Health

A new study suggests that young adults who were malnourished at an early age were approximately twice as likely to experience hearing loss as their better- nourished peers.

The study, led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States (U.S.), analyzed the relationship between the hearing of more than 2,200 young adults in Nepal and their nutritional levels as children 16 years earlier.

The study which was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that nutritional interventions in South Asia could assist prevent hearing loss, a condition which currently affects an estimated 116 million youths in the region.

The Coordinator of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Borno state, Mr Nasiru Mato on Wednesday said 24 bakeries have been sealed in Maiduguri for operating without licenses. Mr. Mato made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. He explained that the Bakeries were sealed because the operators failed to comply with standard operational guidelines, as well as their failure to renew or obtain the required licenses.

A group of US scientists from Rockefeller University, have discovered a new family of antibiotics in soil samples, which could be used to combat hard-to-treat infections.

In the study published in Nature Microbiology, the scientists expressed optimism that, the discovery offers fresh hope in the antibiotics arms race.

Tests results show the natural compounds, called malacidins, annihilate several bacterial diseases that have become resistant to most existing antibiotics, including the superbug MRSA.

The Director General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Sani Aliyu has warned Nigerians, especially youths, to “love wisely or buy condoms’’ as they prepare to celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day on February 14. Sani gave the advice in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Toyin Aderibigbe.

Members of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have threatened to resume nationwide industrial action if the Federal Government fails to meet their demands. The National Chairman and Secretary of JOHESU, Biobelemoye Joy Josiah Ekpebor Florence respectively made this known on Sunday after a consultative meeting with stakeholders. The duo urged the government to act in the interest of the sector or prepare for a showdown.

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new type of malleable, self-healing and fully recyclable "electronic skin" that has applications ranging from robotics and prosthetic development to better biomedical devices. Electronic skin, known as e-skin, is a thin, translucent material that can mimic the function and mechanical properties of human skin.