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People living with diabetes in Nigeria have lamented the high cost of medication and treatment for the condition.
They also decry how perceived lack of government policy worsens their condition.
This is even as experts say there are between three- andfive million people living with diabetes in the country.
Speaking with our correspondent, the South-West Chairman, Diabetes Association of Nigeria, Abdulwahab Dauda, said there was no policy for diabetes in the country.
“The government doesn’t even know we exist. It’s only some of the pharmaceutical companies that support us.
“There is no policy to support our condition in the country. We have been making moves regarding this, but, so far, we have not succeeded.
Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency recently shone at the just concluded lecture/award of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria. While the General Manager, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe carted away the Excellence Award in Revitalising LASEPA, the agency’s spokesperson, Bola Ajao won the Proactive Public Affairs Officer of the Year
Recently at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, top security practitioners, politicians, business executives, traditional rulers and many others from different walks of life graced the 29th edition of the annual lecture/award ceremony of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), which held on Thursday, December 10, 2020.
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Infertility is more common than imagined. Men are estimated to cause or contribute to infertility problems in about 40 per cent of cases, with reduced sperm production and problems that keep healthy sperm from reaching the egg among the most common causes.
The use of certain medications has been found to alter sperm production, function, and delivery. These are pharmaceutical drugs often used in the treatment of infections, depression, arthritis, hypertension, and cancer.
Certain treatments are used for males with infertility issues. However, scientists increasingly investigate the use of all-natural remedies to help a male body become more fertile.
In naturally boosting fertility in men, a medicinal herb called Hunteria umbellata may be helpful to increase the total sperm count and percentage of live sperm.