Monday, January 28, 2013

Fantastic! PHOTOS: The Invention Of An Anti-Molestation Female Condom

3:01 AM samizares
An anti-r*pe female condom using a different design was invented by Sonnet Ehlers, a South African woman. Ehlers was motivated to create it while working as a blood technician with the South African Blood Transfusion Service, during which time she met many r*pe victims. Ehler mentioned that she was inspired to create RAPEX (later renamed to r*pe-aXe) when a patient who had been defiled stated, “If only I had teeth down there,” suggesting the myth of the v**ina dentata. Initially called RapeX, the name was changed in 2006 upon discovering...
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Cough Syrup With Codeine Will Soon Be Restricted To Hospitals Only – Minister

1:56 AM samizares
It is not uncommon this days to see empty bottles of cough syrup with Codeine and Benylin lying carelessly around our environments because such syrups, which are often obtainable over the counter and are meant for the treatment of cough, has been abused. Young persons especially those who don’t want alcohol to be perceived in their breathe, find this syrup a veritable alternative – it can’t be perceived in its user’s breathe but supposedly gives the ‘highness’ associated with alcohol consumption. This much was attested to by Prof. Onyebuchi...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Reps To Ban Sale Of Energy Drinks!

9:05 AM Anonymous
Energy drinks have often been described as drinks that have potentially dangerous health consequences, the dangers lying in the high levels of caffeine contained in them. For this and other reasons, the House of Representatives on Tuesday moved to ban the importation and sale of caffeinated drinks, popularly known as ‘energy drinks’, in the country.  Following a motion sponsored by a member, Yacoob Bush-Alebiosu, the house directed its Joint Committee on Health/Commerce to investigate the importation and distribution of the drinks....
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Man - "I am AC while my wife 'to be' is AS, what should I do"

7:46 AM Anonymous
PLEASE HELP HIM OUT - I am a guy in my mid 20s and met this lady over a year ago,she is the perfect of nature I am very convince that she is the one meant for me,bt there is this but in it...we share almost identical genotype ,I am AC and she is AS...I love her and she does same..she want us to continue that God exist but am afraid of the risk I don't want to loose her and I know if the worst happen its gonna be an emotional breakdown for the two of us.....need ur advice. todatsgist: AC + AS will give you the probability of giving birth...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Video: How to be healthy on a Nigerian diet (Must watch)

3:59 AM Anonymous
How to be healthy on a Nigerian diet (Must watc...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Lassa fever breaks out in Benue, kills medical doctor, two others

2:09 PM Anonymous
Three persons including a medical doctor were, on Wednesday confirmed dead after suffering Lassa Fever in Makurdi, Benue State. North  Central Nigeria. This was confirmed by the Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Orduen Abunku, who also disclosed that one person with symptoms suspected to be those of Lassa Fever and several others have been quarantined at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi. Speaking in Makurdi, the commissioner said, “Two patients were brought into BSUTH from a private hospital...
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16 Signs A Person Might Have HIV

12:07 AM Anonymous
1)Fever One of the first signs of ARS can be a mild fever, up to about 102 degrees F. The fever, if it occurs at all, is often accompanied by other usually mild symptoms, such as fatigue, swollen lymph glands, and a sore throat. “At this point the virus is moving into the blood stream and starting to replicate in large 2)Fatigue The inflammatory response generated by your besieged immune system also can cause you to feel tired and lethargic. Fatigue can be both an early and later sign of HIV. 3)Achy muscles, joint pain,...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

How Meat Consumption Shortens Life

11:14 PM samizares
The Medical Director, Medical Art Centre, Lagos, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, has warned that excess consumption of meat could reduce life expectancy Ashiru, who spoke at the Vanguard Allure Wellness Seminar in Lagos on Friday, said though meat is a rich source of protein, too much of it in a diet pose long term cardiovascular risks. He noted that excess consumption of meat was associated with declining kidney function and gout as well as increased risks of heart disease and cancer. According to him, patients treating the aforementioned diseases...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Photo Of A 11-Year-Old Boy With A Rare Swollen Hand Disease

6:32 AM Anonymous
This is Vhuhwavho Ravhuhali who unfortunatelynever lived a normal life,with his right handgetting swollen by the day and always in pain For 10 years poor Vhu, aged 13, has watched his arm become more and more swollenand elongated until today it hangs painfully by his side. He dreams of becoming a doct...
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Ladies, There Is No Alternative To Br***st Feeding

3:16 AM Anonymous
Working mothers face the challenge of br***st- feeding their children up to the required six months and many factors contribute to this. Blessing Ukemena finds out from doctors why this breast milk is so important even as mothers lament what they pass through. Only about 13 per cent of Nigerian children are exclusively breastfed for up to six months. This is according to a UNICEF research conducted in Nigeria in August 2012. A development which points to the fact that most Nigerian children are deprived of this essential form of nutrition. Speaking...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

HIV/AIDS Cure Claims by UNIBEN Prof Dismissed

11:49 PM Anonymous
As would be expected, many who were not carried along in the research to the alleged discovery of a 'cure' for the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus have started attacking the message and the messenger. Controversy continues to trail the discovery of a drug for the cure of HIV/AIDS by the Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of Benin, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh as the authorities of the institution, on Wednesday, faulted the dean’s claims in Benin. Prof. Ibeh had, in a recent interview, hinted of the discovery of an oral drug made...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

University Of Benin Unveils ‘Cure’ For HIV/AIDS

9:48 AM samizares
A cure for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS, has been discovered, a Professor at the University of Benin said on Tuesday.  Isaiah Ibeh, the Dean of the School of Basic Medical Science of the University, said in Benin that the herbal drug has undergone “series of successful tests”. “We are at the threshold of making history, in the sense that we seem to have with us something that will permanently take care of what over time seems to have defied all solutions. “We are talking about the...
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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Don't get up if your baby cries at night

12:55 AM Anonymous
Parents should resist the urge to rush to the cotside when their baby cries at night, say experts. Instead, they say children should be left to soothe themselves back to sleep. Researchers asked more than 1,200 parents about their children’s sleeping habits and found that by the age of six months there were two distinct groups. While two-thirds slept through the night, a third woke up at least once a night.  The majority who failed to sleep through were boys, more likely to be breastfed and had mothers who were more likely to be depressed...
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Scientists discover why some women suffer repeated miscarriages

12:48 AM Anonymous
A potential cause of miscarriages has been identified by scientists - a breakthrough that could lead to the development of new drugs that prevent them. Laboratory tests showed women who had lost three or more babies had high levels of a molecule known as IL-33 in their womb cells. In the future. medicine to target the protein could be given to pregnant women who are particularly vulnerable. The researchers said the molecule controls whether embryos are accepted by the womb.  But women who had suffered multiple miscarriages continued...
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Why women pile on the pounds as they age - and it may not be their fault

12:43 AM Anonymous
It's one of the most frustrating things about getting older - piling on the pounds, no matter how hard you try to keep them off. Now scientists have discovered one reason - for women, at least.   After the menopause, the activity of a particular enzyme involved in fat production increases. Known as Aldh1a1, it causes us to store a dangerous type of fat around the internal organs, known as visceral fat.  This is strongly linked with type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer and is produced by an enzyme triggered more in...
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World's former fattest man loses an incredible 45 stone - but now needs an operation to shed eight stone of excess SKIN

12:31 AM Anonymous
The former fattest man in the world has lost almost two thirds of his weight - but now wants an operation to remove his excess skin.  Paul Mason, 51, once weighed an incredible 70 stone - almost half a ton - and firefighters had to demolish the front of his house so he could be removed using a fork lift truck and taken to hospital.  But after NHS surgery two years ago, the former postman from Ipswich, Suffolk, has slimmed to only 25 stone. ...
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