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The  World Health Organisation (WHO)  has called for a reduction in the rate of medically unnecessary C-sections, and instead approach them on a case-by-case basis.   According to WHO, there’s a threshold for when the procedure might cause more harm than good and recent studies have put that threshold at about 10%, and according to  MSN , as rates rise in that direction, the number of maternal and newborn deaths in the population decreases. While acknowledging the advantages of C-sections, they are nonetheless still a surgery open to possible complications, leading the body's urge for the surgery to be done only when necessary. According to WHO, by putting only those who need them under the knife for C-sections, the money and resources needed to treat complications can be used for others' health care needs. Dr. Marleen Temmerman , director of WHO’s Department of Reproductive Health and Research commenting on this said, “These conclusions highlight...

A study has shown that replacing even one serving of a sugary drink a day with water or unsweetened tea or coffee can reduce our risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 14 to 25%. According to data from the  EPIC-Norfolk  study, following a population-level analysis that first began in 1993, the dietary habits of over 25,000 people living in  Norfolk, England  were studied across a 11-year long span. They were periodically checked on and their diets were reevaluated via 7-day food diaries. By the end, 847 people came down with type 2 diabetes. It was discovered that the more of a total day’s worth of calories was taken from sugary drinks (including soft drinks and fruit juices), the greater the risk of diabetes. According to the research authors,   “each 5 percent higher intake was associated with an 18 percent higher incidence of type 2 diabetes,” As reported by  MSN , the detailed cataloging of the participants’ diets allowed the authors...

In recent times, medical experts have alluded to the medical advantages of marijuana. But it appears this can only be after a certain age as a study has shown that use of marijuana with teen boys can lead to stunted growth. According to the study presented at the  European Congress of Endocrinology  in  Dublin, Ireland , researchers at  Pir Mehr Ali Shah Agriculture University Rawalpindi  in  Pakistan  found boys who smoke marijuana through puberty will stunt their growth due to a decrease in growth hormone levels. Speaking on the finding,  Dr. Syed Shakeel Raza Rizvi , lead author of the study said: "Early puberty is associated with younger age of onset of drinking and smoking, and early matures have higher levels of substance abuse because they enter the risk period at an early level of emotional maturity,” He further said that   "marijuana use may provoke a stress response that stimulates onset of puberty but suppresses g...

It is true that Indonesia which is the latest moslem community in the world conducts a virginity test for female folks wishing to join its Army. They must have believed that virgins are more agile and more dedicated to the military work, but human right groups are calling for the abolishment of such act saying that the test has no scientific validity. "The Indonesian armed forces should recognize that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits do nothing to strengthen national security," said Nisha Varia, HRW's women's rights advocacy director. A human rights group urged Indonesia to abolish invasive "virginity tests" for female recruits and the fiancees of military officers in its armed forces, saying international treaties had described the practice as degrading and cruel. President Joko Widodo should ask military hospitals immediately to stop administering the tests, which violate international human rights treaties that Indon...

A Jordanian woman claims a doctor left his mobile phone in her abdomen after delivering her baby by Caesarean section. Hanan Mahmoud Abdul Karim, 36, was admitted to a private hospital in Amman, Jordan, for the operation on April 24th this year. She claims that during the procedure, the doctor left his mobile phone in her abdomen,Gulf News reports. Her mother, Majeda Abdul Hamid, told local media that her daughter gave birth to a 4.8kg boy (10.5 lbs) and as all appeared to be well, she was sent home from hospital. But later, she claims her family noticed her stomach vibrating and she began suffering terrible pain. "My daughter suffered serious pains and could not move,'the mother is quoted as saying. "I brought her back to the hospital where she was treated but nothing was done for her." Hanan was then allegedly rushed to the casualty department of Al Bashir public hospital, where X-rays revealed there was a foreign object in he...

It is very important that you should not neglect your body, the way it function and what you need to do in order to keep your body free from toxins. The human body can be compared to the day to day maintenance of our cars, homes, cloths etc. We do our best to keep our vehicle in order, service it regularly to avoid break down. But how ironical it is that most times we seem to forget the main engine how which is our body. Her are few food materials that we need in order to service our bodies too so we can be free from toxins. 1. Garlic Help Detoxifies The Body Very few people know the importance of including Garlic in their meals. It contains numerous sulfur-containing compounds that activate the liver enzymes responsible for flushing out toxins from the body. This bulbous food condiment also contains allicin and selenium which are two powerful nutrients proven to help protect the liver from toxic damage, and aid it in the detoxification. 2. How Green Tea Helps To Detoxify The Bod...

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Coffee Consumption and Diabetes Risk In a study published in the journal  Diabetologia , increased consumption of coffee showed a reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The risk reduction was rather significant.  Participants who increased their coffee consumption on average by one and a half cups per day showed an 11% reduction in risk. Participants who decreased their consumption of coffee by one cup or more showed a 17% higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. It's important to note this study evaluated thousands of people and followed them for four years.(1) Individuals that had the highest rates of consumption (3 or more cups of coffee per day) had a 37% lower risk than the individuals that consumed the lowest amounts of coffee (less than one cup per day). (1) The study did mention that individuals with more complications such as cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or cancer may be those that also consume lower amounts of coffee. ...

The World Health Organisation has issued an interim advice on the possibility of Ebola Virus of being sexually transmitted. The WHO had directed all Ebola survivors and their sexual partners to receive counselling to guard against possible transmission of the disease. This is contained in a statement made available by WHO to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. It indicated that the sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus had yet to be established. WHO said, “The sexual transmission of the Ebola Virus from males to females is a strong possibility, but has not yet been proven; less probable, but theoretically possible. “Studies have shown that Ebola virus can be isolated from semen up to 82 days after symptom onset. “A recent case investigation identified genetic material (RNA) from the virus by nucleic acid amplification tests (such as RT-PCR) 199 days after symptom onset. “This is well beyond the period of virus detecting ability in the blood of survivors and long after recovery from illnes...

This man must be hurt deeply that made him tweet this about General Hospital Gbagada. Thats what every sector is turning into in this country...May God help us all.

This is a very confusing situation that left Dr. Ian Crozier's medical team amazed, he had two blue eyes before he got Ebola, after treatment and declared free, his sight started fading, left eye colour changed with intense pain only for Doctors to find out that Ebola survived in his eyes. When Dr. Ian Crozier was released from Emory University Hospital in October after a long, brutal fight with Ebola that nearly ended his life, his medical team thought he was cured. But less than two months later, he was back at the hospital with fading sight, intense pain and soaring pressure in his left eye. Test results were chilling: The inside of Dr. Crozier’s eye was teeming with Ebola. His doctors were amazed. They had considered the possibility that the virus had invaded his eye, but they had not really expected to find it. Months had passed since Dr. Crozier became ill while working in an Ebola treatment ward in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the World Health Organization. ...

This sounds like the best news so far, Liberia has finally been declared free of Ebola by WHO. “The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over,” the W.H.O. said in a statement. The president of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, planned to attend ceremonies later in the morning to commemorate the dead and celebrate survivors. As of Saturday, two maximum incubation periods of the virus, a total of 42 days, had passed since the burial of the last person confirmed to have had Ebola in Liberia, fulfilling the official criteria for concluding that human-to-human transmission of the virus has ended. According to the W.H.O., there were more than 3,000 confirmed Ebola cases in Liberia, and a further 7,400 suspected or probable cases, with more than 4,700 deaths estimated to have occurred since the outbreak was declared there in March of 2014. Among the dead were 189 health care workers. “I’m particularly struck by the significant progress we have made as a country and as a peop...