13 facts about HIV/AIDS ahead of World AIDS Day
HIV/AIDS remains one of the world's most significant public health challenges.
World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 is used to unite people in the fight against HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus first identified in 1984, to show their support for people living with HIV and commemorate those who have died.
The member countries of the United Nations agreed in September in a new set of global goals to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Here are some facts about AIDS in 2015 with data from the World Health Organisation, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF, and UNAIDS:
1. Globally about 36.9 million people are living with HIV including 2.6 million children.
2. An estimated 2 million were infected in 2014.
3. An estimated 34 million people have died from HIV or AIDS, including 1.2 million in 2014.
4. The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years.
5. AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the second among adolescents globally.
6. In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest prevalence, girls account for 7 in 10 new infections among those aged 15-19.
7. At start of 2015, 15 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy compared to 1 million in 2001.
8. Despite widespread availability of HIV testing, only an estimated 51 percent of people with HIV know their status.
9. The global response to HIV has averted 30 million new HIV infections and nearly 8 million deaths since 2000.
10. In 2015, Cuba was the first country declared to have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
11. 17% of men who have sex with men (MSM) are living with HIV in Nigeria.1 They are the only key affected population that actually experienced a rise in HIV prevalence between 2007 and 2010, now accounting for 10% of all new HIV infections in the country.
12. 3.4 million Nigerians live with HIV
13. Of these, 430,000 are children under 14, according to a recent report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Nigeria accounts for one third of all new infections among children in the 20 worst hit countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Monday, November 30, 2015
People Who Talk To Themselves Are Geniuses according to Scientist
This came to me as a shock this afternoon when I stumbled on this research report
Scientist Says People Who Talk To Themselves Are Geniuses
Seriously, I see people who talk to them when walking on the road has people that has got some issues either mental, emotional, spiritual or brokolysies pardon me is the science of being broke and not having money in the pocket.
Do you talk to yourself? Don’t get embarrassed admitting it because
science has discovered that those who talk to themselves are actually
geniuses… and not crazy!
Research Background
Psychologist-researcher Gary Lupyan conducted an experiment where 20 volunteers were shown objects, in a supermarket, and were asked to remember them. Half of them were told to repeat the objects, for example, banana, and the other half remained silent. In the end, the result shown that self-directed speech aided people to find the objects faster, by 50 to 100 milliseconds, compared to the silent ones.
“I’ll often mutter to myself when searching for something in the refrigerator or the supermarket shelves,” said Gary Lupyan. This personal experience actually made him conduct this experiment. Lupyan, together with another psychologist, Daniel Swigley, came up with the outcomes that those to talk to oneself are geniuses. Here are the reasons:
It stimulates your memory
When you are talking to yourself, your sensory mechanism gets activated. It gets easier on your memory since you can visualise the word, and you can act accordingly.
It helps stay focused
When you are saying it loud, you stay focused on your task, and it helps you recognise that stuff immediately. Of course, this only helps if you know what the object you are searching looks like. For example, a banana is yellow in colour, and you know how a banana looks like. So when you are saying it loud, your brain immediately pictures the image on your mind. But if you don’t know what banana looks like, then there is no effect of saying it loud.
It helps you clarify your thoughts
Every one of us tends to have various types of thoughts. Most make sense, while the others don’t. Suppose you are furious at someone and you feel like killing that person. Now for this issue you won’t run to a therapist, will you? No, what you do is lock yourself in a room and mutter to yourself. You are letting go off the anger by talking to yourself, the pros and cons of killing that person, and eventually you calm down. This is a silly thought that you have and are unable to share it with any other person. Psychologist Linda Sapadin said, “It helps you clarify your thoughts, tend to what’s important and firm up any decisions you are contemplating.”
Psychologist-researcher Gary Lupyan conducted an experiment where 20 volunteers were shown objects, in a supermarket, and were asked to remember them. Half of them were told to repeat the objects, for example, banana, and the other half remained silent. In the end, the result shown that self-directed speech aided people to find the objects faster, by 50 to 100 milliseconds, compared to the silent ones.
“I’ll often mutter to myself when searching for something in the refrigerator or the supermarket shelves,” said Gary Lupyan. This personal experience actually made him conduct this experiment. Lupyan, together with another psychologist, Daniel Swigley, came up with the outcomes that those to talk to oneself are geniuses. Here are the reasons:
It stimulates your memory
When you are talking to yourself, your sensory mechanism gets activated. It gets easier on your memory since you can visualise the word, and you can act accordingly.
It helps stay focused
When you are saying it loud, you stay focused on your task, and it helps you recognise that stuff immediately. Of course, this only helps if you know what the object you are searching looks like. For example, a banana is yellow in colour, and you know how a banana looks like. So when you are saying it loud, your brain immediately pictures the image on your mind. But if you don’t know what banana looks like, then there is no effect of saying it loud.
It helps you clarify your thoughts
Every one of us tends to have various types of thoughts. Most make sense, while the others don’t. Suppose you are furious at someone and you feel like killing that person. Now for this issue you won’t run to a therapist, will you? No, what you do is lock yourself in a room and mutter to yourself. You are letting go off the anger by talking to yourself, the pros and cons of killing that person, and eventually you calm down. This is a silly thought that you have and are unable to share it with any other person. Psychologist Linda Sapadin said, “It helps you clarify your thoughts, tend to what’s important and firm up any decisions you are contemplating.”
5 Okra Health Benefits
Okra one of my favorite vegetable because of the easiness it gives me when prepared as Okro soup is fast gaining a reputation as a 'super food' for people with or at risk of diabetes or cancer.
Commonly referred to by its biological names Abelmoschus esculentus and Hibiscus esculentus, okra is known to have a positive effect on blood sugar control, among many other health benefits.
Nutritional Value
Okra provides a good source of vitamin C, vitamin A, folacin and other B vitamins plus magnesium, potassium and calcium. It is fat-free, saturated-fat-free, cholesterol-free and low in calories. A substantial source of dietary fiber, okra provides over five grams per three and one-half ounce serving. The extra folate supplied by this vegetable is beneficial to pregnant women.
1. Okra is an Extremely Rich Source of Fiber
It contains both soluble and insoluble fiber. The fiber and the mucilaginous content in Okra provide many important health benefits that are absolutely worth mentioning.
Soluble fiber (mucilage) binds to bile acids in the intestines and inhibits the absorption of cholesterol, as well as metabolic toxins.
In this way it reduces the risk of heart disease and carries harmful toxins out of the body, while lubricating the digestive tract.
The okra fiber helps prevent flatulence and constipation, by absorbing water and ensuring bulk in stools.
The high content of fiber found in okra helps regulate blood sugar levels, by slowing down the intestinal absorption of sugar, and thereby the release of sugar into the system.
The Okra fiber has also an excellent ability to propagate the formation of good bacteria, i.e. probiotics, within the intestines. In this way it contributes to a healthy intestinal tract.
Okra is very efficient in protecting the intestinal membrane, and thereby decreasing the risk of inflammations that can lead to certain forms of cancer, especially colorectal cancer.
2.Okra Helps Lose Weight
Okra contains 35 calories per cup. It has no salt and no saturated fats, and is cholesterol free.
Okra is high in fiber, which helps keep the intestinal tract in good shape and increases the sense of satiety.
Okra is a nutrient rich food that provides our body with numerous vitamins and minerals, without adding any extra calories to our meals. This makes it an excellent food in weight loss diets and programs.
3. low glycemic index:
Okra is a good choice for people with diabetes, as it has a low glycemic index of about 20.
4. Beauty and Welness
Okra helps maintain the skin healthy and smooth, and free of acne and blemishes. It is said that Cleopatra and Yang Guifei loved to eat plenty of okra!
5.Cancer
Thanks to its high concentration of antioxidants, okra can help prevent the formation of cancerous cells.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Omoni Oboli Gives 6 How To Tips For Proper Child Nutrition
Award winning Nollywood star Omoni Oboli believes that Nutrition is very important for everyone, but especially important for children because it is directly linked to all aspects of their growth and development.
Omoni, has taken to her social media pages to drive a campaign of good and proper nutrition for growing children while encouraging mothers to place a high priority on proper child nutrition.
For Omoni, every child has the right to be properly developed in the journey to adulthood; Omoni believes that proper nutrition influences all the facets of a child growth from physical build, to brain development, behaviour and even attention span.
Omoni shares her experience as a caring mother, explaining how she helps her children grow daily, deriving so much joy from it and how she believes all children deserve the same. What she said;
Hello fabulous moms…and dads!
I know a few dads who are primary care givers to their children. We are all on this journey of motherhood or fatherhood and it really never ends. Your kids are still going to call you when they’re fifty (you’ll still be alive then by God’s grace) to ask for some advice or the other. We owe it to them, to do everything in our power to make sure they grow everyday! And kids really grow everyday! I know there are days I woke up to see that one of my sons grew taller overnight!
Today we are talking about how to boost your kids appetite.
One of our fabulous moms asked yesterday and so I decided to share my knowledge on this. Please feel free to leave a comment on your own tips and tricks on this subject. My first son, Tobe, was breastfed for 6 months! After that, he became an extremely picky eater! Simply put, he didn’t eat. We started introducing solids but he just didn’t want food, Period! At a point, we discovered he could stomach custard, so we started feeding him custard but you can’t feed a child with only custard for months! The only saving grace was the milk we fortified the custard with.
Enough about the problem. Let me share some of what I did to get him to start eating.
Before I share, it’s important to note that you must first find out if the lack of appetite is due to an underlying condition. So take your child to see a Doctor to rule out that possibility. Tobe didn’t have any condition, he just didn’t like food so here are some of the things I did…
1. Meal times have to be fun! The environment shouldn’t be rigid. Play your child’s favorite music, buy different colorful dishes and have your child pick their dishes at meal time. Involve them in meal preparations and setting the table for meal time. Make it a happy chore. As much as you can, eat together as a family in a casual setting. Don’t be too strict with table manners. They’ll learn with time.
2. Experiment with different foods to find out what stimulates your child’s appetite. Healthy snacks such as milk and fruits can be given between meals to give them more nutrients but don’t give snacks just before a meal.
3. Don’t store too much unhealthy snacks at home because children can loose their appetite for proper meals if they get too fond of eating unhealthy snacks.
4. I believe an increase in the child’s physical activity helps a great deal in improving appetite because it will stimulate hunger. Riding a bicycle, running around, swimming and other activities are great. If you can, do it with them. At least you can burn some fat in the process or keep fit!
5. Set regular meal times, that way your child’s body gets used to desiring food at certain times. With Tobe, I made sure we had 3 proper meal times and 2 in between snack times.
6. Don’t give up on a particular food the first time you try it and your child rejects it. Keep giving it in small quantities.
I’ve heard it said that you would have to try a particular food 21 times before you conclude that a child doesn’t like that food.
You can also try cooking it differently. Pay attention to the taste. I realised that Tobe didn’t like the ready-made pureed meals. You know the ones in little containers. So I decided to start making my own. I would read the labels and buy the same ingredients. So for instance, a typical meal could be carrots, potatoes, chicken and peas.
I really decided to start blending mine when I tasted one of the store bought ones and said to myself, “no wonder he doesn’t like it.” The food was bland! So I would boil chicken, carrots, potatoes, peas sometimes fish, parsnip, etc and then blend or puree them. As he got older, I started mashing instead of blending until he could eat them boiled. Today, Tobe is a healthy eater and those days of struggling are long gone.
I hope this helps someone. Please feel free to share this post with others and don’t forget to leave your comments. If you have any tips, share as well. We are all here to learn the best ways to make our children GROW EVERYDAY! Keep smiling!
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Join Mark Stevens to Learn How to Become a Magnetic Leader!
Trévo
President and CEO, Mark Stevens, wants to see YOU in Lagos! That's
right, the man behind the Trévo brand will be hosting an exclusive
training event in Lagos on Thursday, November 12, 2015, and YOU are
invited!
EVENT DETAILS:
Becoming a Magnetic Leader
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2015
Time: 10:30 AM
Venue: Times Square Event Center
27 Ajao Road,
Off Adeniyi Jones Street, Ikeja - Lagos
Mark Stevens has an extensive background in the MLM Industry, and he and his wife Holli have experience the highest level of success as network marketers. This invaluable training event could be the key to you taking the next step in explosively growing your Trévo business!
If You Love Leadership, Self-Growth, How to get Trevo delivered to you
or Want to Create an EVER Increasing Amount of Prosperity in Life, Andy
Ochumba (Trevo Director - Life, Wealth and Health Coach) is waiting to
help you get started and leverage on the fastest wealth creation
platform on a global level without stress.
See you at the event.
On a final note on Financial freedom, "In reality its not your employer job to make you rich and wealthy but your own deliberate effort." Andy Ochumba
Andy Ochumba
(Trevo ID 4417015)
(Emerald Director)
Phone: 234-8020394888 (whatsapp), 08100514610
Email - businessreportng@yahoo.com
Website: www.trevo.life/greenhope
Fanpage: www.facebook.com/trevobenefits
Why People Choose Job Security Over Freedom of Life
The primary reason many people seek job security is because that’s what they are taught to seek, both at school and at home.
As adults, millions of people still continue to follow that advice. Many of us are conditioned from our earliest days to think about job security, rather than financial security or financial freedom.
And because most of us learn little to nothing about money at home or at school.
it’s only natural that we cling ever more tightly to the idea of job security instead of reaching for financial freedom.
The main reason that 90 percent of the population is unsuccessful and poor is because that’s the side they learned about at school.
After leaving school, they often end up with lots of expenses and may fall into debt.
This means they must cling ever tighter to a job, or to professional security, just to pay the bills.
Searching for Financial Freedom.
Many people spend their lives in search of security or freedom, but wind up instead going from job to job.
It’s a long and vicious cycle of discontent.
In my opinion, you should make a serious effort not to find a new job if you’re unhappy, but to begin moving to the business world as fast as you can.
That's why i recommend network marketing for people who are just starting out and don't have a lot of money to invest.
But research shows that 90% of people in network marketing don't understand the business and 90% of people not involved in it too don't understand it.
That's why most people will prefer to remain broke all their lives than to start an home based business.
If You Love Leadership, Self-Growth, How to get Trevo delivered to you or Want to Create an EVER Increasing Amount of Prosperity in Life, Andy Ochumba (Trevo Director - Life, Wealth and Health Coach) is waiting to help you get started and leverage on the fastest wealth creation platform on a global level without stress.
On a final note on Financial freedom, "In reality its not your employer job to make you rich and wealthy but your own deliberate effort." Andy Ochumba
Andy Ochumba
(Trevo ID 4417015)
(Emerald Director)
Phone: 234-8020394888 (whatsapp), 08100514610
Email - businessreportng@yahoo.com
Website: www.trevo.life/greenhope
Fanpage: www.facebook.com/trevobenefits
As adults, millions of people still continue to follow that advice. Many of us are conditioned from our earliest days to think about job security, rather than financial security or financial freedom.
And because most of us learn little to nothing about money at home or at school.
it’s only natural that we cling ever more tightly to the idea of job security instead of reaching for financial freedom.
The main reason that 90 percent of the population is unsuccessful and poor is because that’s the side they learned about at school.
After leaving school, they often end up with lots of expenses and may fall into debt.
This means they must cling ever tighter to a job, or to professional security, just to pay the bills.
Searching for Financial Freedom.
Many people spend their lives in search of security or freedom, but wind up instead going from job to job.
It’s a long and vicious cycle of discontent.
In my opinion, you should make a serious effort not to find a new job if you’re unhappy, but to begin moving to the business world as fast as you can.
That's why i recommend network marketing for people who are just starting out and don't have a lot of money to invest.
But research shows that 90% of people in network marketing don't understand the business and 90% of people not involved in it too don't understand it.
That's why most people will prefer to remain broke all their lives than to start an home based business.
If You Love Leadership, Self-Growth, How to get Trevo delivered to you or Want to Create an EVER Increasing Amount of Prosperity in Life, Andy Ochumba (Trevo Director - Life, Wealth and Health Coach) is waiting to help you get started and leverage on the fastest wealth creation platform on a global level without stress.
On a final note on Financial freedom, "In reality its not your employer job to make you rich and wealthy but your own deliberate effort." Andy Ochumba
Andy Ochumba
(Trevo ID 4417015)
(Emerald Director)
Phone: 234-8020394888 (whatsapp), 08100514610
Email - businessreportng@yahoo.com
Website: www.trevo.life/greenhope
Fanpage: www.facebook.com/trevobenefits
Thursday, October 29, 2015
University Of Ibadan Discovers Sickle Cell Treatment
The University of Ibadan (UI), in partnership with two American universities, on Wednesday, announced the discovery of a permanent sickle cell disease treatment.The cure which was described as less risky and with a potential to help over 5 million Africans living with the disease, was the outcome of a research carried out by UI in alliance with medical experts at the University of Illinois and the University of Loyola, both in Chicago.
Nigeria and other African countries can now heave a sigh of relief as the University of Ibadan in partnership with the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and University of Loyola, Chicago have discovered a permanent cure for the terminal disease.
The cure of the deadly disease, according to the Professor of Medicine, Victor Gordeuk, who is the Director, Sickle Cell Centre, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA and his colleagues, Prof. Damiano Rondelli, also from the same university and Prof. Bamidele Tayo, University of Loyola, Chicago this new treatment is done through bone marrow transplant and that it is less risky.
This was revealed yesterday at the University College Hospital, Ibadan after a three-day brainstorming session with other experts in the teaching hospital.
Unlike the other conventional method of stem cell transplant which exposes patients to radiation which could cause cancer, first blood and marrow stem cell transplant, BMT, is much more effective.
The experts who were flanked by the Chief Medical Director, UCH, Prof. Temitope Alonge, Dr. Titilola Akingbola, an haematologist and Dr. Foluke Fasola, said this stem cell transplant is a standard procedure for the treatment of many blood cancers in both adult and children.
He said: “With this chemotherapy-free transplant, we are curing adults with sickle cell disease, and we see that their quality of life improves fast within just one month of the transplant.
“About 90 per cent of the approximately 450 patients who have received stem cell transplants for sickle cell disease have been children. Chemotherapy has been considered too risky for adult patients, who are often more weakened than children by the disease.
“Adults with sickle cell disease can now be cured without chemotherapy — the main barrier that has stood in the way for them for so long. Our data provide more support that this therapy is safe and effective and prevents patients from living shortened lives, condemned to pain and progressive complications.”
“In the new procedure, patients receive immuno-suppressive drugs just before the transplant, along with a very low dose of total body irradiation, a treatment much less harsh and with fewer potentially serious side effects than chemotherapy.”
“ Donor cells from a healthy and tissue-matched sibling are transfused into the patient. Stem cells from the donor produce healthy new blood cells in the patient, eventually in sufficient quantity to eliminate symptoms. In many cases, sickle cells can no longer be detected. Patients must continue to take immunosuppressant drugs for at least a year.
The CMD, Prof. Alonge who called for support from government, philanthropists, donour agencies and corporate bodies like banks and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for provision of equipment and completion of the sickle cell centre, described sickle cell as a disease of bone crisis which the patient suffers from head to toe.
He added that Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic disorder due to the presence of an abnormal form of haemoglobin in the red blood cells, called haemoglobin S (Hb S) instead of haemoglobin A (Hb A). Haemoglobin in the red blood cell is responsible for the transportation of oxygen in the body
