What we know (and don't know) about a rare virus infecting kids across the US

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="m-entry__top-hero m-entry__top-hero__default" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; position: relative;"> <div class="m-entry__photo" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 0px 0px 15px; position: relative;"> <figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="" class="vox-lazy-load lazy-loaded" data-dim="1278x1278" data-imgkey="38216984:standard:17" data-original="http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/38333320/2806690.0.0_standard_1280.0.jpg" data-overlay="c-black" src="http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/38333320/2806690.0.0_standard_1280.0.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; image-rendering: optimizequality; width: 639px;" /><figcaption class="p-caption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 214, 215); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; padding: 1em 5px 0.75em; width: 639px;"><span class="p-caption__credit" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table-cell; padding: 0px 2em; text-align: right; width: 629px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mario Villafuerte/Getty Images News</span></span></figcaption></figure><div class="m-entry-admin-pane" data-remote-admin-entry-id="5886512" data-remote-admin-entry-type="pane" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="m-follow-bar" id="follow-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 1em 0px 2em; padding: 5px 5px 0px; position: relative;"> <span class="m-follow-bar__highlighted" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box;">FOLLOW VOX!</span><div class="m-follow-bar__buttons" id="follow-bar-buttons" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 2px 2em -2px 10px; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="facebook" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FVox&send=false&layout=button_count&width=200&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=21" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 49px;"></iframe> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-follow-button twitter-follow-button" data-twttr-rendered="true" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.1410542722.html#_=1410793639734&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&screen_name=voxdotcom&show_count=true&show_screen_name=false&size=m" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 20px; width: 160px;" title="Twitter Follow Button"></iframe></span></div> </div> <div class="m-entry__body" id="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 25px 0px; position: relative;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A rare virus — enterovirus D68, also known as EV-D68 — is infecting children across the country and sending them to hospitals with severe respiratory infections and breathing problems. Though the virus doesn't appear to be deadly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning doctors and parents to be on the lookout. <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b>"This is a very unusual situation," said Dr. Greg Storch, director of infectious diseases at St. Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri. "We don't fully know what to expect."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's what we know and what we don't know<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>so far.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></b></span></div> <div class="m-ad m-ad__article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 1.5em -2em; text-align: center;"> <div class="open_x_ad" data-cb-ad-id="Mobile article body" data-cb-dfp-id="unit=563448" id="open_x_ad_unit_563448" style="box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 1080px;"> </div> </div> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; margin: 1.5em 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What we know</span></span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Missouri and Illinois appear to be the first states affected</b> by </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">enterovirus D68<span class="superscript" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></b>.</b>According to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm63e0908a1.htm?s_cid=mm63e0908a1_e" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">CDC</a>, hospital officials at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital in Illinois notified the CDC in August about an increase in enterovirus cases that they were seeing. The CDC did further testing of specimens that were sent their way from the two hospitals and found that 19 of 22 from Kansas City and 11 of 14 from Chicago tested positive for EV-D68<span class="superscript" style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— In total, more than 100 children in seven states have</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> tested positive for EV-D68</b> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">as of September 12, 2014.</b> These include New York, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Missouri.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— This infection shows no sign of slowing down. </b>According to CDC, up to a dozen states may have potential cases and investigations are underway.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— All the cases involve young kids of both sexes, many of whom had a history of asthma or wheezing.</b> Of the 19 confirmed cases from Kansas City, 10 were male, and their ages ranged from 6 weeks to 16 years, with a median of 4 years. Nearly 70 percent of patients had a previous history of asthma or wheezing. Of the Chicago group, nine of the 11 patients were female, and ages ranged from 20 months to 15 years with a median of 5 years. Nearly three-quarters had a history of asthma or wheezing.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> kids stricken with </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68</b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> had difficulty breathing and a good number of them experienced wheezing. They also had low blood-oxygen levels. Fevers were less common.</b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In Kansas City, about five children (or a quarter) had fevers, while in Chicago, only two (or 18 percent) had fevers.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— According to the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/non-polio-enterovirus/about/EV-D68.html" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">CDC</a>, mild symptoms of EV-D68 can include fever, runny nose, sneezing, cough, and muscle aches.</b> But again, the kids who got sick in Missouri and Illinois had symptoms that included difficulty breathing and wheezing.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </b>These patients were treated in pediatric intensive care units at the hospitals. Some needed help breathing with ventilation machines.<b style="box-sizing: border-box;"></b></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— No one has died from the virus this year</b>, though the CDC says they can't be sure if the virus has ever been deadly since it's not a disease they usually track.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— There's not much you can do to treat it. </b>There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments for EV-D68. The main kind of care is just supportive, so paying attention to symptoms and making sure people get proper fluids and help breathing, if necessary. Again, it doesn't appear to be deadly and the CDC's <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/schuchat.htm" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">Dr. Anne Schuchat</a> said she believes it typically runs its course in a week.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dr. Pritish Tosh, an infectious diseases physician-researcher at the Mayo Clinic, added: "When dealing with respiratory illnesses in young people, they can be severe and result in hospitalizations and the requirement of intensive care. And it looks as through this strain of the virus is causing infections in children severe enough to get them admitted to the hospital."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enteroviruses generally are very common. They usually turn up as "summer colds."</b>There are more than 100 different strains, and they affect between 10 and 15 million people in the US per year. They can cause everything from encephalitis to viral meningitis.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Enteroviruses are typically spread through the fecal-oral pathway. </b>That means pathogens in one person's feces infect another person by getting into their mouth, usually by touching the face and mouth with dirty hands.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">This particular strain (EV-D68) spreads like the common cold </b>through respiratory secretions, such as coughing, sneezing, or touching an infected surface. It was first identified in California in 1962. Compared to other strains of the enterovirus, it has been rare in the US. The CDC said that during 2009-2013, they got 79 reports of EV-D68 and it has been the cause of small clusters of sickness but never a widespread outbreak like the one that seems to have taken hold in the Midwest.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's usually associated with respiratory illness — like a really intense cold — though the full spectrum of sickness that this strain can bring on is unclear. "We don't know as much about it as we do about some of the common respiratory viruses," said the CDC's  <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/leaders/schuchat.htm" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-transition: all 100ms ease; background-image: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; image-rendering: optimizequality; text-decoration: none; transition: all 100ms ease;">Dr. Schuchat</a>.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68 is detected using molecular techniques at several labs across the US and it's not monitored nationally.</b> According to the CDC, enterovirus infections including EV-D68, are not required to be reported. "But laboratory detections of enterovirus and parechovirus types are reported voluntarily to the National Enterovirus Surveillance System, which is managed by CDC. Participating laboratories are encouraged to report monthly summaries of virus type, specimen type, and collection date."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The CDC says health care providers should be on the lookout for </b><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">EV-D68 </b>as a possible cause of serious and unexplained severe respiratory illness.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Parents should only worry if their kids are having difficulty breathing. </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">If your child is having trouble breathing, see a doctor.</span></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— You can prevent spread through good hygiene. </b>Wash your hands and make sure you have good cough etiquette.</span></div> <h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; margin: 1.5em 0px 0.5em;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What we don't know.</span></span></h3> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— We don't know why this strain has turned up in these geographic locations. </b>Again, EV-D68 is thought to be rare so why it's turning up now in clusters across the Midwest, West, and South, and landing kids in hospitals, is unclear.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Whether it has ever killed people. </b>Since it's not a reportable disease, the CDC said it "does not know how many infections and deaths from EV-D68 occur each year in the United States."</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Public health officials are not sure about all the symptoms this strain of the virus can cause</b>, since it's uncommon. That means EV-D68 may cause other types of illness beyond just respiratory complications, but we just don't know yet.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— Exactly who is most at risk. </b>The CDC said, "In general, infants, children, and teenagers are most likely to get infected with enteroviruses and become ill. That's because they do not yet have immunity (protection) from previous exposures to these viruses. We believe this is also true for EV-D68." Kids with asthma seem to be more affected.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">— The total case count. </b>The CDC says it's investigating potential cases but could not confirm that total number affected.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

What we know (and don't know) about a rare virus infecting kids across the US

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Who knows, maybe you’ll change your mind and want to start eating them more often.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. Sweet potatoes are high in antioxidants</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sweet potatoes are plentiful in potent antioxidants. The anthocyanin in the purple sweet potatoes is one of the best antioxidants that sweet potatoes contain, and the beta carotene in the orange variety is another powerful antioxidant. Anthocyanin has anti-inflammatory properties and helps ward off many diseases. 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Sweet potatoes are an excellent source of beta carotene</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As I mentioned above, sweet potatoes are rich in beta carotene. One medium sweet potato contains more than 200 percent of your daily requirement of beta carotene. Perhaps you know that beta carotene is a crucial nutrient that your body converts into more important vitamin A, which keeps your eyes healthy and helps boost your immune system naturally.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. Sweet potatoes contain quercetin</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sweet potatoes contain many important nutrients, including quercetin. Quercetin is a major dietary flavonoid which is incredibly healthy and has many wonderful benefits. It helps lower LDL cholesterol and reduce inflammation. Moreover, it acts as a natural antihistamine that can help combat allergies, and can help people who suffer from seasonal or chronic allergies.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Reasons to Eat Sweet Potatoes" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1877" height="333" src="http://womanitely.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Reasons-to-Eat-Sweet-Potatoes.jpg?e343f1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="500" /></span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">5. Sweet potatoes help control blood sugar</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Even though sweet potatoes contain carbohydrates, they can help manage blood sugar levels. Since sweet potatoes increase blood levels of adiponectin, they’re able to modify insulin metabolism that helps control blood sugar levels. Sweet potatoes are also rich in fiber, which means they slow the release of glucose into the bloodstream and can help prevent blood sugar spikes.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">6. Sweet potatoes are good for your heart</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sweet potatoes are a fantastic source of potassium and vitamin B6 – two essential nutrients that are good for your heart. Potassium helps prevent high blood pressure and vitamin B6 helps break down homocysteine that can cause the hardening of the arteries and lead to cardiovascular disease. When you consume sweet potatoes, you get both potassium and vitamin B6, which are so essential for your heart.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">7. Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin C</span></span></h2> <div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.5em; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When it comes to vitamin C, we often think of citrus fruits first. However, sweet potatoes are also high in vitamin C. A medium sweet potato contains about 40 percent of your daily requirement of vitamin C. It helps the body produce collagen that keeps your joints and skin healthy. Plus, it can help you cope with stress better.</span></div> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">8. Sweet potatoes contain Vitamin D</span></span></h2> <h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 15px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Vitamin D is essential for your immune system and overall health. It plays a vital role in your energy levels, helps improve your mood and build healthy bones. It also great for your heart, skin, and teeth. Eating sweet potato more often, not just on Thanksgiving, can help you avoid a vitamin D deficiency.</span></h2> <br /> <div class="ssba" style="background-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; margin: 1.5em 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> Sweet potatoes are an amazing food with a lot of healthy benefits. Incorporating this food into your healthy eating plan is an easy way to get the essential nutrients sweet potatoes provide. What are your favorite ways to consume sweet potatoes? Do you know some other reasons to eat more sweet potatoes?</div> </div>

8 Fantastic Reasons to Eat Sweet Potatoes

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This is How Ebola Spread into Sierra Leone and went viral

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">                            <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisHsJgMZCVAKGB6-m6USDVBESgDp8BaxDhNv1cebe0oU0gQPCCijCmUx7ww0YFfNI0rnUkOuEyt5guIA09ayCZUKvKz_PwVWsq4z_b9lHJv4Z4nKXZFV0jbRqUNHGvjRG65IPhyphenhyphenZnhsvQ/s1600/ebola-011.jpg" /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Health officials in <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Sierra Leone</span> have blamed the outbreak of the deadly <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">Ebola Virus</span> on a female herbalist who claimed to have power to heal people of the disease.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The health officials said the disease should not have spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone, but for the herbalist who lived in the eastern border village of Sokoma.</span></div> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="text-decoration: none;"></a><br /></span></span> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> “She was claiming to have powers to heal <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">Ebola</span>. Cases from Guinea were crossing into Sierra Leone for treatment,” Mohamed Vandi, the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">top medical</span> official in the hard-hit district of Kenema, told <em>Agence France-Presse</em>.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“She got infected and died. During her funeral, women around the other towns got infected.”<br />The herbalist’s mourners fanned out across the rolling <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">hills</span> of the Kissi tribal chiefdoms, starting a <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7">chain reaction</span> of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">infections</span>, deaths, funerals and more infections.<a href="" name="more"></a></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The deadly Ebola Virus has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people in West Africa as well as a Spanish Priest who died last week in Spain.</span></div> <br /></div>

This is How Ebola Spread into Sierra Leone and went viral

                               Health officials in  Sierra Leone  have blamed the outbreak of the deadly  Ebola Virus  on a female her...

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NMA promises to call off strike

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="story-featured-image" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; min-width: 378px !important; width: 368px;"> <img alt="President of the NMA, Dr. Kayode Obembe" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="222" scale="0" src="http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/President-of-the-NMA-Dr.-Kayode-Obembe-360x222.jpg" style="border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /><div class="featured-image-caption" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 5px 10px 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President of the NMA, Dr. Kayode Obembe</span></div> </div> <div style="float: left; padding: 10px 18px 5px 0px; width: 370px;"> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7167863529667065" data-ad-slot="6184555097" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="display: inline-block; height: 140px; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="border: none; display: inline-table; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><ins id="aswift_0_anchor" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; display: block; height: 140px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 370px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="140" hspace="0" id="aswift_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_0" scrolling="no" style="left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="370"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Kayode Obembe, on Wednesday, has reportedly assured the Senate President, David Mark, that the 51-day old industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors across the country, would soon be called off.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obembe was said to have given the assurance when he led members of the NMA executive to hold a closed-door meeting with the Senate President in Abuja. The meeting, which commenced in the late hours of Tuesday, lasted till the early hours of Wednesday.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Mr. Paul Mumeh, on Wednesday, gave hint of what transpired at the meeting, said to have been attended by the Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; Senator Tunde Ogbeha, as well as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The statement explained that Obembe however said he would not give the exact date and time that the strike would be called off until he reported back to his members.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The NMA boss was also quoted to have described the meeting with Mark as, “very useful and successful.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He described as incorrect “the notion in some quarters that the striking doctors abandoned the nation in this trying times of major heath challenge on account of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He clarified that there was never a time the doctors refused to respond to the national emergency.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The NMA boss said, “Doctors were not unmindful of the health challenges faced by the nation at the moment but needed government to correct some abnormalities in the health sector to make it more effective and responsive to the health care needs of the citizens.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He pledged to convene a stakeholders meeting soon as part of the process to put an end to the current industrial action.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigerian doctors embarked on the nationwide strike on July 1 following their disagreement with the Federal Government over alleged unpaid allowances.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mumeh’s statement added that Mark reminded the doctors of the implications of the strike to the health of the citizens and that there had been indications that government had complied with a reasonable number of the doctors’ demands.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em>The Senate President pleaded with the NMA to ask its members to return to work and promised to table their grievances before President Jonathan with a view to finding answers to them.</em></span></div> <br /> <div> <em><br /></em></div> </div> </div>

NMA promises to call off strike

President of the NMA, Dr. Kayode Obembe National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Kayode Obembe, on Wednesday, ha...

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FG didn’t sack doctors —Health Minister

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abuja — The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said, yesterday, that contrary to media reports, the Federal Government has not sacked any doctor under its employ.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="-webkit-transition: background-color, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Doctors-strike-empty-ward-.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: background-color, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="An empty ward in a Lagos owned hospital due to the strike by the medical doctors" class=" wp-image-111388" height="266" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Doctors-strike-empty-ward-.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="400" /></a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Professor Onyebuchi told State House correspondents that what the government did was the suspension of the residency programme in federal hospitals.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It would be recalled that the Ministry of Health in a press release by its Deputy Director of Press, Alhaji Isiaka Yusuf, said last week that it had to do so after exploring all avenues to end the Nigerian Medical Association’s  strike, which it said had compounded the health crisis in the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA,  had directed its members nationwide to go on strike on July 1.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The situation has been compounded by the recent importation of the Ebola Virus Disease into Nigeria on July 20, 2014.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Following the presidential declaration of a National Public Health Emergency on Ebola Disease, which has united the entire country in the efforts to contain the disease, it is quite regrettable that the people who should take leadership role in the fight against the Ebola disease are now the most unsupportive,” the statement said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Explaining the decision, Professor Chukwu told State House Correspondents that it was rather the change in vocabulary from suspension to sack, that might have sent out the wrong signals.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said that the allotted time within which the resident doctors were supposed to be acquiring the needed skills was being wasted, since government’s decision to reappraise the programme.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chukwu, however, said that the suspension of the residency programme may last for months, until the committee about to be set up by him, submits its report for the way forward.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“They were not sacked, it is a matter of interpretation. For example, if someone while still working actively dies, or whether that person resigned or was dismissed or retired or terminated, all mean different things in the public service.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“But the end point is that the person is no longer working. “I want us to put things in perspective. Government did not sack anybody, it is true that they themselves have not been working for almost two months, except those in private hospitals.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Resident doctors in both federal and state hospitals have not been working for almost two months now, and they have not participated in the control of this Ebola Virus Diseas, they have not played any role.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“So even if government had not taken any decision, they  are not working and I don’t know why suddenly the media started taking interest in them. They are not part of this success story.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“But what happened is like in the aviation industry where when you buy a ticket and you fail to show up, they say, ‘no show,’ and they even penalise you. So there is no show of the resident doctors and even government is still paying them.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Sometimes, we need to think deeply about what we do to ourselves. government says, why can’t we use this period to appraise properly the residency programme and come up with something that can help the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Training of a doctor must be done properly. They have an allotted time to acquire skills. Anybody can pass the theoretical exams, but has he acquired the skills? We need to be honest with ourselves.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“If you suspend any course do you keep students redundant? You give them opportunity if they feel you are wasting their time they can apply for other courses.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He added that government’s decision only affects resident doctors in federal hospitals and it is not a permanent thing ” I believe we will quickly appraise this situation and hopefully government will resume residency programme because honestly we need to train doctors in the specialist.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <br /></div>

FG didn’t sack doctors —Health Minister

Abuja — The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu said, yesterday, that contrary to media reports, the Federal Government has not...

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Sneaky Depression Triggers as You Age

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post hentry" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 class="post-title entry-title" style="border: 0px; font-weight: normal; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></h2> <div class="post-header" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-header-line-1" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="fortieth birthday cake candles" class="slide_image" height="335" id="slide_image1" name="slide_image1" src="http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/depression_triggers_and_aging_slideshow/getty_rf_photo_of_birthday_candles.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin: 66px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;" width="493" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Midlife Can Make You Miserable</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Feel like middle age is closing in on you? You're not alone. A 2008 study of data from 2 million people found that midlife depression spans the globe. In the U.S., it peaks at around age 40 for women and 50 for men, and usually starts to lift in the 50s. Why? People may learn to adapt to their strengths and weaknesses and value life more, the researchers say.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Depression Trigger: Overload</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Squeezed between the demands of children, aging parents, marriage, and your job? Feeling sad, worthless, and guilty? Women tend to shoulder more of the "sandwich generation" burdens -- and up to half become depressed as a result.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solution: </b>Make sure you're caring for yourself, too. Exercise, get enough rest, eat healthy, see friends, and get help -- for caregiving demands and depression -- if you need it.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Low Vitamin B12</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you're feeling lethargic or depressed, too little vitamin B12 may be to blame. If you're older, you're more at risk for the B12 blues because you may not have enough stomach acid to release B12 from food.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solution:</b> Ask your doctor to measure levels of B12 in your blood. If it's low, talk to your doctor about diet, oral supplements, or an injection to see what might be right for you.  </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Changes in Sex Drive</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As men age, their bodies produce less of the important sex hormone testosterone. Low testosterone levels can cause depression, as well as erectile dysfunction (ED) -- trouble getting or keeping an erection -- and a decreased interest in sex. </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solutions: </b>Ask your doctor to test the levels of testosterone in your blood. If it is low, ask your doctor about replacement therapy and other treatment options. </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="scintigram of abnormal thyroid" class="slide_image" height="335" id="slide_image5" name="slide_image5" src="http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/depression_triggers_and_aging_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of_abnormal_thyroid.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin: 66px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;" width="493" /></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Thyroid Disorders</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Depression can be one symptom of an underactive or occasionally overactive thyroid. And if you are older, it may be the only symptom. Or it may appear with a subtle symptom. In the case of overactive thyroid, it could be accompanied by heart flutters, tremors, or fatigue. An underactive thyroid can cause constipation or fatigue. That's why this very treatable problem is often mistaken for bowel or nervous system disorders in older people.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solution:</b> See your doctor, especially if a close relative has thyroid disease.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Achy Joints</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Living with a condition that causes chronic pain, such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis, increases the chance of having depression. In fact, people with chronic pain are three times as likely to have depression or an anxiety disorder. And depression can make pain worse.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solution:</b> Exercise, meditate, or listen to music. An hour of classical music a day has been shown to ease arthritis pain <i style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">and</i>depression. If the depression or pain doesn't lift, talk to your doctor.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="older couple looking at the sunset" class="slide_image" height="335" id="slide_image7" name="slide_image7" src="http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/depression_triggers_and_aging_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of_couple_watching_sunset.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin: 66px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;" width="493" /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Perimenopause and Menopause</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hormone fluctuations, hot flashes, and life changes related to perimenopause and menopause can make your mood plummet. If you have trouble sleeping, a history of depression, or PMS, mood swings or depression may worsen during this transitional period.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solutions:</b> For mild depression, try self-calming skills such as yoga or deep breathing. Do things that make you feel better, such as exercise or going out with friends, or find a creative outlet. For more serious, long-lasting symptoms of depression, prescription medication or talk therapy can help.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: The Empty Nest</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If your child has left home, an "empty nest" can make <i style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you</i> feel empty. Going through menopause or retirement at the same time may make it harder.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solutions:</b> Try to see it as an opportunity. Reconnect with your spouse, other family members, and friends. Pursue hobbies and interests you didn't have time for before. Give yourself time to adjust. If your mood doesn't lift in a few months, talk to your doctor.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Type 2 Diabetes</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you feel too listless to check your blood sugar regularly? Are unpredictable blood sugar levels making you feel out of control? Depression is a common and dangerous complication of many chronic conditions, including diabetes. Depression also may keep you from taking good care of your diabetes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solution:</b> Talk to your doctor if you've been depressed for more than two weeks. Talk therapy, medication, and better diabetes control can help you manage both conditions. Depression is serious and if left untreated can be life threatening.</span><img alt="alcohol in glass" class="slide_image" height="335" id="slide_image10" name="slide_image10" src="http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/depression_triggers_and_aging_slideshow/getty_rf_photo_of_bottle_of_alcohol.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; margin: 66px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;" width="493" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Drinking</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About 1 in 4 older people who drink heavily has major depression. Some older people <i style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">start </i>drinking more because of stressful events, such as retirement or a spouse's death. Yet alcohol problems are often mistaken for other age-related issues.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solutions:</b> A combination of medications can treat both alcohol dependence and depression. Individual or group therapy can also help deal with issues that may trigger drinking.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trigger: Poor Sleep</span></span></span></h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Insomnia and other sleep disruptions, which are common as we age, are closely related to depression. Insomnia can be a sign that you are depressed, and if you have insomnia but aren’t depressed, you’re at higher risk of developing mood changes. Obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome also have been linked to depression.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" xmlns:xalan="http://xml.apache.org/xalan"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solutions:</b> Talk to your doctor about possible reasons for your sleep problems and get treatment for them. Learn good sleep hygiene habits, such as regular bedtime hours. Exercise early regularly and avoid caffeine, alcohol, or nicotine, which interfere with sleep. 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <header class="post-header cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 21px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="featured" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sawyer-mrs.jpg" itemprop="image" rel="prettyPhoto" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ebola: Nigerians descend on Sawyer’s widow"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="sawyer mrs" class="attachment-main-slider wp-post-image no-display appear" height="336" src="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sawyer-mrs-702x336.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Ebola: Nigerians descend on Sawyer’s widow" width="702" /></span></a></div> <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 35px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ebola: Nigerians descend on Sawyer’s widow</span></span></h1> <a class="comments" href="http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=77340#comments" style="border: 0px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px -35px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="fa fa-comments-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> </span></span></a></header><div class="post-container cf" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content-right" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="post-content description" itemprop="articleBody" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px -1.857em; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">■ For defending husband</strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Decontee Sawyer, widow of the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer who imported the deadly Ebola virus into Nigeria has come under scathing criticisms from Nigerians for defending her late hus­band’s mission in Nigeria at a time he was said to have been placed under medical surveillance by authorities in Liberia for showing symptoms of the virus.<b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></b></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Initial reports about the Liberian’s mission in Nigeria had claimed that the late Sawyer flew into Nigeria on July 20, 2014 with intention of participating in an ECOWAS event that held in Calabar. However in a swift defense his widow, was reported by TMZ, a Liberian magazine, to have said her late husband came to Nigeria for proper medical attention as he didn’t have trust in Liberia’s healthcare system.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The magazine credited Sawyer’s widow to have said, “I’ve read other reports in other papers (not the New York Times) about Patrick’s ‘recklessness.’ I get where they’re coming from, and they certainly have the right to feel the way they do. However, as Patrick’s widow, I would like to shed some light on this from another perspective. One that only I, his wife, would know,” she wrote.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I knew Patrick better than anybody else (including him). He had told me many times in the past how much he didn’t trust the Li­berian healthcare system. He would tell me about how a person would get checked in for one thing, and get misdiagnosed and get the wrong treatment as a result. On top of that, Patrick was a clean freak, and told me how filthy a lot of the hospitals were.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“He didn’t tell me this, but I know in my heart of hearts that Patrick was determined to get to Nigeria by all means because he felt that Nigeria would be a place of refuge. He had expressed to me so many times in the past, how passionately he felt about helping to be a part of strengthening Liberia’s healthcare system, because he knew it wasn’t there yet, and he wouldn’t want to take a chance with his life because a lot of people depended on him- Patrick had a passion for life, and he wouldn’t have wanted it to end this way. So, I bet the only thing that he was thinking was, ‘if only I could get to Nigeria, a way more developed country than Liberia, I would be able to get some help.’ How ironic!”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ostensibly piqued by the ravaging effect of Ebola virus in the country, many Nige­rians have taken to social media to express their anger against the defense put forward by Sawyer’s widow. A<i style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook </i>user, Engineer Ogbodo Joy, called on Sawyer’s widow to go for an Ebola test rather than try to defend her late husband whom he dubbed Ebola terrorist. “The wife of the Ebola terrorist should just have her mouth shut, instead of making a whole lot of noise. Hope she has gone for her own treatment of the disease, or is she waiting to see a country where she would go and spread the virus as her husband did or is she waiting for our na­tion to get over the disease that her husband infested us with, before she comes over to Nigeria and infect us with her own disease, since Nigeria has become their abode where they can always come over to spread the deadly disease. Nigeria has now become the best nation for every medical attention,” he said cynically.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In another reaction, Rabiu Muhammed asked rather rhetorically, “why didn’t your husband travel to America for quality health care service,” adding, “Good health care my foot! Pure terrorist, now he will sure get the good health care he needs by taking along all those he has infected and killed. Don’t know how such a callous soul will find rest. He is absolutely wicked, what stopped him from telling every one that he has Ebola or was he dumb on arrival. Wondering if he was even paid by those evil Boko Haram,”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nonso Ekpunobi expressed doubt over Sawyer’s widow’s defence saying: “May the good Lord forgive your husband for delib­erately putting the lives of over 140 million people into such risk. You should immedi­ately apologize to the President you insulted while offering your lame and unintelligent excuses.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amina Dauda had no kind word for the bereaved widow either: “She works as a radio host in New York and she didn’t advise her hubby to seek good medical help in US. She should tell her stupid cooked up story to the dead. The money they paid them for this dastardly act, will cause their downfall,”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Arrant nonsense, rubbish!” Stella-Maris Obianiberi Imeri thundered in her Facebook post. “Patrick Sawyer was an American citizen, why didn’t he head for America to get the best medical care?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Toye Olori, had a similar question for Mrs. Sawyer, “If he knew he had such a disease and wanted help, is the U.S, where the wife works and stays not the best place to go seek medical attention? Why head to Nigeria where we also complain of inade­quate health facilities. Did he not know that health workers in Nigeria were on strike and Nigerians were losing their lives daily due to lack of treatment? The woman should just shut up. He was used by the devil to bring problems on an already troubled nation period. God help us,” Olori noted.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.857em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For Abdul Kolawole, the late Sawyer’s visit to Nigeria when he was aware of having contracted the virus, is indefensible, “Your husband’s action is indefensible. He was avoiding contact with fellow Liberians in Monrovia, but he allowed unsuspecting Nigerians to have unrestrained access to him on arrival in Nigeria and didn’t disclose to care-givers at the hospital he was rushed to in Lagos that he had Ebola. He didn’t disclose his Ebola status at the airport to seek help, which you claimed he desperately wanted. Rather he claimed to be suffering from malaria and it was after two tests on him for malaria had returned negative that he was suspected to be a carrier of Ebola. Even after being told about this suspicion, he went into some kind of rage, removed his drip, spilled some blood and got many infected. What can be more wicked and crazy than this behavior? With your defense, Mrs. Sawyer, you are also an accomplice,” Kolawole noted.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Ebola:Nigerians descend on Sawyer's wife for defending husband

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146 patients recover, says group

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="single-post-thumb" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Chukwu" class="attachment-slider wp-post-image" data-cfsrc="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Prof-Onyebuchi-Chukwu.jpg" height="201" src="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Prof-Onyebuchi-Chukwu.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 620px;" width="251" /></span></div> <div class="single-post-caption" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chukwu</span></div> <div class="post-inner" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 20px 0px;"> <h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="itemReviewed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" style="border: 0px none; font-weight: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span itemprop="name" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">146 patients recover, says group</span></span></h1> <div class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 7px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="post-meta-author" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Posted by: <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/author/rilwan/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;" title="">Seun Akioye</a></span> <span class="post-cats" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">in <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/category/news/" rel="category tag" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;" title="View all posts in News">News</a></span> <span class="tie-date" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">7 hours ago</span></span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px none; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="entry" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="pf-content" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ONE hundred and forty-six patients have recovered from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also called Doctors Without Border, has said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MSF, which has established Ebola treatment centres in the three countries, explained that once a patient recovers from the disease, such a patient becomes immune to the virus and could continue to live a normal healthy life.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group also said an Ebola outbreak is considered to end once no new case is reported after 42 days.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Conakry, the Guinean capital, the MSF said it admitted 232 patients with 124 confirmed Ebola cases.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group said 64 of them recovered and returned home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Gueckedou, also in Guinea, of the 366 patients admitted, 169 were confirmed to have Ebola; 46 recovered and returned home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Sierra Leone, MSF said of the 174 confirmed Ebola patients it admitted, 36 recovered and nine were discharged on August 4, after they recovered from the disease.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In 2012, the MSF effectively contained an Ebola outbreak in Uganda by placing a control area around the treatment centre.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The organisation has 676 workers in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MSF said it would support any effort by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to find a vaccine for the disease.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It said: “MSF welcomes the steps the WHO is taking to adopt exceptional regulatory procedures in the face of an exceptionally grave Ebola epidemic. MSF is keen that its patients benefit from any treatment that shows promise, and will continue to work with the WHO and other organisations to support an appropriate acceleration of procedure for any treatment that is considered a good candidate for a medical trial.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The responsibility for selection of a treatment and the definition of the ethical framework for this will be in the hands of the WHO and the ministries of Health of the countries where the epidemic has spread.”</span></div> <div class="printfriendly pf-alignright" style="border: 0px none; float: right; list-style: none; margin: 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; line-height: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Print Friendly" data-cfsrc="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-button.gif" data-cfstyle="border:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none; box-shadow:none;" src="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-button.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; display: inline-block; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="share-post" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-style: solid none; border-top-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-width: 1px 0px; clear: both; height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 10px;"> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 106px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-share-button twitter-tweet-button twitter-share-button twitter-count-horizontal" data-twttr-rendered="true" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1407888064.html#_=1408094257605&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F&size=m&text=146%20patients%20recover%2C%20says%20group&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F&via=thenationnews" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 107px;" title="Twitter Tweet Button"></iframe></span></li> <li style="border: 0px none; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 106px;"><div class=" fb_reset" id="fb-root" style="background-image: none; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; cursor: auto; direction: ltr; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none; visibility: visible;"> <div style="border: 0px none; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px none; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0" id="fb_xdm_frame_http" name="fb_xdm_frame_http" scrolling="no" src="http://static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/FX-Xf5fQjUk.js?version=41#channel=f1c001be68&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net" style="border-style: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" tabindex="-1" title="Facebook Cross Domain Communication Frame"></iframe></span></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>

146 patients recover, says group

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Minister advises Nigerians on risks of using mobile phones

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Abuja – Mrs Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Communications Technology, on Thursday in Abuja cautioned the public on the risks which go with the use of mobile phones.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Johnson, represented by Mrs Ngozi Ogujiofor, a Deputy Director in the ministry, gave the advice while speaking after the inauguration of Etisalat Experience Centre.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said one of the most dangerous devices of communications was the mobile phones, and they could affect health and cause damages to the body.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Radiation from phones can cause problems, and this is why we are advising the public not to bring phones close to their body or use in the rain.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The most dangerous and important element in the communications sector is mobile phones, because of the health and other related risks they bring,’’ the minister said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She also advised telephone companies and operators to carry out sensitisation programmes to enlighten Nigerians on the risks of using mobile phones.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“It is important for operators to also enlighten the public on the risks, because this will also help members of the society to enjoy their lives,’’ Johnson said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The minister said there were some radioactive elements in the mobile phone which might affect the body and cause cancer and other health challenges.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Johnson said there were possibilities that radio waves produced by mobile phones could interfere with important electrical equipment, such as telecom masts, monitors, hospitals equipments and electrical systems on airplanes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said that was the reason the ministry made it mandatory for operators to install their masts five kilometres away from residential areas.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Mothers should not allow their children to play with mobile phones, especially when they are not of the age of using a mobile phone and are not well educated on the use of it,’’ the minister said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Johnson also cautioned people against using phones while driving.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has made it an offence punishable under the law for anybody to use a mobile phone while driving.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“This is because that can lead to an accident, which may result in death or permanent injury. The best way you can avoid this is to park or use an hands-free device if you must receive such calls,’’ she said.(NAN)</span></div> <div class="OUTBRAIN" data-browser="safari" data-dynload="" data-ob-mark="true" data-os="ipad" data-src="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/minister-advises-nigerians-risks-using-mobile-phones/" id="outbrain_widget_0" obdone="true" style="border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="ob_brnBox_cont NA" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="ob_empty" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><wbr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></wbr></span><span class="ob_org_header" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/minister-advises-nigerians-risks-using-mobile-phones/#sthash.AcNfVt5I.dpuf</span></div>

Minister advises Nigerians on risks of using mobile phones

Abuja – Mrs Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Communications Technology, on Thursday in Abuja cautioned the public on the risks which go wi...

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