer is the emerging and third most common mycobacterial disease in Nigeria after tuberculosis and leprosy, the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer, and Leprosy Control Programme says. The Deputy Director, Head of Leprosy And Buruli Ulcer, NTBLCP, Mr. Peter Adebayo said this at a two-day media engagement and sensitisation meeting, organised by NTBLCP in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that BU is a re-emerging neglected tropical disease characterised by extensive destruction of the skin and soft tissue, resulting in the formation of ulcers. According to Adebayo, without proper treatment, BU results in severe and permanent disability in more than a quarter of patients.
Using sexual enhancement drugs without doctors’ prescriptions dangerous –Cardiologist
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Dr. Mirabel Nwosu is an interventional cardiologist at Evacare Hospital, Lekki, Lagos, who is into advanced cardiac life support, management of cardiac emergencies and basic interventional cardiology skills.
In this interview with DAYO OJERINDE, Nwosu speaks on the prevalence of sexual enhancement medications in the country as well as the rising cases of heart diseases
So far in 2022, 45,318 women have died during childbirth —Worldometer
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Just 54 days into the year 2022, no fewer than 45,318 women have died during childbirth. This was revealed by Worldometer, a live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health.
Worldometer is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time-relevant format to a wide audience around the world.
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Scratching stomach can’t cause stretch marks in pregnancy –Dermatologists
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Dermatologists have said there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that scratching or rubbing the stomach in a particular way can cause stretch marks during pregnancy.
The skin experts also noted that there’s no evidence supporting the claim that applying cocoa butter prevents stretch marks during pregnancy. According to them, the factors that could predispose a pregnant woman to develop stretch marks during pregnancy include body expansion and weight gain.
Why nurses on night shift experience sleep disturbances, insomnia –Psychiatrist
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A Consultant Psychiatrist at the Federal Neuropsychiatrist Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Dapo Adegbaju, has urged managers of health institutions to consider giving health workers, especially nurses who work the night shift, days off to rest their biological clock distorted by their work schedule.
According to the mental health expert, nurses who work the night shift experience sleep disturbances because their sleep-wake cycle is distorted, noting that the distortion exposes them to psychological and physical health challenges.
Lagos-based plastic surgeon, Dr. David Egbeogu, has warned that complications from butt enhancement can lead to death, particularly if conducted by a quack.
Dr. Egbeogu who spoke with PUNCH Healthwise on Saturday said the most common surgical procedure is the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), noting that it involves the injection of fat from other areas of the body in the butt. “There are so many ways that the butt is enhanced but the one that has the greatest complications that have been seen is the butt injection.
NAFDAC impounds 120 tons of imported ‘ponmo’, arrests seven merchants
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it intercepted in Lagos State, large quantities of dangerous animal hides and skins popularly known as “Ponmo” with seven merchants of the deadly product in the agency’s net.
The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, however, warned the general public, particularly consumers of Ponmo against the activities of some unscrupulous businessmen and traders who are selling industrial animal hides as food articles.
