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Address high cost of essential medicines, healthcare providers tell FG
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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
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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
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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.
To wash or wipe? Experts say washing may be better, more hygienic
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A Consultant Public Health Physician at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Prof. Tanimola Akande, says washing with water, rather than wiping with tissue paper, is more hygienic after defecating.
Nevertheless, the question about the best option of cleaning remains a big debate, as many health experts have expressed divergent views on the issue. According to experts, the decision to wash or wipe is oftentimes dependent on individual preference, which is also sometimes also influenced by religious affiliation.
Leaving toothpaste on teeth after brushing not beneficial –Dentist
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A dental care specialist, Dr. Adebola O. Ehizele has said that there is no need not to rinse the mouth after brushing with toothpaste. Ehizele stated that the notion that leaving a remnant of toothpaste on the teeth after brushing offers great benefit was wrong, noting that the mouth should be rinsed with water after brushing the teeth.
According to the Acting Head of the Department, School of Dentistry, University of Benin, leaving fluoride on the surface of the teeth is not beneficial in any way to the teeth. Ehizele, a dentist explained that applying toothpaste with fluoride on the teeth is rather used as a therapy in treating some cases of dental ailments, adding that only a dental care expert would know when this is necessary.
Why victims trapped in collapsed building could suffer brain damage –Physician
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A general health practitioner, Dr. Tunji Akintade says victims trapped for long period in a collapsed building are likely to face brain damage if they are not rescued on time.
Speaking with PUNCH HealthWise, the health expert said it is important to ensure the provision of oxygen and glucose for emergency use while conducting rescue operations, noting that some of the victims may need them after being rescued.
Why parents should worry about children bedwetting again after six months –Paediatrician
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A Consultant Paediatrician, Nephrology Division at the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina, Dr Abdurrazzaq Alege, says parents should be worried if a child that has previously attained bladder control for more than six months suddenly starts bedwetting without any obvious sickness.
Alege said although stress is a common cause of bedwetting in children, physical, emotional and sexual abuse or even neglect could make children who have attained bladder control suddenly start bedwetting.
How I was prevented from entering Nigeria over COVID-19 permit –Soyinka
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Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he was prevented from boarding at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a ‘permit to travel’ to Nigeria.
Soyinka spoke in Lagos on the theme, ‘COVID, technology and citizen banishment,’ during an interaction with journalists. The essayist said although no attempt was made to banish him, he nevertheless felt like serving a decree of banishment for 48 hours that the event lasted.
Afe Babalola hails ABUAD as varsity performs first kidney transplant
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The Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday thumbed up the university’s multi-system hospital for the various exploits it had been doing since its establishment, saying it had come to end outward medical tourism in Nigeria.
Babalola, who spoke against the backdrop of the first kidney transplant in the hospital, said, “This is a milestone for ABUAD, but I am not surprised because we have quality equipment and well-trained and experienced personnel.
Why washing nipples before breastfeeding isn’t necessary –Expert
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A Senior Registrar in Paediatrics at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr. Chinwe Ogbonnaa-Njoku says lactating women do not necessarily need to clean their breasts every time they want to breastfeed their babies.
Dr. Ogbonnaa-Njoku said cleaning the breasts each time before feeding could lead to irritation or dryness of the nipples.
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Canada hospitals use drones to deliver lungs for transplant
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In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling sounds of the cars and pedestrians below in Canada’s largest metropolis.
On its maiden flight, with a bird’s-eye view of the city’s glistening skyline as it glides over apartments, shops and office towers, the drone is carrying a precious cargo – human lungs for transplant.
Antibiotic abuse causes offensive vaginal odour –Gyneacologist
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A gyneacologist, Dr. Prosper Igboeli, has advised women to shun the abuse of antibiotic drugs, noting that it often causes vaginal odour. Igboeli made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja
Igboeli, Managing Director of M and M Hospital, Fertility and IVF Centre, said that such practices contribute to major causes of offensive vaginal odour. The medical expert said that women, who also stopped the use of oral contraceptives, also experience increased vaginal discharge.
‘Babies conceived by women above 35 years at risk of Down syndrome’
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A speech therapist, Maryam Ibrahim-Maifada, has warned that women who get pregnant after 35 years stand the risk of being delivered of babies with Down syndrome. “The older the mother, the higher the risk of having a baby with Down syndrome,’’ Ibrahim-Maifada told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Friday.
“Down syndrome is a genetic disorder. Most babies are born with 23 pairs of chromosomes within each cell for a total of 46. “Majority of babies with Down syndrome are born with an extra chromosome,’’ she said.
Using recycled vegetable oil increases risk of heart diseases, cancer, nutritionists warn
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Nutrition experts have warned Nigerians against the practice of reusing vegetable oil, while cooking, noting that it has a serious negative health impact.
According to the experts, reusing vegetable oil – a common practice in homes and also among street food vendors – is contributing to the increasing incidence of cancer and other non-communicable diseases. The nutritionists stressed that the blackened oils reused to fry or cook food already contain free radicals that are not good for the body.
