Category Archives : HEALTH

Studies have shown that about 70% of all cancers have association with environmental factors. These environmental factors could be physical (air, soil, water), biological (virus, bacteria, fungi, plants, animals) and/or social (lifestyle). Of all these environmental factors, lifestyle is the most important. Exercise smoking and excessive alcohol intake are well known associates of lung and lives cancer respectively. The relationship between diet and some cancers is well known. …

Cancer is now the greatest killer globally; several prominent Nigerians have of recent lost their lives through cancer of the cervix, breast cancer, ovarian cancer ,prostate cancer , lung cancer, cancer of the oesophagus and liver cancer. Awareness of the disease is key. …

Cancer is now the world’s biggest killer; fourteen (14) million new cases were reported globally in 2012.
In the same year, 8.2 million persons died globally of cancer. Of these deaths, it is said that 3.7million could have been prevented. Additional causes of cancer are discussed below:- …

On Tuesday, the 4th of February 2014, a day observed globally as World Cancer Day, the World Health Organisation declared cancer the World’s biggest killer.

Fourteen(14) Million cancer cases were reported globally in 2012, while 8.2 million people died of cancer globally in the same year. The yearly figure of new cases is expected to increase to about 22 million in the next twenty (20) years. …

Preamble
THE human body is more complex and more valuable than an automobile. Regrettably, those fortunate enough to own a car pay more attention to it than they do their body. When one stops to think about the superb living machine that we have in our body, one wonders why so. …

Bowel cancer is a form of cancer that affects the large intestines; it can be called colon cancer or colorectal cancer.
The large intestine that houses our waste before it is passed out. It has three or four parts, the ascending, the transverse and the descending. The terminal part of the descending intestine is called the rectum. The food we eat first goes into the small intestine from the stomach where its digestion is completed and absorption takes place. What is not absorbed then passes into the large intestine (bowel) as waste to be passed out.     …

1.Bird Flu infection is preventable
Poultry farm workers and responders to bird flu outbreaks are advised to do the following:
    1.Practice hand hygiene.
    2.Use appropriate personal protective equipment. 
    3.Self monitoring for 7 (seven) days after exposure to infected poultry or objects contaminated by avian influenza A virus-excretions/secretions. …

In general, infertility is defined as not being able to get pregnant (conceive) after one year of unprotected sex. Women who do not have regular menstrual cycles, or are older than 35 years and have not conceived during a 6-month period of trying, should consider making an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist—an infertility specialist. These doctors may also be able to help women with recurrent pregnancy loss—2 or more spontaneous miscarriages.

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