HEALTH GOSSIP: The Man who cheated Death even after a Pickaxe pierced his skull...

Miracles are God's way of telling us that He is always with us... Some pray for it and get it... On the other hand, some don't pray for it yet get it... In rare cases, it happens sporadically... Here is a story of such rare cases...

Sheldon Mpofu, 37, was turning soil when he swung the massive tool but hit his washing line on the way down.

The pick-axe swung back and the pointed end hit him in the middle of the head, missing his brain and entering a
sinus - an empty space in the skull.

Despite his injury he still took a bus to hospital where doctors were stunned the pickaxe had not killed him.

Medics did not immediately realise how serious the injury was but an X-ray and CT scan showed how far the tool had penetrated. Sheldon, of Morley, West Yorkshire, said:

''They said there are sinuses in the forehead which are essentially empty spaces. It was just a few millimetres from entering my brain.

"How it didn't go through was amazing. They told me I was a celebrity around the hospital. The doctor said 'do you realise how lucky you are?'. Everyone was telling me I'd been so lucky."

After the accident, and with blood pouring from his head, Mr Mpofu called the non-emergency NHS 111 number for advice.

They told him an ambulance was not necessary but he should go to hospital within an hour, so he bandaged the wound and took a bus to St James's Hospital in Leeds.

He was transferred to Leeds General Infirmary by ambulance where specialists in the field are based.

Mr Mpofu had five stitches under local anaesthetic and was kept in hospital overnight and given antibiotics and a tetanus injection.

He said a string of doctors came to see him after hearing about his unbelievable escape.

He has been suffering headaches but the wound is healing well and he has been told he does not need an operation. He added: "I feel like I've had a second lease of life. It's made me value life because anything can happen. I will definitely use my pickaxe again - but very carefully.

"It still amazes me. We are short of miracles. I'm a Christian and I want to let people out there know that miracles can happen."

Thank God for him....

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HEALTH GOSSIP: Get to Know the Drug that can 'EAT' your skin...

A powerful heroin-like drug that rots flesh and bone has made its first reported appearance in the United States, an Arizona health official says. Known on the street as "krokodil," the caustic homemade opiate is made from over-the-counter codeine-based headache pills mixed with iodine, gasoline, paint thinner or alcohol. When it's injected, the concoction destroys a user's tissue, turning the skin scaly and green like a crocodile. Festering sores, abscesses and blood poisoning are common.

Frank LoVecchio, the co-medical director at the Banner Good Samaritan Poison & Drug Information Center, told KPHO-TV that Arizona health officials have seen two cases during the past week. "As far as I know, these are the first cases in the United States that are reported," he said. "So we're extremely frightened." LoVecchio did not say where in the state the patients were located or provide details about their conditions.

The drug — chemically called desomorphine emerged around 2002 in Siberia and the Russian Far East but has swept across the country in just the past three years, according to a Time magazine investigation. Krokodil became popular in Russia because heroin can be difficult to obtain and is expensive. Krokodil costs three times less, and the high is similar to heroin though much shorter, usually 90 minutes.

The average life expectancy among krokodil addicts in Russia is two to three years, according to Time, which called the narcotic "the most horrible drug in the world." Gangrene and amputations are common, and the toxic mix dissolves jawbones and teeth, much like the methamphetamine that Walter White cooks in Breaking Bad.

As with all intravenous drug addicts, krokodil users are susceptible to HIV, hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases, and have compromised immune systems.

One recovering Russian krokodil addict, Irina Pavlova, told Time in 2011 that she injected the drug almost daily for six years. She has a speech impediment and impaired motor skills because of the resulting brain damage.

Her brother was among the dozen or so addicts she shot up with. "Practically all of them are dead now," she said. "For some, it led to pneumonia, some got blood poisoning, some had an artery burst in their heart, some got meningitis, others simply rot."

A Russian woman using krokodil in June 2011 told The Independent that a fellow junkie refused to go to the hospital.

"Her flesh is falling off and she can hardly move anymore," she said.


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HEALTH NEWS: Researchers discover a human gene (MX2) that could limit the spread of HIV in the body...

Researchers from King's College London have identified a human gene, MX2, which possibly prevents HIV from spreading once it has entered the body.

A study published this week in Nature has identified a gene which may have the ability to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from spreading once it has entered the body. Researchers from King's College London say the human MX2 gene, which possibly inhibits HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), could be a new target for effective, less toxic treatments for patients.

"Until now we knew very little about the MX2 gene, but now we recognize both its potent anti-viral function and a key point of vulnerability in the life cycle of HIV," Mike Malim, an infectious diseases professor at King's College London, stated in a press release.

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS:

To better understand the body's natural inhibitors and how to trigger them, scientists introduced the virus to two different human cell lines. Observing the effects, the researchers noted that in one cell line, the MX2 gene was 'switched on' (expressed), while in the other it remained 'switched off" (silenced). Upon further investigation, they discovered that in the cells where the MX2 gene was expressed, the virus was not able to replicate and new viruses were not produced. Among those cells where that gene remained silent, though, the virus replicated and spread. Considering their results, the researchers hypothesized possibilities for potential drug development in the future.

"There are two possible routes — it may be possible to develop either a molecule that mimics the role of MX2 or a drug which activates the gene's natural capabilities," Malim stated in a press release. "It is important to continue to find new ways of mobilizing the body's natural defense systems and this gene appears to be a key player in establishing viral control in people with HIV."

AVAILABLE TREATMENTS:

Currently, 31 antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) are used to treat HIV infection. Although these Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs cannot 'cure' people, they do suppress the virus, sometimes to undetectable levels, and so allow an infected person to lead a healthier life. It is important to note ARVs, which must be taken continuously to provide benefit, do not eliminate HIV from the body, and infected people can still transmit the virus.

A recent study conducted in the UK suggests that patients with HIV may achieve life spans close to normal given certain conditions: adherence to antiretroviral therapy, maintenance of low viral loads and of CD4 counts above 350, and avoidance of injected drug use as well as co-infection with viral hepatitis. (CD4 cells, often called T-cells, send signals to activate the body's immune response when they detect viruses or bacteria.) The results were derived from a total of 17,021 patients who started antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the years between 2000 and 2008. Of these patients, 708 or 4.2 percent died, while 3,956 or nearly a quarter of the total dropped out of the study.

A crucial issue among HIV/AIDS patients is adherence to their drug regimens. The difficulty of consistently taking several drugs or even one drug each and every day and the unpleasantness of side effects, such as nausea and vomiting, often cause patients to interrupt their schedule.

When that happens, HIV may create more variations of itself, including strains that are resistant to the antiretroviral drugs taken by the patient. In general, half to three-quarters of all patients strictly adhere to their medication when it is prescribed over a long period of time. Nonadherence to ART, in particular, has been estimated at approximately 70 percent.

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HEALTH NEWS: Today is World Pharmacists Day...

The role of our beloved pharmacist cannot be over emphasised... If you are a pharmacist, then today means so much to you. The impact of these 'group' has been felt by everyone either directly or indirectly.



The day is celebrated every year

to showcase the contribution of pharmacists to health improvement, particularly helping patients to make the best use of their medicines.



This year's theme is "Pharmacists, simplifying your medicine no matter how

complex."



What an awesome theme... We at health infotainment Nigeria say, HAPPY PHARMACIST DAY.....

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HEALTH NEWS: NYSC to Post Doctors to Rural Health Facilities

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)

has begun talks to explore posting of medical doctors who are on national assignment to local health departments

and primary health care facilities at the grass roots level.



This was part of the focus of discussion during a courtesy call on the Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General

Okore Affia by the Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Ado Muhammad.



A statement signed by NPHCDA head of media, Saadu Salahu, quoted Ado saying that the inclusion of medical

doctors on NYSC into integrated primary healthcare services at the grass roots would go a long way in reducing the acute shortage of manpower at the grass roots level and improve maternal and child health.



The executive director assured the NYSC director general that any NYSC doctor released to support PHC on the

partnership would be given all necessary incentives and encouragement by the agency.



Responding, Brigadier General Affia gave the assurance that NYSC was willing and committed to supporting such partnership for greater benefit and improved health of Nigerians, especially at the grass roots levels.



The NYSC Director-General and his NPHCDA counterpart agreed to set up a technical committee that would work out the details of such working relationship, taking into account, the current security challenges in the country.



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HEALTH GOSSIP: Self-medication can cause liver damage says Dr. Atohengbe

A Benin-based physician, Dr Quincy Atohengbe, on Monday, advised Nigerians to stop self-medication whenever they experienced headaches to avoid liver damage. Atohengbe, who is of the Department of Family Medicine, Central Hospital, Benin, advised that people consulted doctor for proper diagnosis before taking medicines.



The physician, who is also the secretary of the Edo branch of Nigeria Medical Association, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, on Monday.



He said there were different types of headaches which could be related to different illnesses, adding: "If you have slight headaches, you should see a doctor.



"Headaches could be as a result of malaria, typhoid, hypertension or any other condition that can stress the mind and the body.



"People take several drugs for headaches without doctor's prescription, which is not supposed to be."



He noted that headaches could be one of the first signs for hypertension. Atohengbe said: "Many people do not have symptoms when they have severe hypertension.



"The headaches people have between the ages of 30 and 40 could be the first sign of hypertension." The doctor said people should be educated on the need to see a doctor when they had headaches.



"Most times, people resort to treating the symptom of a disease which could be headaches, rather than treating the disease itself.



"When you resort to self medication for headaches, you might be treating the wrong ailment and there might be serious complications.



"The drugs might damage the liver; there might be severe side effects of the drugs and there might be more complication of the original illness, which the patient did not know about,'' Atohengbe said.

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Fw: HEALTH NEWS: kano state records about 200 deaths from measles...

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Kano State government has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with

Dangote and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations for the revitalisation of routine immunisation and other primary healthcare services, an official said.



The executive secretary, Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr Shehu Abdullahi, made the plan known in Kano yesterday at the inauguration of the Kano State Implementation Training for 2013 Integrated Measles Campaign.



The secretary said that the state had recorded 200 deaths from 8,000 cases of measles since 2012.



He said that 80 per cent of those affected, aged between 0 to 59 months, were not immunised against the disease.



"Measles is one of the childhood killer diseases,which can be prevented through immunisation,''Abdullahi said,



He said it was unfortunate that parents and caregivers of the affected children did not make them available for immunisation and as such exposed them to the disease.



He said that the training for Local Immunisation Officers, State Technical Facilitators and Local Government Facilitators was aimed at addressing the challenges.



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ENTERTAINMENT: DJ- Switch, winner of Glo X-factor begs Mum for forgiveness...

At least now that she'd won the Glo X-Factor Nigeria, 29-year-old fast rising rapper and Geology graduate, Catherine Udeh, a.k.a, D.J Switch, can now go back home to her family. More especially as she is now 24 million naira richer...



She made a public confession thereafter asking her mother to forgive her for running away from home for over a year in search of fame and fortune.



Dj Switch was declared winner of the maiden edition of Globacom sponsored music reality TV show Glo X-factor held in Lagos.



According to her: "I am sorry mum for being away from home for so long while in search of glory. Now that I am back, I will take good care of you," DJ Switch declared in tears after being crowned the winner.



"I was like a prodigal son who had an opportunity in the past but due to youthful exuberance I mismanaged the resources. Now, I am a better person and more matured, I won't disappoint my mum and my fans."



The rapper who's single, Landing Safely, will be released next week, vowed to continue working as long as she lives.



"For me, it's going to be work, work and work," she promised.



There is nothing like family....

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HEALTH GOSSIP: TEARS OF A TEENAGER: Boy born without reproductive organs....

Imagine not being able perform an act that makes you human... Here is the story of a young boy who has not been able to urinate for 13 years... Continue reading....

SINCE he was born March5, 2000, 13-year-old Uchenna Ekezie has lived with a genital deformity. He was born with what is described in medical parlance as maldeveloped external genitalia. In lay terms, he has no visible external male reproductive organs whatsoever. All he has to show is a rudimentary stump that is less than an inch long.

No thanks to this congenital abnormality, Uchenna cannot urinate normally,. Worse still, his hopes of biologically fathering children in the future currently hang in the balance.

Although Uchenna, who hails from the Ejike Ezekie family of Umuariam Obowo LGA of ImoState, has undergone series of major surgeries at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, he requires a total of N4.5 million to undergo two more outstanding surgeries to complete his restoration.

The first surgery is for correction of the continuous dripping of urine, while the second surgery is for elongation of the rudimentary stump. It was gathered that in the attempt to to correct the birth defect, Uchenna suffered further damage in certain veins and arteries around his genital area.

A medical evaluation by an IndianHospital in Abuja sent to Fortis Escorts Hospital, New delhi, India, from the Department of Surgery, Federal Medical Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Umuahia, explained that Uchenna had the first surgery eight days after birth.

In the report, signed by Dr. E.N. Agwu on behalf of Dr. G.U. Ugbam, the Chief Consultatnt Paediatric Surgeon, the procedure, known as posterior iliac osteotomy, was followed by the repair of the exomphalons at two months of age, and followed to months later by repair of epispadias.

At four months of age, Uchenna had a herniotomy and bladder augmentation at six months. All surgeries were carried out at the FMC, Umuahia. Uchenna's father, Celestine, told Good Health Weekly that efforts to seek financial assistance from the ImoState government has
not yielded fruit.

Speaking through the Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Umuariam, Obowo, LGA, Celestine observed that an estimated bill of $12,000 (about N2 million) has been issued by the hospital for the corrective surgery, but observed that an additional N2.5 million was being sought to cover medicals, return tickets, evaluations, tests and post surgeries and rehabilitation.

The Indian hospital is all set to correct this abnormality and restore Uchenna's external genitalia to normal, but the obvious financial constraint is a stumbling block.

Lamenting his son's plight, Celestine appealed for urgent financial assiatance to enable the life-saving surgeries to commence. "We have no kobo or even a fraction of this amount.

Already we have spent all we have on his treatment and the family is broke. I even had to sell off all the cement bocks I moulded to build about four rooms, as well as the old car I was managing to provide for my family. We are now completely dependent on the response of generous Nigerians to out plea. Please help provide Uchenna with a better quality of life and offer us hope in humanity."

If you are touched and wish to assist Uchenna, kindly send your donations to Celestine Ejike Ekezie, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, 3303010231336, or call 08060658913 and 08136506718 for more details.

Thanks and God bless....

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HEALTH NEWS: Ensuring the Next Generation of Africans is HIV-Free

Cecily Wanyaga, an HIV-positive mother and fruit vender from Evurore, Kenya, clearly understood the potential risks of having another child given her compromised health status, but thankfully, she also knew exactly what she could do to prevent the transmission of this deadly virus to her newborn.

The course not only educated Cecily on what she can do to keep herself and
her unborn child healthy, but it also gave her the confidence and knowledge she needed to educate others in her community about the importance of prenatal care, drug adherence, exclusive breastfeeding
and maintaining a healthy lifestyle to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child.

Cecily's son Ian is two years old now. He has gone for three HIV tests--at six weeks, nine months and 19 months--and all of them were negative.

Through the combined efforts of many, and with incredible support from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was recently able to announce that since PEPFAR began 10 years ago, 1 million babies born to HIV-positive mothers are free of the disease. This is a remarkable accomplishment, one that could only have been dreamt of a few short years ago. And it is a direct result of the global community having the tools, knowledge and support to virtually eliminate pediatric
HIV.

We in the global health community know what works--promoting and integrating proven interventions into maternal care and helping HIV-positive women give birth to healthy, HIV-free babies. However, keeping these women engaged in their own health has often been a challenge in meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established to combat HIV/AIDS and create more beginnings like Ian's. Mothers like Cecily are among the best emissaries for promoting these lifesaving interventions.

As a community health worker, Cecily goes from house to house, visiting close to 100 people every month. She provides health education on home-based care for HIV, PMTCT, healthy behaviors as well as referrals to local health facilities. When she has the chance to speak in churches or before youth groups, Cecily shares her own personal experience.

Once Cecily and her husband decided that they wanted to try to have another child, she diligently followed good nutrition, stayed on her medication, attended all of her prenatal appointments, and gave birth at the local hospital with a skilled birth attendant.

"People living with HIV can identify with me--that helps to convince them to return to care and treatment," she said, adding proudly that so far she has convinced three HIV-positive women to get prenatal care and give birth at the hospital instead of at home. All three women delivered HIV-free children.

While we all can agree this news is worth celebrating, there is still much more to be done to reach the MDGs established for HIV/AIDS by 2015. Despite a 24% drop in new pediatric HIV cases, 900 children are still being infected with the virus every day. This is in addition to over 7 million HIV-positive people, including many pregnant women, who still lack access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy (ART).

We must encourage all countries to provide ART and comprehensive, quality maternal care--from the prenatal period through to cessation of breastfeeding-- for women living with HIV, including ART, to ensure they live long, healthy lives so they can raise their HIV-free children. We must marshal community health workers to track and support HIV-positive pregnant women after they give birth to HIV-free babies to ensure they are doing all that they must to keep themselves and their children healthy. The most critical time for these families is after birth and during breastfeeding, when adherence to ART is essential. Robust follow-up will ensure no one is left behind.

By expanding access to voluntary medical male circumcision, increasing HIV testing, counseling and antiretroviral treatment in the regions and for the populations in greatest need, an AIDS-free generation won't just be the hope. It will be the reality.

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ENTERTAINMENT: 21st September has been declared John Mikel Obi's Day....

Finally, Nigeria's John Mikel Obi scored his first ever English Premier League Goal... After several seasons of goal drought... Mikel has made Nigerians and his club (chelsea) proud...



Consequently, the 21st of September has been declared John Mikel Obi's Day...



So go ahead and wish your friends and family... A HAPPY MIKEL OBI's Day....



See you next year!!!! Soooo happy for Him...

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HEALTH NEWS: About 40 Children Die Of Measles Outbreak In Kaduna State...

At least 40 children were killed in a fresh outbreak of measles across the 23 local government areas in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State.



This year alone, the Nigerian state recorded at least 1,000 cases of the disease resulting in the high number of deaths, the local Peoples Daily Newspaper said, citing Sufyan Babale, Executive Secretary of the Kaduna Primary Health Care Agency. "I visited the area personally and saw fresh graves of over 30 children that died in Lere local government area alone," Babale says.



The healthcare official says more cases reported in other local government areas have been put under control by the government.



"There are states that are selected for this year's campaign on implementation of measles (immunization) in the country of which Kaduna State is one of them. So, we are going to do that to educate our people on the disease," he adds. The measles immunization program will run between Oct. 5 and Oct. 9 across the northern state.



Six months ago, federal health authorities in Abuja made moves to combat the contagious viral disease that had infected no fewer than 4000 children in the northern part of Nigeria as of March.

Children between nine months and five years old are particularly susceptible to the disease.



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HEALTH GOSSIP: HOPE finally for HIV patients as UN say AIDS epidemic will end by 2030...

'Nothing is found unless it is a secret. And nothing is hidden unless it is a treasure..' The cure for HIV has long been a 'secret' hoping to be found and a 'treasure' that has been hidden since its discovery. However, Today there is HOPE... Hope changes everything.... Continue reading...

A top UN official said the global Aids epidemic could be over by 2030 because of progress made in treatment and control of the disease.

"I think that 2030 is a viable target to say that we have reached the end of the epidemic," said Luis Loures, a deputy executive director of UNAIDS, the UN agency leading the fight against HIV and Aids. "HIV will continue existing as a case here or there but not at the epidemic level we have today," he told journalists.

Three million new HIV infections are reported each year and the disease, which attacks the immune system, kills 1.7 million people a year.

"We can get to the end of the epidemic because we have treatments and ways to control the infection," said Loures, who is in Panama to discuss Aids strategy with UN agencies in Latin America. "We are making progress, without a doubt."

Two decades ago the average annual cost of treatment per person with HIV was $19 000 (about 304,000naira) while today it is $150 (24,000naira) thanks to generic drugs. Moreover, people with HIV are getting treatment earlier, which retards the disease's development.

According to UNAIDS, the annual incidence of new infections has fallen 20 percent over the past decade, and in 25 countries, including 13 in sub-Saharan Africa, it has fallen by 50 percent. Over the past two years, the number of people who have obtained treatment for HIV has increased by 60 percent.

"The challenge is now for the most vulnerable groups," like homosexual males, sex workers and drug users who do not seek treatment for fear of being stigmatized or criminally prosecuted, Loures said. "If we do not succeed in controlling the epidemic among these groups, Aids will stay with us," he warned.

At the end of 2011, there were 34 million people living with HIV, 69 percent of them in sub-Saharan Africa where one in 20 adults have the disease.

"Today, there are a number of cases where we have evidence of a cure and that gives us great hope," Loures said.

Finally, there is HOPE indeed....

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HEALTH NEWS: Eating Fish and Nuts can help your child's performance at School....

One of the wishes of every parent for their children is that they perform well at School... Well, There is good news... That Wish can now be made a reality... Continue reading...



A study at the Oxford University suggests that kids who have higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids are "significantly" more likely to score better on reading and memory tests. Moreover, the higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids found to be directly related to fewer behavioural problems. In a study of 500 children, scientists took blood samples from the children between the ages of seven and nine. Scientists found that levels of omega-3 fatty acids "significantly predicted" their ability to concentrate and learn. The long-chain form of Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), were associated with better reading and memory and fewer behavioural problems among the children examined.



The study reveals that it may help to add foods like salmon and walnuts to the table that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, essential building blocks for a healthy brain.



Higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to play an important role in the brain's structure and cognitive function, in addition to heart health and the immune system. Dietary sources of omega-3 include fatty fish such as sardines, mackerel, salmon and tuna as well as flaxseed oil and walnuts.





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HEALTH NEWS: LUTH Neurosurgeon wins Intertional award....

According to The Guardian Newspaper, a consultant Neurosurgeon at the Department of Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, Dr. Omotayo Ojo has won the prestigious Young Neurosurgeon award at the just concluded World Federation of Neurosurgeon Societies congress, held at Seoul, South Korea between September 9 to 12, 2013.



MEDICAL EXPERTISE::

General Neurosurgery ( Adult and Paediatric )

Complex Spine Surgery (Degenerative spine, Trauma and Tumours)

Skull Base (Tumour and Cerebrovascular)

Vascular (Aneurysm)



ADDRESS:

Surulere, Lagos

Nigeria



PHONE:

+2348033922181



EDUCATION: Nigeria- University of Lagos

Primary Medical Qualifications: Lagos

Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria number: 33,922



Date of registration: 30-11--1



In addition, The award is in honour of young neurosurgeon worldwide for excellence in the field of neurosurgeon. Ojo won this year's award based on his work in Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) in the treatment of hydrocephalus

in children.



Congrats CHIEF....



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HEALTH GOSSIP: Masturbation now legal...!!!

Certain Acts happen to be a Taboo where I come from, especially when it is done in public... Oh Yes!!! I was reading the Daily News Online, and I was shocked by this story... Read more

A court in SWEDEN has ruled that it is acceptable to masturbate in public as long as it is not directed at anyone.

The ruling came in a judgement following a case brought against a man seen touching himself on a beach.

Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed using the hands, fingers, everyday objects, or dedicated sex toys.

BENEFITS OF MASTURBATION: It is held in many mental health circles that masturbation can relieve depression and lead to a higher sense of self-esteem. Masturbation can also be particularly useful in relationships where one partner wants more sex than the other – in which case masturbation provides a balancing effect and thus a more harmonious relationship.
males masturbating frequently had a lower probability to develop prostate cancer. Men who averaged five or more ejaculations weekly in their 20s had significantly
lower risk.

RISKS OF MASTURBATION: Those who insert objects as aid to masturbation risk
them becoming stuck. Men and women can fall prey to this problem. Also, it can lead to poor satisfaction for the opposite party in a sexual affair, as the party involved may find real sex not interesting. It can lead Marrital problems...

In continuation of the story, the 65-year-old man, who dropped his shorts close to the water at Drevviken beach, Stockholm, and started to masturbate, was initially charged with sexual assault.

But in a surprise ruling, the Södertörn District Court acquitted the man. While the judgement stated it 'may be proven that the man exposed himself and masturbated on this occasion', it subsequently added that no offence had been committed.

The 65-year-old man was initially accused of sexual assault after he pleasured himself on an inland beach at Drevviken, near Stockholm, Sweden.
However, this judgement is surprising given that such an act could be witnessed by children as well as adults.

On the contrary, in UK anyone who masturbates in public or exposes themself in any way faces an indecent exposure charge.

What about Nigeria...? What do you think about Masturbation?

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ENTERTAINMENT: Annie Idibia showers praises on 2face Idibia as he celebrates his birthday today...

The tweets above are from Annie Idibia to 2face Idibia...



The African Music legend, 2face Idibia, who was born on the 18th of september 1975 is 38 today...



His lovely Wife, Annie, took to twitter prophesying for and praising him....



Happy Birthday to 2Baba... Wishing him many more years... God bless thee!!!

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HEALTH NEWS: Police arrest 102 persons for refusing polio vaccines in Niger

About 102 persons have been arrested in Niger for refusing to allow their children receive the polio vaccines, the Director of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Shehu Yabagi, has said.



Yabagi told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Tuesday in Minna that the arrests were made by the police in the last two years.



He said that the police were invited by the agency to effect the arrest as part of measures to enforce the law which prohibited rejection of the vaccine.



Yabagi said some of the suspects had been arraigned in various courts, while '' some have been fined for their action and others served various jai terms to serve as deterrent to others".



He said the agency would continue to work hard to ensure that polio was kicked out of the state through advocacy and enforcement of the various laws enacted by the state government.



Yabagi said the state government had also sent another bill to the State House of Assembly to make it criminal for any preacher to preach against the acceptance of the polio vaccines. The proposed bill, he said, would make provision for fine or jail term on conviction.



He said that traditional rulers and religious leaders had been sufficiently mobilised to ensure the acceptance of the polio vaccines by parents and guardian for their wards.



He stressed that the vaccine would protect the children against the scourge of polio and its attendant negative consequences for the victims and their families.



Yabagi said the agency had embarked on a cross border immunisation to halt further transmission of the disease in the state, adding: ''we have the last reported case of wild polio virus in 2012."



He commended the various stakeholders for their cooperation and assistance to the agency and urged parents to allow their wards to be immunised against the disease. (NAN) Police arrest 102 persons

for refusing polio vaccines.

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HEALTH NEWS: New Yellow Card Officially Comes Into Use says Minister

According to Leadership, Nigeria formally brought into use an updated certificate for yellow fever vaccination (yellow fever) yesterday in Abuja.



Flagging off the official distribution yesterday in Abuja, the minister of health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, cautioned Nigerians to get updated with the new one so that they don't get embarrassed when they travel out of the country.



He said that the security-enhanced yellow fever cards had been in circulation for some time and so the old cards will no longer be valid by October.



The minister said that the new yellow fever card comes with at least seven enhanced security features, including special-security ink and stamp, owing to a row between Nigeria and South Africa last year over the authenticity of yellow cards issued to travellers from Nigeria.



Chukwu said that easy access to the old N500 cards was "part of the confusion" leading to the diplomatic row with South Africa, which deported hundreds of Nigerians at the height of the yellow fever card impasse.



A consultant specialist in charge of port health services, Dr Sani Gwarzo, said, "No two offices have the same code. As soon as we see a yellow card, we see the code, we know from which office it comes from."



The new cards spell the end of decentralised printing and distribution of yellow fever cards by individual state governments and the private sector, which the National Council on Health permitted years ago in efforts to make the cards easily accessible to travellers.



Immunisation for yellow fever can also be accessed at its six international airports, nine seaports, 16 land borders, and new port health services offices opening up in all 36 states.



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Lagos Begins Child Immunization Today

As the Local Immunization Days (LIDs) begins in Lagos State today the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has called on parents, especially mothers and care givers to ensure that their children are immunized.

The commissioner who made the appeal at the weekend said the state wide programme is aimed at immunizing the children against childhood preventable diseases like polio, yellow fever, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatisB, measles and pertusis.

Idris said immunization remains the most cost-effective strategy in disease prevention and health promoting services , appealing to every parent and care giver in the state to take children under the age of one year to the nearest primary health centers and scheduled vaccination posts between Monday 16th and Friday 20th September, 2013 for necessary vaccinations.

"I hereby seize this opportunity to encourage our parents and care givers to ensure that their children and wards are taken to the primary health care clinics to receive all scheduled immunizations before they are one year old. This is with a view to protecting them against the preventable killer diseases," he said.

He affirmed that the population dynamics of Lagos State puts her at the risk of childhood preventable diseases especially the Wild Polio Virus transmission particularly when there is un-immunized children.

Idris added that the growing population of the state creates an additional pool of children that must be immunized, hence the need for routine immunization services.

He explained that Local Immunization Days (LIDs) is a veritable strategy employed by Lagos State to reduce the number of un-immunized children that were missed during previous immunization days exercise.

The commissioner stressed that the state has been very active in implementing the LIDs, noting that it participates in supplemental immunization activities usually declared by the federal Ministry of Health through the National Primary Health Care Agency.

He noted that strategies put in place by state government to strengthen immunization services include getting immunization outreach sessions to get to underserved and hard-to-reach communities; increasing the number of immunization posts and the number of immunization sessions in the health facilities.


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HEALTH GOSSIP: Kidnapped Anglican Bishop Realeased and is Healthy!!!

Police say Archbishop Ignatius Kattey was released on Saturday evening and is in a stable condition.



He was seized on 6 September, along with his wife Beatrice, in the southern city of Port Harcourt. His wife was released unharmed a few hours later.



Kidnapping for ransom has become common in the oil-rich Niger Delta region around Port Harcourt in recent years.



Archbishop Kattey is the head of the Anglican Church in the predominantly Christian Niger Delta.



"The archbishop was released behind a filling station at Eleme in Rivers state," police spokeswoman Angela Agabe said in a statement.



"His captors dropped him when the police were about to close in on them. No ransom was paid."



No further details have been released about the people who had kidnapped the cleric and his wife late at night near their residence nearly ten days ago...



Thank God!!!

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HEALTH GOSSIP: The World's Oldest Man Dies at 112, but leaves behind the secret of His Longevity!!!!

Many people wish and pray that they get to see their grand children. But here is the story of a person who has seen his GREAT-GREAT grand children(awesome)... Keep reading......

In a report by Daily Mail, Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world's oldest man has died.

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez was 112.
Guinness consultant Robert Young says Sanchez-Blazquez died Friday at a nursing home in Grand Island, N.Y. Nicknamed "Shorty," Sanchez-Blazquez became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died in June at age 116.

Sanchez-Blazquez was born June 8, 1901, in the village of El Tejado de Bejar, Spain. He moved to Cuba at 17, then to the United States in 1920 where he worked the coal mines of Lynch, Ky. He eventually moved to the Niagara Falls area.

He died this week in New York state
He had two children, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

NOTE THIS: Sanchez-Blazquez, nicknamed 'Shorty', said a daily intake of BANANAs and six Anacin tablets( the trade name for a group of drugs used to treat headache, muscle aches, arthritis, backache, toothaches, colds, and fevers) contributed to his longevity.

Sanchez-Blazquez, a great-great-grandfather, said he was humbled by the attention, but he didn't feel he accomplished anything special just because he has lived longer than most.

FOR LADIES: A senior gerontology consultant with Guinness World Records, said 90 percent of all supercentenarians are female and Salustiano was the only male born in 1901 with proof of birth.

Guinness World Records used census reports, immigration papers, marriage records and news reports to confirm the record.

INFO: The oldest authenticated person was Jeanne Louise Calment of France, who died at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

He married his wife, Pearl, in 1934.
When she died in 1988, he lived with his daughter Irene Johnson, 69, before moving into a nursing home in 2007.

Grand Island's Johnson offered her own theory for her dad's staying power: 'I think it's just because he's an independent, stubborn man.'(Lol)

Sanchez-Blazquez has a daughter, a 76-year-old son, John, seven grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

In June 2012, the Life expectancy in Nigeria came down to 47 years, making it the lowest among west African countries, as against some western Countries like Japan(with 83 years) and USA(79 years)...

Do you think some Nigerians get to live that long? Also if you need more info on Anacin...... Just ask!!!

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HEALTH ARTICLE: Stigmatization of HIV positive individuals still a challenge..!!

Have you ever asked yourself these questions.... How would you react if someone told you they were HIV positive? Would you treat them the same as any other person? Would you still hug them without thinking twice? Would you still share the same bed with them, Or would you suddenly feel as though you needed to keep your distance from said person, in case you caught their 'impurity'?

Stigmatization still remains a huge challenge in the fight against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. PLWHA(people living with HIV/AIDS) are stigmatized a lot and this has encouraged AIDS to remain a SILENT KILLER because people are scared to even talk about it or take easily available precautions to prevent being infected.

It sounds harsh, but unfortunately a negative stigma has developed around HIV that causes many people to react with fear towards anyone who tests positive. Consequently many HIV postive people prefare to remain quiet about their status.

You won't believe that some countries(about 42 of them) have placed rules that isolate people living with HIV/AIDS. Some countries even prevent PLWHA to visit, live or work there. It is that bad!!!

'Stigma remains the single most important barrier to public action. It helps make AIDS the silent killer, because people fear the social disgrace of speaking about it, or taking easily available precautions. Stigma is a chief reason why the AIDS epidemic continues to devastate societies around the world' says Ban Kimoon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Many campaigns aim to put an end to these sentiments of unnecessary negativity and create a society in which those affected by HIV can live without being judged and ridiculed, but rather given the support they need. However, it still remains an individual decision... CAN YOU STOP STIGMATIZING THAT HIV infected person?

The truth still remains that if people realised that it is something anyone
could get and understood more about the reality of it, some of the negative stigma might begin to fade.

You can help stop the stigmatization.... Yes.... We can!!!!

Show love to PLWHA.... Thanks

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