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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.
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.
How I was misdiagnosed with diabetes –Lagos deputy governor
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Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that he was once a victim of a wrong medical diagnosis. Misdiagnosis is a situation where a doctor wrongly diagnosed a patient that has one health challenge with another condition that they don’t have.
Hamzat, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the unveiling of the Duchess Royal Medical Check-Up in collaboration with Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, spoke extensively on medical tourism and early detection of diseases through regular check-ups.
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Using cotton buds to clean ears dangerous, can damage eardrum, physician warns
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A health expert, Dr. Chinonso Egemba, has warned against using cotton buds and other objects to clean the ears to avoid damage to the eardrum. Dr. Egemba, popularly known as ‘Aproko Doctor’, said ear wax is not dirt but it keeps the ears free from insects and dirt.
In a thread on his Twitter page @aproko_doctor, he explained that cotton bud pushes the wax inside the ear and does not extract it. “Use the cotton buds you bought and clean your phone’s charging port. It’s not for your ears.
UK lifts all COVID-19 restrictions including compulsory mask-wearing
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The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced the end of all COVID-19 restrictions in the United Kingdom including the mandatory use of facemasks. As reported by Reuters, this announcement is coming as the UK contends with a soaring number of cases.
However, hospitalisations and deaths have not risen by the same extent partly due to Britain’s booster rollout and the variant’s lesser severity. Johnson had pledged to avoid lockdowns and live with the virus which is in contrast with the zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19 in China and Hong Kong with many European countries still retaining tougher restrictions.
UK man becomes first patient to receive customised cancer vaccine
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A man in the United Kingdom, named Graham Booth, battling a recurring head and neck cancer has received what physicians called a ‘cancer vaccine’. The treatment described by experts as a major development in cancer research and treatment is designed to train the individual’s body to recognise and defend the body from specific cancers.
As reported by Medical News Today, the vaccine treatment was designed specifically for this patient to prevent his cancer from recurring. Although other cancer vaccines already exist, this specific injection is personalised to the person’s DNA.
70% Of Primary Health Centres In Nigeria Lack Drugs, Facilities – NPHCDA
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He spoke in Abuja Monday at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NPHCDA and the Connected Development (CODE), a civil society organization, to strengthen and foster health sector accountability in the country.
Shuaib said: “This kind of partnership is a giant step towards transparency and openness in the NPHCDA. This MoU signing is an opportunity to openly demonstrate this transparency. “We welcome this collaboration because it is also an opportunity to hear from people we serve. “It is an opportunity to get feedback on the services that will deliver.”
