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Top 10 health factors you need to consider as a pregnant woman

Preganancy bid important role in reproduction, however, many health factors hinders women from experiencing a safe quest to delivery during pregnancy. Contrary to a normal approach to life, pregnant women are strictly advised to take incredible caution to their daily life activities, featuring all aspects and barriers to life. There are essential precautions every pregnant …

Scientists discover why waistlines expand in middle age

Scientists discover why waistlines expand in middle age

It’s no secret that waistlines often expand in middle-age, but the problem isn’t strictly cosmetic. Belly fat accelerates aging and slows down metabolism, increasing risk for developing diabetes, heart problems and other chronic diseases. Now preclinical research by City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the …

PROF délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́ @ 80: We should be concerned with quality of life, not age – délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́

PROF délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́ @ 80: We should be concerned with quality of life, not age – délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́

Prof. Dele Jegede is a Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher. He was born 1945 in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Jegede earned his first degree in Fine Arts (with First Class Hons, majoring in Painting) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, in 1973. From 1979 to 1983, he …

AC Milan defender Kyle Walker is set for a spell on the sidelines following surgery on a fractured elbow. The 34-year-old England international sustained the injury during training and has subsequently had an operation. "To ensure better healing and optimise recovery time, the player underwent surgery in Milan," the Serie A club said in a statement, external on their website. "The operation went perfectly to plan. Kyle will begin rehabilitation immediately." Walker moved to Milan in January on loan until the end of the season after falling out of favour under Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. He has made 12 appearances in all competitions for the Rossoneri, who are currently ninth in Serie A but in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. Milan's deal for Walker includes an option to buy the right-back when his loan deal comes to an end.

Walker faces spell out after elbow surgery

AC Milan defender Kyle Walker is set for a spell on the sidelines following surgery on a fractured elbow. The 34-year-old England international sustained the injury during training and has subsequently had an operation. “To ensure better healing and optimise recovery time, the player underwent surgery in Milan,” the Serie A club said in a statement, external on …

Stress & sugary drinks - study shows 75% of academy players have gum disease

Stress & sugary drinks – study shows 75% of academy players have gum disease

Some academy footballers in England have been left unable to train because of dental problems, according to a new study which found three-quarters of participants are suffering with gum disease. The study from researchers at University College London (UCL) asked 160 academy players representing 10 English football clubs from the Premier League, Championship and Women’s …

Pope improving, Vatican hints at Sunday appearance

Pope improving, Vatican hints at Sunday appearance

Pope Francis is showing “slight improvements” as he recovers from life-threatening pneumonia, the Vatican said Friday, hinting that the 88-year-old pontiff could appear this weekend for the Angelus prayer. The head of the Catholic Church spent five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli hospital before being discharged on March 23 to his home in the Vatican, where …

Nigerian surgeon pioneers West Africa’s 1st robotic prostate cancer surgery, clinic

Nigerian surgeon pioneers West Africa’s 1st robotic prostate cancer surgery, clinic

A Nigerian Consultant Urological/Robotic Surgeon, Professor Kingsley Ekwueme on Monday in Lagos pioneered the first West African robotic surgery on a prostrate cancer patient. Ekwueme, a UK-based medical doctor returnee recently established The Prostate Clinic, (TPC) Nigeria Centre for Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery, the first super-specialised clinic in West Africa dedicated to the diagnosis and …

2024 deadliest year for migrants – UN

2024 deadliest year for migrants – UN

Last year was the deadliest year for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying worldwide, the United Nations said on Friday, calling the “tragedy… unacceptable and preventable”. “At least 8,938 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024,” the fifth year that numbers have reached record highs, the UN’s migration agency said. “The tragedy of the …

King Charles to proceed with Vatican visit despite pope’s pneumonia

King Charles to proceed with Vatican visit despite pope’s pneumonia

Britain’s King Charles III’s planned state visit to the Vatican in early April will go ahead despite Pope Francis’s hospitalisation for pneumonia, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday. Charles, who is the head of the Church of England, is scheduled to meet his Catholic counterpart on April 8, according to the palace’s programme. A Buckingham Palace …