A First Penis Transplant Done in South Africa

An operation that lasted for 9 hours led to the first successful penis transplant in the World. It was led by team of surgeons in South Africa. Surprisingly, this operation was carried out last year( December 11, 2014) but it was kept undisclosed to the public in order to see how the patient recovers. Normally, it takes up to two years for the patient to recover. But he unexpectedly recovered so early.

Reason Why We Must Breasfeed: Effect on I.Q

Breast milk is very important for a newborn. It is considered the most balanced foods available for normal newborns and infants. Breast milk is sterile, easily digested, and nonallergenic. It contains maternal antibodies that protect against many early childhood

Farmers Affected by Bird Flu. to Be Compensated with N600m-FG

The Federal Government of Nigeria has set aside the sum of N600 million to compensate farmers whose farms were affected by the bird flu outbreak. According to Dr Akinwumi

Adesina, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, about eighteen states

Telecom Masts are Not Harmful to Human Health-NCC

There have been debates over the effect of non ionising radiation from various telecommunication masts hosted by network providers all over the country. There have been suggestions that it could lead some diseases such as

How to Handle Obstructive Sleep Apnea

For an enormous number of people, sleep apnea is undoubtedly a significant problem. Sleep apnea is a critical medical condition that causes people to have interrupted breathing during sleep; the ultimate result is heavy snoring and horrid sleep for...

Sex Abuse Scandals rock United Nation Workers

At least 80 cases of sexual misconduct, abuse and exploitations by United Nations workers were reported in a new findings. Most of these crimes were committed by peacekeeping workers especially in crisis-hit zones. About 51 cases were reported in 2014 and were mainly committed in

Best Motivational Quote by great people - famous quote.

To stay motivated all the time is really difficult. It needs a lot of inspiration. Here are the best INSPIRATIONAL Quotes to keep you motivated all the time.   "The starting point of all achievement is desire." - Napolean Hill   "Take up one...

Cojoined Brazilian Twin Dies after Operation

A five-year-old Brazilian boy has died after surgery to separate him from his conjoined twin brother, according to report on Medical Xpress Saturday.

Heitor and Arthur Rocha, who were joined at the hip and shared many internal organs including intestines and

NAFDAC Arrest Two Over Fake Drugs

In their effort to safeguard the health of the Nation, The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) arrested Prakarsh Mohinani, an Indian and Mr. Chibuike Onuoha. The two were arrested on Saturday in Rivers State over the importation and distribution of fake and unregistered drugs

Countries With Highest Cases of HIV infection

The HIV that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has led to the death of over 36 million people.

The most common type of HIV is HIV-1, identified in 1984. HIV-2, was first discovered in West Africa in 1986. It causes a loss of immune function and the subsequent development

Mediterranean Diets Reduce Stroke Disease

People who maintain the Mediterranean diet were less likely to suffer an ischemic stroke compared to people with the lowest adherence to the diet, a study discovers.

A Mediterranean

Stress, anxiety and depression

We tend to try and solve our health and energy drawbacks by changing our external environment. We try and take pills, supplements in the form of shakes, energy drinks or vitamins. Yet, if we were to look within us we would notice that probably the #1...

Top 5 best Beauty Tips for Girls

Beauty tips for girls are required by all ages of ladies, essential to maintain their charm and attraction in the easiness of their own homes rather than spending tons of bucks on professional help. These fabulous tips will not only change your attire...

Best Ways to Treat Heart Burn and Stomach Acidity

Have you ever felt a burning sensation in your stomach after a meal? It might not be unconnected with acidity. When the food we eat enters the stomach, the gastric glands in the stomach produce digestive acid that helps digest the food.

When there is imbalance or excesses of this acid, acidity occurs. Acidity leads to heart burns and ulcers. Hear burn occurs when the acid enters the lower

Combining Vaccines and Mosquito Nets worsens Malaria

According to WHO, a child dies every minute from malaria. This deadly disease killed up to 600,000 people in 2013 and most of them are children in Africa.

New statistics shows that at least half of the population of people in malaria prone areas have access to insecticide treated mosquito nets.

 It is known that a first malaria bite to a child could be deadly. But after surviving this stage, further bites from mosquitoes helps the child to develop immunity

Change Your Habits

  Where to Start 'Where to start' is one of the most asked questions we receive at   Changing Habits   and it is not an easy question to answer. We are all different… some of us are just commencing on the journey of better health, some...

A New Form of HIV discovered in Cuba

 A new variant of HIV is dicovered in Cuba. It is a recombinant form of HIV. It should be noted that HIV has various form - or technically various strains. A person who engages in unprotected sex with many persons infected with HIV, he or she may contract multiple strains of HIV. Then these various forms

Strategies to combat pain and inflammation

 Lose weight if overweight  Eat more fruits and vegetables  Eliminate junk food, especially deep fried foods    Make sure you drink enough water … dehydration worsens inflammation  Exercise gently  Get plenty of rest and sleep  Stop smoking...

Health Impact of Drinking Water during Meals

A radio program one day was on health matters. The expert on the show answered a question from a listener and gave a highly disputed opinion. He advised that water should not be taken while eating. It should be before or after the meal. But the question is, how true is the claim?

Water is the principal chemical constituent of the body
constituting about

Valentine Gift!: How to Care for Your Heart(Women)

As I was going through Newswise.com, I saw this piece of work. It is a candid piece of advice to women about their health and early warning signs of heart diseases. It is a Valentine message by Doctor Anita Varkey, MD of Loyola University Health System

What is Angina?
Angina is a heart condition characterized by pain or

Don't Drive after Stroke Disease-Study

If you have a loved one who survived a stroke disease, you can do them a favour

Credit:Wikipedia

by preventing them from the driving seat at least for a few month. A new research found out that stroke survivors are likely to make crucial

Sugary Drinks Cause Early Menstruation

According to a new research published in Human Reproduction on Jan 28, led by Karin Michels (ScD, PhD), Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA), early menstruation could be caused by

A Man gets New Hands in India after Surgery

India Health sector has reached another landmark following the successful surgery which gave 30 year old, Manu, a new pair of hands.

Credit:ITN

According to Dr Subramania Iyer, Professor and

Risks of Alcohol Drinking during Pregnancy

"It is impossible to say what constitutes a 'safe' amount of alcohol a mother can drink as every pregnancy is different, so our advice to mothers is don't take a chance with your baby's health and drink no alcohol at all," Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, advised

It is no longer a news that alcohol is

Attractive Men prove to be more Selfish-Study

According to article on medicalnewtoday.com, men who are attractive have been found to be more selfish and less equality oriented.

This is a research by Lead investigator Dr. Michael Price and

Reasons why You get Tired Easily

When tight shedules set in and we don't have much time to relax, tiredness could become a frequent occurrence in our life.

Top Causes of Tiredness
1.Diet
Coffee and sugar seems to boost our energy. But their effects are for a short term and

Top Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria

It is a good news to note that WHO(World Health Organisation) approved 3 more Nigeria pharmaceutical companies in 2014 to raise the total number to four. The four Internationally approved Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria are:

Evans Pharmaceutical Ltd

May & Baker Pharmaceutical Ltd  

Chi Pharmaceutical Ltd.

Swiss Pharma Nigeria

Other

Many Nigeria Bread are not Safe

It is no longer a new sight seeing hawkers carrying bread along the busy roads in Nigeria. We buy these bread without considering important factor such as how healthy and well prepared are these bread? Although bread has gluten, a protein which is not easily digested, poor manufacturing practices have caused

Vitamin A Prevents Malaria in Children

According to a research by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in eLife(journal), a single large dose of Vitamin A could prevent malaria in children under 5 years by 54%. This is for regions under Sub-Sahara Africa like Nigeria.

They recommended

Excessive Jogging impacts negatively to our Health

Of course, daily exercise is very advisable for our health. But overdoing it may not be so. A research has shown that strenous jogging

Nigeria Health Workers Suspend Strike

Ahead of the General Elections, JOHESU(Joint Health Sector Unions)  which represent Nigeria health workers has finally ended their three month old strike. This action followed after meeting with

Watching TV for long is dangerous for health

Watching television isn't just slowly killing your brain cells, it
may be slowly killing you. Researchers found that people who watched three or more hours of television a day were at twice the risk of an early death than those who watched less.

A report published in the Journal of the American Heart Association studied more than 13,000

Excess Alcohol increases Stroke Disease

Stroke

It is a known fact that diabetes and high blood pressure can increase the possibility of developing stroke. Another more dangerous factor has been found in high alcohol consumption in middle age. Heavy drinking in middle age was found to raise the risk of stroke

The Health Hazard of High Sugar Consumption

 Do you know that a bottle of soft drink has an average seven spoons(teaspoon) of sugar? Even chocolate bars, some creamy biscuits, fruit drinks and cakes have a large proportion of sugar added to it. Most of take soft drinks regularly without knowing the negative implication on our health. Sugar, according to research has a strong link to heart diseases,obesity and surprisingly cancer.  It has been linked to high blood pressure and low brain functionality

 How Dangerous is Sugar?

Of course the temptation of resisting high sugar consumption especially in children is quite difficult. But it has to be done in order to help prevent obesity. A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-filled beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults. World Health Organization (WHO) also supported this view in their article. 

 Many forms of sugar like glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose(table sugar) exist.

A Female Doctor is the New WHO Regional Director

Her name is Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s new regional director for Africa. She is from Botswana and was nominated on Tuesday 27. The 60 year old physician earned her medical degree at the University of London’s Royal Free Hospital, ran tuberculosis and H.I.V. programs

Only Five Ebola Cases Remain in Liberia

The United Nations announced on Saturday that only five cases of Ebola diseases remain in Liberia.
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have witnessed the worst breakout of ebola in history. About 9000 souls were lost in a year due to the deadly virus

"According to the WHO, the five cases are laboratory confirmed cases," Lisa White, a spokeswoman

Health Risk of Sitting for a Long Time

We sit down a lot during the day. Whether we are in the office, school, watching TV or leisure place. Is it healthy? No. A groundbreaking research may help us to start adjusting this habit. It suggested that the amount of time we sit during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart

To Lose Weight, the Right Time to Exercise

Have you ever thought about exercise as a suitable means of losing weight? The truth remains that it really helps. But another means of exercising is more efficient. Exercising on an empty stomach has been proved to be more powerful in reducing weight. The body in fasted state will burn more fats when we exercise than any other period of the day. Consider waking up in the morning

Food You Should Start Avoiding

Have you ever paused to think before stuffing  that food into your mouth? Have I being watching what I eat and how healthy are my diets? Most food we eat daily are not really so good for our health. They should be eaten in moderation and less frequently. Some of them are:

Fried Food and Meat
Some of us love fried food, meat and fish to the point of addiction. But when you discover the health implication, you may have many reasons to reduce it . Most of the fried food are heated at high temperature  hence they produce substances which are toxic

Bird Flu hit Lagos and Port Harcourt

Credit:@FAO

In a swift response to the discovery of bird flu, thousands of chickens have been culled in some poultry farms, the local health authorities said on Tuesday. FAO reported "A strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza previously not
recorded in sub-Saharan Africa has been detected in Nigeria for
the first time"

Most Cancer are Due to Bad Luck not Lifestyle

A recent research published in Journal Science has suggested that most cancer are mostly due to bad luck and not diet, lifestyle or genes.Random mutations that occur in DNA when cells divide.They are largely responsible for two thirds (about 65%) of adult cancers across a wide range of tissues with environmental factors or defective gene

Touching Stories: Children orphaned by Ebola Virus

More than 10,000 children have lost one or both parents to Ebola in West Africa's current outbreak of the disease, according to UNICEF.
Almost 8,000 of those children are from Sierra Leone.
Many are also Ebola survivors themselves, but because of the stigma and fear around the virus they are often shunned by their communities.
Britain has pledged £2.5m to help set up special care centres for Ebola orphans

Bird Flu Reported in Nigeria

According to NY Times, The health and veterinary authorities on Friday reported outbreaks of avian flu hundreds of miles apart on opposite ends of Nigeria. In Lagos, the southern commercial center, 3,300 birds at a live bird market showing symptoms were culled, said Nigeria’s chief veterinary officer, Dr. Abdulganiyu Abubakar, in a

Get A Flat Stomach Within a Week!(Hot Tips)

Consider getting a new clothes and not being able to fit perfectly due to a protruding belly. This could be annoying and embarrassing. Are you ready to get your tummy in shape? They are quite simple tips that needs to be observed seriously.

1.Exercise and Abs Workout
Big tummy is mainly due to accumulation of fat. Exercise reduces our body fat and wastes thereby making us slimmer. Try push-ups and pull-ups, rope jumping and you burn an incredible

20 Lives Claimed by Cholera in Rivers

A cholera outbreak in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, has led to 20 deaths. A further 171 cases have been recorded. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Port Harcourt. Parker, in the statement, said

Nigerian. Nurses and Midwives fully Join Strike

According to the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, they have to fully join the strike. A press briefing by the Nigerian Union Of
Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) delivered by Comrade Felix Faniran, MSc, FNSP, Director
Of Physiotherapy And Medical Rehabilitation and Consultant Neuro Community Physiotherapy read:

Reasons Why You Must Eat Garlic: Its Health Benefits

Ginger cloves(wikipedia)

Every now and then, we use garlic as flavouring or condiment in food. Garlic(allium  sativum) is a species of onions. It is strong flavoured and contains buyphyto-nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants that have proven health benefits. Total measured antioxidant strength (ORAC value) is 5346 µmol TE/100 g. Globally, China account for 77% of world production of garlic

The use of garlic dates back to ancient Egypt, China. It was consumed by Greek and Roman soldiers. Ancient world used it to cure parasites,
respiratory problems,

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