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10 million Nigerians to be screened for hypertension, diabetes

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 2 November 2024 0

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

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Kidney failure: Age, diabetes among common leading causes – Nephrologist

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2021 0

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 […]

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Limited intake of high Trans-fat food, key in preventing hypertension – Experts

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2021 0

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 […]

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Hypertension highest silent, dangerous killer of pregnant women

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2020 0

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

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Quail meat, a remedy to high blood pressure, expert says

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2020 0

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 […]

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Masturbation can aggravate high blood pressure, health experts warns

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2020 0

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 […]

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Why you should be fully aware of hypertension

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

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 […]

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Physician urges reduction in salt, alcohol intake to prevent hypertension

Ihesiulo Grace 28 June 2018 0

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 […]

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Hypertension Society conducts free blood pressure check

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2018 0

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 […]

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How healthy lifestyle prevents diseases, reduces cost of healthcare

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

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 […]

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Diabetes, hypertension: 20,000 screened in Kogi

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2017 0

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, […]