BY ADA DIKE The implementation of “Project 10 Million” which kicked off October 28 will end on November 3, 2024. Sponsored by the Nigeria’s Health Commissioner’s Forum and supported by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the initiative is scheduled to screen 10 million Nigerians for hypertension and diabetes. The organizers said the activities will encompass blood […]
Dr Adebowale Adewunmi, a Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Monday said that ageing and diabetes are common causes of kidney failure. Adewunmi made this known during a webinar tagged: “My Kidney, My Health”, organised by SUNU Health, a Health Maintenance Organisation. He said that other causes of kidney […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja As the world marks World Hypertension Day (WHD), experts in the nations health sector have stressed the need to enforce mandatory limits in consumption of foods high in trans fat saying , it is key in reducing rising cases of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. Speaking during an exclusive interview with the Daily […]
Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr Ayodele Ademola, has described elevated BP/hypertension as the highest silent and dangerous killer of pregnant women in Africa. Ademola, also the Medical Director, StrongTower Hospital and Advanced Fertility Centre, a Lagos-based private medical facility, spoke on Thursday in Lagos. He stressed the need for early antenatal and prenatal care registration among pregnant […]
Dr Yemi Popoola, Animal Scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, says Quail meat contains low fat and low cholesterol, hence a good antidote for a fat-related disease such as hypertension. READ ALSO: Why you should be fully aware of hypertension Popoola disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency […]
Some experts in the nation’s health sector have warned that masturbating can cause health condition for those who already have hypertension issues. Speaking during an exclusive interview with the “Health Times’’ the experts warned that if one blood pressure is not controlled in the cause of masturbation, it might spike during ejaculation that may lead […]
A Lagos-based Physician, Dr Chinedu Anyanwu says there is need to increase awareness on hypertension or High Blood Pressure (High BP) as a silent killer disease. The World Health Organisation, (WHO) says blood pressure is the force exerted by circulating blood against the walls of the body’s arteries, the major blood vessels in the body […]
A medical doctor, Dr Abdul-Afeez Adeniji, has advised Nigerians to reduce salt and alcohol intake, and avoid smoking to reduce the risk of hypertension. Adeniji, who works with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, gave the advice in Lagos recently. He spoke during a hypertension screening organised by the Sabitu Adeniji Foundation. The screening, which […]
Nigerian Hypertension Society (NHS) has declared a Free Blood Pressure Checks (FBPC) for all Nigerian citizens throughout the month of May 2018 in commemoration of this year’s celebrations of World Hypertension Day (WHD). While, all governmental owned hospitals may have been mobilised just as volunteers would be going round the states of the federation to […]
Worried about the rising cases of non communicable diseases in the country, such as heart failure,cancer,diabetes, stroke, obesity and hypertention and the high cost of managing them, health experts have urged Nigerians to embrace a healthy lifestyle. The experts who made the recommendation at a public lecture in Lagos, noted that cessasion of smoking, exercising […]
Over 20,000 people with cases of hypertension, diabetes and other ailments who have been screened have also been receiving treatment in the last eight months under the Kogi state free health initiative of Grassroots Connect Screening for Life or ‘GYB.’ Chief Executive Officer GYB (Governor Yahaya Bello) Grassroots Connect health outreach, Pharm. Onoja Alexander David, […]