Health

One of the most important part of our body is the teeth. Teeth perform different functions including chewing, phonetics (talking), aesthetics (keeping the facial alignment or beauty in place) and to some extent, self-defense (biting an enemy). When these functions cannot be performed effectively because of one or several factors, some people may opt to use artificial … [Read more...] about Read this before you opt for artificial teeth

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMH), on Monday, started training volunteers to be sent to help contain the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Permanent Secretary of FMH, Mr Linus Awute, made the disclosure at the opening of The Ebola Containment Training in Lagos. Awute, represented by Prof. Abdulsalami Nasidi, Director, Nigeria Centre for … [Read more...] about FG Begins Training Of 250 Volunteers To Contain Ebola In Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone

You're sitting on a train that’s slightly warm, packed with passengers, and suddenly you get a whiff of "rotten egg" stench. Stop after stop, the crowd thins out, but that onerous odor remains. You search for the offender as subtly as you can, so you can find a seat in the opposite direction. As your head swivels, you’re hit with that stench again, so strong you could swear it … [Read more...] about Foods that make you smell

Hear what this seasoned, trained hospital worker has to say about the dreaded Ebola disease that had claimed many lives since the recent outbreak.-Abby Norman. Ebola is brilliant. It is a superior virus that has evolved and fine-tuned its mechanism of transmission to be near-perfect. That's why we're all so terrified. We know we can't destroy it. All we can do is try to … [Read more...] about Ebola virus- what you need to know

New research released some few hours ago suggests that obesity costs United Kingdom £47bn a year  posing the greater burden on the UK's economy than armed violence, war and terrorism. The study carried out by McKinsey, a consultancy firm found that obesity costs the UK almost £47bn pounds a year, more than the amount spent in fighting terrorism in the United kingdom. It … [Read more...] about Obesity costs United Kingdom £47bn a year

CAIRO — An Egyptian woman died on Tuesday of H5N1 bird flu after coming into contact with infected birds, the second death from the disease in two days and the third in the country this year, a health ministry statement said. The 30-year-old woman was from the province of Minya, south of Cairo. She died in a hospital in the southern city of Assiut, the statement on the … [Read more...] about 2 Die as Bird Flu hits Egypt

Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee (LSBTC) has urged all stakeholders in the health sector to work hard to achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) goal that by year 2020, 100 per cent blood for transfusion should be sourced from voluntary blood donors. The Chairman of LSBTC, Dr. Adetoun Agbe-Davies, gave the task at the year 2014 annual free public health screening … [Read more...] about Lagos state government encourage more voluntary blood donations

FIFA has launched a campaign of prevention and hygiene to fight Ebola, along with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and health experts. Under the slogan 'Together we can beat Ebola', several world-class players form 11 broadcast messages to fight this disease. Barca have Neymar Jr, Gerard Pique and Xavi Hernandez participating. Also Didier Drogba, Boateng, George … [Read more...] about Bale, CR7, Neymar, Pique and Xavi unite against Ebola

Dr Martin Salia, a Sierra Leone surgeon, who contracted Ebola helping others has died of the disease. Dr Salia was in critical condition when he arrived at the Nebraska medical center and sadly he did not make it. The hospital spokesman Taylor Wilson said Salia died in the early morning hours on Monday. Salia was taken to Omaha because some Ebola patients had been successfully … [Read more...] about Sadly, Dr Martin Salia died of Ebola

DAKAR (AP)  – Thousands of people in Sierra Leone are being forced to violate Ebola quarantines to find food because deliveries are not reaching them, aid agencies said. Large swaths of the West African country have been sealed off to prevent the spread of Ebola, and within those areas many people have been ordered to stay in their homes. The government, with help from the … [Read more...] about Thousands escape from Ebola quarantine in Sierra Leone to find food

A backpacker found a 3in (7.5cm) leech that had been living up her nose for a month after a trip to South East Asia. Daniela Liverani, 24, from Edinburgh, had been having nosebleeds for weeks but put them down to a burst blood vessel from a motorbike crash. Ms Liverani was having a shower last Thursday when she was realised the dark shape wriggling in her nose was actually an … [Read more...] about A woman found 3 inches leech in her nose