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Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
12 Aug 2013
Do you know that Smoking During Pregnancy Is More Likely To Produce Children With Bad Behaviour?
Children are more likely to be unruly and badly behaved if their mothers smoked in pregnancy, claim researchers.
Women Only: After Sex Bleeding
Bleeding after sex is one topic that is hardly discussed. But this is a relatively common occurrence that some women may experience at one point or another in their lives. Finding out that you are bleeding after sexual intercourse can be quite frightening for a woman and her partner.
Physical abuse in Childhood hover to Health defects
Long considered an effective and necessary means of disciplining children, physical punishment such as spanking, hitting and other means of inflicting pain has been revealed to be a predictor of a wide range of negative developmental issues in children, including mental health problems in adulthood. Amadi Bethel writes.
Why 29-year-olds Suffer The Worst Hangovers
Hangovers are worst at the age of 29 as we don’t have the same stamina as when we were younger but still try to party hard, a new study reveals.
HIV/AIDS Can Be Reversed With Concerted Efforts
Dr. Tunde Ipaye is a Consultant to the World Bank on HIV/AIDS project development and also, a Consultant Adviser to United Kingdom Department for International Development (UK DFID) on HIV/AIDS, both in Nigeria. In this interview with FEMI OGBONNIKAN, the medical practitioner talks about HIV/AIDS infection in Nigeria and what could be done to reverse and halt the pandemic in the country.
N60b Will Guarantee Nigerians Free Healthcare Annually
The Health Sector Reform Coalition has explained that the 2 per cent consolidated revenue of the federal government which is about N60 billion ($380 million) as provided for in the National Health Bill would provide free primary health care for Nigerians every year.
Immunise your baby, it keeps disease away from them
The decision to have a baby is always an important one, considering all the responsibilities that go with it.
For one, experts say, the care of a baby starts right from day one of conception and continues until the child is two years old, when, experts say, the guarantee is there that the baby has survived the odds and can live to grow to a healthy adult, all other things being equal.
For one, experts say, the care of a baby starts right from day one of conception and continues until the child is two years old, when, experts say, the guarantee is there that the baby has survived the odds and can live to grow to a healthy adult, all other things being equal.
11 Aug 2013
Give women six months’ maternity leave – MURIC
A group, Muslim Rights Concern, has urged government at all levels and owners of companies to give women six months maternity leave.
9 Aug 2013
Researchers raise alarm over spread of banana bunchy top virus
Researchers have raised alarm over the increasing spread of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) across West Africa with more farms in Nigeria—West Africa’s second largest producer— being ravaged by the disease.
8 Aug 2013
Marijuana stops child's severe seizures
By most standards Matt and Paige Figi were living the American dream. They met at Colorado State University, where they shared a love of the outdoors. After getting married, the couple bought a house and planned to travel the world.
NAFDAC DG laments infant mortality
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, yesterday, lamented that over 194,000 Nigerian children under the age of five die annually as a result of diarrhoea.
6 Aug 2013
Myths, Misconceptions Prevent People From Donating Blood- NBTS
The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) has blamed the poor culture of voluntary blood donation in the country on myths and misconception by people.
Mothers breast-milk banks
Motherless babies in orphanages across the country will soon have access to regular breast milk as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) says it will establish day-care centres equipped with breast milk-banks.
5 Aug 2013
Malaria hurts Nigeria GDP – Don
Prof. Uade Ugbomoiko of the Department of Zoology, University of Ilorin, has said that malaria is taking a heavy toll on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
4 Aug 2013
Clean water and soap can make a child grow taller - Research
SIMPLY improving the quality of water and using soap could make children grow taller, according to the first study of its kind.
3 Aug 2013
Prostate cancer linked with omega-3 consumption
US scientists said Wednesday they have confirmed a surprising 2011 study that found a higher risk of prostate cancer among men who consume omega-3 fatty acids, raising new questions about the safety of supplements.
Skip breakfast and have heart attack!
If you are in the habit of skipping breakfast and going for brunch at break time in the office, you are advised to change the habit.
2 Aug 2013
Women’s best period to have babies
Dr Fred Achem, a Nigerian gynaecologist, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the best period for women to have children is between the ages of 18 and 25 years.
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