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Since our Health is our Wealth, Let's focus our attention to a disease that has been battling 1 out of 8 young and old people who hardly find a cure on it - Diabetes Mellitus! What is the World Health Organization saying about this diseases? Let's check * About one third of all people with diabetes do not know they have the disease. * There is an emerging global epidemic of diabetes that can be traced back to rapid increases in overweight, obesity and physical inactivity. * Only about five percent of all people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes. * A meal plan for a person with diabetes isn’t very different than that which is recommended for people without diabetes. * Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults. * People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop heart disease than someone without diabetes. * Total deaths from diabetes are projected to rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years. Most notably, they are projected to increase ...

One must have heard of people who slumped, then confirmed dead when rushed to hospital. Most of this death were caused by inherent heart diseases known or unknown to the sufferer. Stroke also has become one of the major 'demons' that deface our elderly ones as a result of brain defect. Below are tips recommended by experts in medical field on preventing diseases from the heart and brain as extracted from The Punch. Don’t smoke: One of the best ways to protect yourself against a stroke or heart attack is  to avoid smoking. The benefits of quitting show up after only a few months. Maintain a healthy weight: Being overweight increases your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease and diabetes – risk factors for a stroke and heart attack. Do some exercise to keep yourself fit and weightless. Limit fats and cholesterol: Choose fat-free or low-fat dairy products. Limit saturated fats and avoid trans fats. Instead of butter, margari...

Do you know it is possible to make a demand for improved access to quality Maternal Health care by assessing the National Health Act? Well, this is a reality that has just been made known by Development Communications while emphasizing the need for civil society groups, the media and other major stakeholders to do so collectively. According to its Programme Manager - Ayodele Adesanmi, Nigeria records five hundred and seventy-six maternal mortality ratio in one hundred thousand live births; being second to India. Some challenges that result to this high ratio, as explained by Adesanmi, includes overuse of staff, long awaiting time in the clinics, attitude of workers to work, unavailability of drugs, unstable power supply among others. Reeling out the figure, he attributed the development to government's lack of accountability and commitment, due to failure to implement African Union's suggested fifteen percent budgetary allocation to health.  The programme manager said N...