2016 WORLD MALARIA DAY World Malaria Day, falling on 25 April each year, is designed to highlight the gravity of the malaria situation. The theme for this year is, “End Malaria for Good”. Malaria has plagued humankind since ancient times and is still a significant threat to half of the world’s population – recent […]
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The theme for World Health Day 2016 is “Beat Diabetes” – this is a worthy goal given that Diabetes is estimated to affect over 400 million people worldwide (approximately 9% of the world’s population). The prevalence of Diabetes has been rising more rapidly in low and middle-income countries such as Nigeria, and if this trend
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THE EFFECT OF BIOMEDICAL INTERVENTION…… …… replacing the ‘harm-ies’ in your child’s diet with healing foods. Children with additional needs often experience difficulties in certain areas of development including language, mobility, learning, self-help, independent living etc. Some common examples are children with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorders and intellectual Disability. Particularly with
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After successfully hosting Nigeria to the largest pregnancy and parenting exhibition, The Mother and Child Expo is presently on a countdown to the third edition. In partnership with “Mums World Africa”, the highly anticipated Mother and Child Expo is here. After successfully hosting Nigeria to the largest pregnancy and parenting exhibition, The Mother and
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More than 1,000 women are suing the company for covering up a cancer risk. Story culled from Bloomberg, By Susan Berfield, Jef Feeley, and Margaret Cronin Fisk | March 31, 2016 Jacqueline Fox worked in restaurant kitchens and school cafeterias, cleaned people’s houses, watched their kids, raised a son, and took in two foster children.
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What are Autism Spectrum Disorders? The term “Autism” has been expanded into “Autism Spectrum Disorders” (ASD), which is a group of brain developmental disorders characterised by challenges in communication and social interaction along with persistent repetitive behaviours. There is a wide variety of symptoms and severity across the spectrum, ranging from mild challenges to interference
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What is the Zika virus and what should you be aware of? The Zika Virus is transmitted through a bite from the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same type that generates Dengue and Yellow fever. Its symptoms include a mild fever, skin rash and conjunctivitis which lasts for about 2-7 days. The Virus originated from Uganda
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There is no need to panic over Lassa fever. While it has similarities to ebola but it is not ebola. Lassa Fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. Symptoms begin one to three weeks after the person becomes infected and may include fever, sore throat, vomiting, facial swelling, mucosal bleeding, and possible
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report which placed processed meats, including bacon and sausages, in the same category as smoking and asbestos as cancer causing. The WHO’s cancer research unit now classifies processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans” based on evidence from hundreds of studies, and linked it specifically to colon, or colorectal, cancer.
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As we are in the “ember” months, with it comes bouts of colds and the flu. You might like to know that you can keep your family cold and flu free as much as possible. The key to preventing colds and flu is to live a healthy lifestyle. Here are some tips on how: 1. Eat for Health Eat plenty
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