Do You Wear Boxers To Sleep At Night, This Is What Happens To Your Peniss... For Guys!!!

Dr Brian Steixner, Director of the Institute for Men’s Health at Jersey Urology Group in the US, advised men that sleeping in your boxers or briefs could lead to fertility problems.

Reflecting on Ebola outbreak.

To make the world safer against future infectious disease threats, national health systems should be strengthened, the World Health Organization's emergency and outbreak response activities should be consolidated and bolstered, and research and development should be enhanced, says a new Policy Forum article that appears in the May 19 edition of PLOS Medicine.

Wireless Health: Its Advantages and Disadvantages

Wireless health is actually much more present than you should imagine. In fact, a baby monitor fulfills all roles to qualify as a wireless health device. It helps pick up signals from babies in need for something, and transmit that signal through means of wireless data transmission locally. The fact that cry of a baby doesn’t usually imply health issues doesn’t matter. It reveals their physiological needs a baby can’t satisfy on his or her own, thus prompting an action of the elders to take actions considered as care. Knowing that the first wireless baby monitor appeared in 1937, it’s clear that the wireless health concept is way older than mHealth, eHealth and other similar concepts.

Prolonged Daily Sitting Could Be Harmful To Your Health - New Study

A new study has restated the harmful effect of sedentary lifestyle, especially prolonged sitting for more than three hours per day. The new study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that sitting for more than three hours per day is responsible for 3.8% of all-cause mortality deaths. Investigators also estimate that reducing sitting time to less than three hours per day would increase life expectancy by an average of 0.2 years. In order to properly assess the damaging effects of sitting, the study analyzed behavioral surveys from 54 countries around the world and matched them with statistics on population size, actuarial table, and overall deaths.

 

Researchers found that sitting time significantly impacted all-cause mortality, accounting for approximately 433,000, or 3.8%, of all deaths across the 54 nations in the study. They also found that sitting had higher impact on mortality rates in the Western Pacific region, followed by European, Eastern Mediterranean, American, and Southeast Asian countries, respectively. “It was observed that even modest reductions, such as a 10% reduction in the mean sitting time or a 30-minute absolute decrease of sitting time per day, could have an instant impact in all-cause mortality in the 54 evaluated countries, whereas bolder changes (for instance, 50% decrease or 2 hours fewer) would represent at least three times fewer deaths versus the 10% or 30-minute reduction scenarios,” explained lead investigator Leandro Rezende, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine.

 

“Although sitting is an intrinsic part of human nature, excessive sitting is very common in modern societies,” commented Rezende. “Sedentary behavior is determined by individual, social, and environmental factors, all strongly influenced by the current economic system, including a greater number of labor-saving devices for commuting, at home and work, and urban environment inequalities that force people to travel longer distances and live in areas that lack support for active lifestyles.” The results of this analysis show that reducing sitting time, even by a small amount, can lead to longer lives, but lessening time spent in chairs may also prompt people to be more physically active in general.

Culled From National Mirror

Diet And You: How "Nuts" Are Helpful In A Weight Loss Program

You are what you eat. Always bear this in mind. Our day to day food makeup, ultimately have a way of shapening our body (internally and externally). In this article, we would take out time to analyze different variety of food, its beneficial and its deleterious effect to humans. The body image we portray have a direct relationship to healthy diet recipes.

Generally, nuts are good sources of nutrient. This is especially so in persons on a weight reduction program. Weight loss diets that include nuts are often more effective than diets devoid of nuts supplementation.

Peanuts is a case in point. Being a low calorie food, peanut consumption is proven to be beneficial in a weight loss program.

A 2008 review, as published in the Journal of Nutrition, reports that, when consumed in moderation, nuts do not pose a threat for weight gain. Peanuts are packed with nutrients, including fibre, proteins and heart-healthy fats.

Proteins and fibres help to increase satiety, which makes it easier to control our overall Calorie intake during weight loss program. Furthermore, proteins helps the body to burn out excessive calories. This is according to a study published in the Journal of Nutrition, 2008 and 2010 reviews.
The Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition notes that, "regular nut consumption is associated with increased energy expenditure."

It is important to note that, though peanuts provide several benefits during weight loss, they are still high in calories. Therefore, overindulging in nuts can prevent weight loss initially but may result in weight gain. So, moderation is the key to getting the benefits from nuts.

Note however, that salted nuts are high in sodium; a major predisposition to abnormal elevation of blood pressure and heart disease. It is therefore imperative, to choose a moderate amount of unsalted peanuts whenever possible. You better be 'nuts' when it comes to your dieting.

Faith Omas Ebony is a Final Year Clinical student. She originally sent in this article as a writer for Doctors Quarter's Blog.

What is the point of health apps when we are healthy?

Do you have a health app on your smartphone? Have it ever served it's purpose? Do you truly need it, even when you are health? Are there too many app with little value? Are there room for improvement?

Such questions form a debate in the latest issue of The BMJ, which pitches an emergency doctor and editor of a website that reviews health apps against a general practitioner who argues, no, healthy people cannot benefit from them.

30 year old man volunters for first ever head transplant.

In one of our earlier posts, Doctors Quarter's Blog brought to you the report of an Italian scientist that is set to announce plans and schedules of first ever HEAD TRANSPLANT. Now, a 30 year old Russian is to be the first to undergo the procedure.

Dr. Sergio Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group (TANG) in Italy, first spoke of his plans to carry out the first human head transplantation in July 2013 - a project named HEAVEN-GEMINI.

At the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons' 39th Annual Conference in Annapolis, MD, in June, Dr. Canavero will present updated plans for the project, addressing some of the previously identified challenges that come with it.

Though researchers have seriously questioned the feasibility of Dr. Canavero's plans, it seems the first human head transplantation is a step closer to becoming a reality; Valery Spiridonov, a 30-year-old computer scientist from Vladimir, Russia, is the first person to volunteer for the procedure.

Spiridonov has Werdnig-Hoffman disease - a rare genetic muscle wasting condition, also referred to as type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The condition is caused by the loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and the brain region connected to the spinal cord. Individuals with the disease are unable to walk and are often unable to sit unaided.

Spiridonov was diagnosed with Werdnig-Hoffman disease at the age of 1 and told MailOnline that he volunteered for HEAVEN-GEMINI because he wants the chance of a new body before he dies.

'"I can hardly control my body now," he said. "I need help every day, every minute. I am now 30 years old, although people rarely live to more than 20 with this disease."

The procedure - which is estimated to take 100 surgeons around 36 hours to complete - will involve spinal cord fusion (SCF). The head from a donor body will be removed using an "ultra-sharp blade" in order to limit the amount of damage the spinal cord sustains.

"The key to SCF is a sharp severance of the cords themselves," Dr. Canavero explains in a paper published earlier this year, "with its attendant minimal damage to both the axons in the white matter and the neurons in the gray laminae. This is a key point."

The recipient will be kept in a coma for around 3-4 weeks, says Dr. Canavero, during which time the spinal cord will be subject to electrical stimulation via implanted electrodes in order to boost the new nerve connections.

The surgeon estimates that - with the help of physical therapy - the patient would be able to walk within 1 year.

Spiridonov admits he is worried about undergoing the procedure. "Am I afraid? Yes, of course I am," he toldMailOnline. "But it is not just very scary, but also very interesting."

"You have to understand that I don't really have many choices," he added. "If I don't try this chance my fate will be very sad. With every year my state is getting worse."

Written by Honor Whitman on MNT.

New low-temperature plasma treatment for prostate cancer developed.

Researchers from the University of York in the UK have discovered a potential new treatment option for patients with early-stage prostate cancer - low-temperature plasmas.

The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, seeks to address the current inadequacy of long-term treatment forprostate cancer, despite the continual improvements that have been made to methods of treatment in recent years.

At present, patients who develop early stage organ-confined tumors can be treated with a focal therapy, such as cryotherapy or radiotherapy.

"However, around a third of patients will experience recurrence of their disease following radiotherapy," explains study co-author Adam Hirst. "This may be due to the inherent radio-resistance of a small fraction of the tumor - the cancerstem-like cells. Furthermore, numerous side effects are often experienced following treatment."

According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer in American men and the second leading cause of cancer death among this group. Around 1 in 7 will be diagnosed with the disease during their lifetime, at an average age of 66.

"In recent years, the rapidly advancing field of low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasmas has shown considerable promise for future translational biomedical applications," write the study authors, "including cancer therapy, through the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species."

Low-temperature plasmas are formed when a high electric field is applied across a gas via an electrode, breaking down the gas. As the plasma is formed, a unique reactive environment is formed that contains high concentrations of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species.

The plasmas are subsequently used to transfer reactive oxygen and nitrogen species to a target, leading to oxidative damage and cell death that differs from the kind caused by other forms of therapy.

While other therapies cause apoptosis, prompting cells to die through natural mechanisms that cells can eventually become resistant to, low-temperature plasma breaks up cells and causes necrosis. In necrosis, cell death occurs through the rupturing of cell membranes.

Low-temperature plasma therapy could be a viable, more cost-effective treatment option

The researchers used tissue samples from a single patient in order to take both healthy prostate cells and prostate cancer cells, allowing for a direct comparison of the effectiveness of the treatment.

"Through this research we have found that [low-temperature plasmas] induce high levels of DNA damage, which led in turn to a substantial reduction in colony-forming ability, and ultimately necrotic cell death," states Hirst.

As well as being effective at killing cancer cells, the use of low-temperature plasmas could also be a more cost-effective way of treating organ-confined prostate cancer in comparison with current forms of radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy.

"Using clinically relevant, close-to-patient samples, we have presented the first experimental evidence promoting the potential of [low-temperature plasma] as a future focal cancer therapy treatment for patients with early stage prostate cancer," Hirst concludes.

The researchers will now look at testing the application of low-temperature plasmas on three-dimensional replica tumors in order to assess the precision of plasma application.

"We believe that with appropriate imaging techniques to facilitate accurate tumor targeting and spare normal tissues, the multifaceted action of [low-temperature plasma] will provide advantages over other focal therapies," state the authors.

The team estimates that if all trials are successful, low-temperature plasma could be used to treat cancer patients in 15 years time.

Recently, Medical News Today reported on a study in which an international consortium of scientists reveals the genetic root of prostate cancers in individual men. Their discovery demonstrates that tumors share common gene faults that could offer new targets for treatment.

Source: Medical Institutions

WHO: Ebola At Greater Risk of Joints and Eye Problems

Many Ebola survivors are likely to face further health issues including eye and joint problems, the World Health Organization has warned. And a recent case may have caught Ebola through sexual contact with someone who had recovered, experts said.

 

The WHO has decided the crisis still constitutes as a public health emergency of international concern. But said there had been "real, substantive progress" in the drive to end the outbreak in the last few weeks.

 

Health aftermath

Officials announced they are attempting to set up clinics in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea to monitor the health consequences Ebola survivors face. Patients have reported problems with their vision, joints and on-going fatigue.

 

But Dr Bruce Aylward, assistant director general of the WHO, admitted not much was known about the long-term implications of the virus. He said the information gathered at these clinics would help the mental and physical health needs of people recovering from the disease.

 

Experts from the organisation also said a recent Ebola patient was "likely to have been infected following sexual contact involving a survivor some months after his recovery".

 

Meanwhile reports suggest Liberian medics have been investigating whether a patient may have contracted the disease in this way.

 

WHO scientists are now considering whether it would be feasible to offer screening to check if the virus is still present in semen 90 days after male survivors have been declared Ebola free. Current WHO advice says survivors should practice safe sex for three months following recovery as the virus can linger in these bodily fluids.

 

International spread

At a meeting convened to review whether the WHO should continue to describe the outbreak as an international emergency, Dr Aylward said real progress had been made. He said the worst-affected countries were on track in clearing the disease, despite the advancing rainy season which had threatened to make logistics harder. And the WHO said the risks of international spread of the virus were abating.

 

But Dr Aylward warned numbers were "not at zero by any stretch". Challenges continue, including new cases that are not on registered lists of known Ebola contacts. Just 30 confirmed infections were recorded in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in the previous week. But the decline in numbers posed a challenge for those developing vaccines and therapies, the WHO warned.

 

There have been 25,532 cases during this Ebola outbreak and 10,584 deaths.

 

By Smitha Mundasad

BBC

LUTH builds Colon Surgery Capacity of Doctors

Against the backdrop of ensuring proper treatment of bowel conditions in Nigeria, Lagos University Teaching Hospital has trained surgeons on the use of staplers to ensure better care for Nigeria’s teeming population.

Dr Olujimi Coker, Chief of Surgery, Lagoon Hospital, Lagos while speaking on the training done in collaboration with Ethicon Inc and West African College of Surgeons, said it had become necessary to build Nigerian surgeon’s skills in joining bowels together safely so as to reduce the number of people going around the country with colostomy bag.

A colostomy is formed during surgery to divert a section of the large intestine (colon) through an opening in the abdomen (tummy). A pouch or bag is placed over the opening to collect waste products that would usually pass through the colon and out of the body through the rectum and anus.

A colostomy usually needs to be formed when there is a problem with an area of the colon. Some of the most common reasons for forming a colostomy include bowel cancer, Crohn’s disease (a condition that causes inflammation of the digestive system) and injury to the colon.

Dr Coker, who remarked that the colostomy was better managed using a special stapler, said the surgeon’s skills were being improved on how to manage the problem through key hole surgery.

According to him, “These surgeons are being taught how to be able to join the

 bowel together safely so that we can reduce the number of people going around with a colostomy.

“People wearing colostomy are quite common in Nigeria either because of gunshot and road traffic injuries. But more commonly, cancers of the bowel are getting more and more common.”

The expert, who remarked that the surgical training is intended to be stepped down to other surgeons by those currently been trained, added that the participants’ skill was also going to be built on how best to pass down the training to others.

Air Pollution May Cause Anxiety in Residents of Major Cities Like Lagos.

In a conference I attended in the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, one of the speakers suggested that residents of air polluted areas, like Lagos state, may suffer more anxiety related disorders. I thought it was absurd, but I have been looking up reasons why this is so.

WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE NORMAL LENGTH OF THE PENIS

He walked into the obstetric and gynaecology clinic with his new wife. Their complaint is inability to conceive a child. As I started questioning the couple in history taking I found out that they actually presented because the man had issues as evident in his seen analysis result. The wife made it clear that she had no problem. She believes her husband problem is the length of his PENIS. 

Revealed: Classical Music Enhances Genes In Its Listeners

This is truly Outstanding! I love classical music, especially as a tenor singer. The mystery behind the soothing effects of music has been a topical issue in the world of research. This is something that even surgeons use while operating in the theatre room. One particular surgeon in my facility would never operate if the songs of world renowned tenor - Pavarotti, is not playing in the background.

But this mystery seem to be unravelling. In a latest research by a Finnis study group, it shows that listening to classical music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopamine secretion (the feel good hormone).

It was also concluded that while classical music up-regulated some genes, it down-regulates some other genes like neurodegenerative genes. The Study Is on medical
Daily.

Music therapy continues to be an area of scientific research. So, to all you classical music lovers, Carry - go!!!

Source: Kanduri C, et al. The effect of listening to music on human transcriptome. PeerJ. 2015.

Married Vs Single - Healthy Living

I was in a discussion earlier today and we were stuck in a dead lock.
Please what is your opinion on this issue?
Is it true that married people have better health care outcome than single people?
If Yes! What are your reasons and if No, what are your Reasons.?

Consider this study on my question above before you send in your comments or opinion. An unofficial consensus states that;
      "This may be a shock to some, but research has consistently shown that married people overall have better health outcomes and longevity compared to single people"

SURPRISED!! Watching Comedy Movies, Prevents Excessive Consumption Of Junk Foods.

Its good to know that lovers of comedy movies may just be preventing some forms of obesity related disease in the future. Sad movies and Scary movies does the exact opposite.

Read about the study as I saw it on medical daily.....

In a study carried out by Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, and published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers had a group of office workers munch on snacks while watching Love Story (a weepy movie) and Sweet Home Alabama (which is more lighthearted and funny). They found that watching Love Story made the participants eat 28 percent more popcorn than they did while watchingSweet Home Alabama.

The researchers also examined the popcorn-eating habits of moviegoers over a Thanksgiving weekend in seven cities in the U.S. They found that people who bought popcorn and watched a sad movie (Solaris) ate an average of 55 percent more popcorn than those who watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Now you Know!  Or don't you Agree?!

Hear this please! Even Twitter save smokers

When people in a smoking cessation programme tweet each other regularly, they are more successful at kicking the habit, says a study.

Specifically, daily "auto-messages" that encourage and direct the social media exchanges may be more effective than traditional social media interventions for quitting smoking.

"Our results indicate that incorporating social media-delivered auto-messages from trained counsellors were effective in promoting smoking cessation," said Cornelia Pechmann from the University of California-Irvine.

"The twice-daily messages encouraged people to tweet their group members, which made them more accountable for quitting," Pechmann added.

The researchers found that overall engagement in two consecutive Tweet2Quit groups was high, with 78 percent of members tweeting their fellow study subjects at least once during the 100-day study.

The average number of tweets per person was 72, and 60 percent tweeted past the 30-day mark.Group No.1 had a smoking cessation rate of 42 percent. Using lessons gleaned from that trial, researchers tweaked the auto-messaging process, and Group No. 2 had a success rate of 75 percent.

Members of the Tweet2Quit's two closed, 20-person groups communicated online via Twitter for 100 days. Participants each received a free supply of nicotine patches, along with daily automated text messages.

They were encouraged to use a web-based guide to develop a cessation plan and were asked to tweet their group at least once a day about their progress.

There were no expert facilitators in the groups; the smokers themselves supported one another. However, the daily auto-messages encouraged and directed peer-to-peer discussions, and distinct tweeting spikes occurred when the messages were sent."The Twitter environment created a sort of party dynamic," said Pechmann.

"That's especially important for social smokers. In addition, group leaders naturally emerged, facilitating the online conversations. These leaders played a critical role in keeping people engaged," the researcher added.

The findings were published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Exposed!! Its not how long you sleep but.....

This is a pure case of "when all that you become obsolete and no more in use".
If not how do you explain this quote I saw in a research journal?

Ebola vax trials reaches advanced stages.

I think this is cheering news. The absence of buffer zones makes Ebola very deadly, especially to health care providers!!!

REVEALED: Why Do Men Want Sex In The Morning.

Biko, read with me. I saw this beautiful article on sexuality in humans. I thought some things they said made sense especially with the time component added, I wanted you to say if you agree or not?

One Billion People risk suffering hearing loss due to loud music from gadgets and other sources

Over 1 Billion people risk hearing loss

On every turn, there is the possiblity of seeing someone with an eyepiece hanging onto his or her ear. I was in a meeting earlier today and the speaker thought that why some young people behave in the way they behave may be simply because more and more people are spending a whole lot of time on their earpiece, either on their laptops or on their smart phones. And this number is increasing by the day.

I have always thought that apart from the social component of over dependence on earpiece, there is that one obvious downside to the continual use of the eyepiece - Deafness. Read what the WHO have to say about it;

“As they go about their daily lives doing what they enjoy, more and more young people are placing themselves at risk of hearing loss,” said Dr. Etienne Krug, WHO director of the Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, in a press release. “They should be aware that once you lose your hearing, it won’t come back. Taking simple preventive actions will allow people to continue to enjoy themselves without putting their hearing at risk.”

Do you know that almost 50 percent of people between the ages of 15 to 35 who llive in middle or high income earning countries, put themselves at risk of hearing problems while they listen to their personal gadgets like laptops and smartphones. This is according to the WHO. Also, 40 percent of people risk coming down with hearing loss, when they go to bars, clubs, Concerts, sporting events etc. There is also an increased rate of hearing loss over the past decade.

Common sounds like that of an airplane, thunder, and even a hair dryer are all louder than 85 decibels (dB) — as sounds get louder than this, the duration of time we can safely listen to them quickly decreases. Clubs, bars, and other venues often play music over 100 dB and most people who use personal audio devices listen to them at a range between 75 and 105 dB. People “may expose themselves to the same level of loudness in 15 minutes of music at 100 dB that an industrial worker gets in an 8-hour day at 85 dB,” the report said.

The solution is to limit our exposure to such sounds from whatever source as described. This saves us from joining the over 43 million young people with hearing losses.
The funny thing is that a lot more older people are getting on with this dangerous trend.

Even world leaders have caught the bug!!