Breakfast Cereal Boosts Sex Life, Says Firm

It may be the last thing you are thinking about as you rush out of the door to work, but eating a good breakfast could really spice up your love life, reports the Daily Mail.

Breastfeed Longer For High Intelligence

Children who are breastfed longer are more likely to have a better understanding of language and a higher intelligence (IQ) later in life, a U.S. study has revealed.

Breastfeeding, cheapest, effective lifesaver – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday described breast feeding as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child’s life, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Men with larger testicles are likely to develop high blood pressure, heart disease

Men with large testicles are more likely to develop heart disease, new research has revealed.

They are also more likely to be hospitalised with heart problems and tend to be heavier, drink more alcohol, and to have higher blood pressure.

Anti-Cancer Fight

One of the most grim pronouncement a patient can here from a doctor is, “I’m sorry, but you have cancer.”
This dreaded disease has gradually crept in into our society. Check out these statistics:

Fattening Foods Do Not Exist

Recently during a seminar, I asked a group of women to name the foods they think are fattening, they immediately called out: white bread, butter, white rice, doughnuts, cakes, potato chips,  dodo ( fried plantain), eggs and sweets etc.

Living In Convenience

Many food items have become so well accepted that people no longer think of them as convenience foods. A loaf of bread is a good example. Most people today think of convenient foods as packet foods and canned foods.

Ultimate Cleansing, Healing

I couldn’t agree more. Just take some time to ponder all the variety of foods God created. In fact tear open a juicy orange, bite into a delicious nectarine or peel a ripe  banana and marvel at how anyone could doubt there is a divine Creator! Man has never come close to packaging food as perfectly as our God has.

Permanent And Painless

I remembered how great it felt to slip into my smallest jeans. I loved how I looked with my shirt tucked in. My stomach was flat. My waist was small. What a rush to see the reflection in the three-way mirror and realise it was really me! I loved that old phrase I had learned at a weight-management meeting: “Thin feels better than this food tastes.” I  was absolutely convinced that I  would never give in to old bad habits. It just felt too good to be slim. Pauline narrated.

Nigerians deserve proper medical checks before treatment – Dr. Abiola Ajayi

For about five days beginning Friday last week, all roads led to the ROA Hospital & Surgical Centre, a comprehensive health care facility located on Arepo Road, off Lagos- Ibadan expressway, in Ogun State, where a “medical mission” was in session.

Nigeria under investing in malaria control – Dr. Nnenna Ezeigwe

Highpoint of the Africa Union Abuja +12 Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, ATM, held recently at the International conference Centre, ICC, Abuja, was the launch of the “The Malaria Situation Room” – an intelligence gathering focusing on Nigeria and nine other  African countries accounting for 70 per cent of the malaria burden in Africa and 50 per cent of that burden worldwide.

Jigawa treats 86,000 children suffering from malnutrition

The Jigawa Government has treated 86,000 children suffering from malnutrition in the last three years, the  Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Lawal Abdu, said in Dutse on Monday.

Keys to healthy living

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best. It doesn't have to be difficult either. Just follow these eight diet tips to get started.

Your cell phone is making you fat!

IF you are trying to lose weight, and you sincerely wish to succeed in your weight loss plan, you need to ditch your cell phone. Why? The short answer: Your cell phone is making you fat.

Expert cautions against body piercing

A General Practitioner, Dr Patrick Okolie, has said that body piercing can predispose one to infectious diseases.

Okolie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that unsterilised needles and instruments used could cause HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, among others.

According to him, it is very easy to transfer diseases to one another through that process.

He added that the practise was being canvassed against in developed countries.

He said that there was the need to discourage the trend because of the high prevalence of communicable diseases.

Okolie urged those involved to go for medical checkup.

Tall women face higher cancer risk – Study

Taller women may face a higher risk of many cancers than their shorter counterparts, according to a US study released Thursday.

Researchers looked at a sample of nearly 145,000 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 for the analysis published in the US journal Cancer Epidemiology.

7 Bad Habits That Destroy Your Heart

The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body, as it is responsible for pumping blood and delivering all the nutrients your body needs in order to function correctly. Nonetheless, some of our habits take their toll on our hearts and we do not realize this until it is too late. In this article you will find 7 bad habits that destroy your heart:

7 Surprising Benefits of Drinking Coffee

Are you a coffee lover? Do you wake up in the morning craving the smell of coffee? Have you heard many negative things said about coffees that have made you wish to quit taking it?

NAFDAC warns public against eating processed rice seedlings

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned the people in Jigawa against buying treated rice seedlings meant for planting for consumption.

The NAFDAC Director in the state, Malam Abduljalal Manzo, issued the warning during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday.

7 Alarming Signs You Are Unhealthy

We are often guilty of believing that we are a picture of fine health as we have no real signs that anything untoward is going on inside our body. However, this does not have to be true as there are actually a number of indications that we tend to ignore that are actually telling us that something is not right. Failure to pay attention to them will of course tend to lead to things getting worse, so what follows are 7 signs you are unhealthy in the hope that they may stop further problems from occurring.