Ladies Beware!!! Drugs Taken For Painful Periods Could Cause Infertility – Research Says

Women have been cautioned against taking drugs for painful periods and back pain as it could cause infertility.

A new study revealed that drugs such as naproxen, diclofenac, ibuprofen and aspirin which are largely used for the treatment of pain, inflammation, painful periods and fever can reduce a woman’s fertility.

The researchers analyzed the effects of the 3 NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) on fertility.

As part of the study, painkiller study investigator, Prof. Sami Salman, of the University of Baghdad, Iraq recruited 39 women of childbearing age who suffer from back pain to take part in the study.

The women received diclofenac (100mg once daily), naproxen (500mg twice daily) and etoricoxib (90mg once daily) or a placebo.

The drugs were given 10 days after the beginning of their menstrual cycle, the first day of a woman’s period.

Researchers tested whether the women had ovulated by analyzing the level of the hormone progesterone, via a blood sample. They also measured the diameter of the dominant follicle, a fluid-filled cavity in the ovaries that contains one undeveloped egg, using ultra sonography, a form of ultrasound.

The team found that of the women receiving NSAIDs, only 6.3% of those taking diclofenac ovulated, and only 25% of women taking naproxen and 27.3% taking etoricoxib ovulated.

This was compared with 100% of women in the control group, who were not taking medication.

Based on the findings Salman said:

“After just 10 days of treatment we saw a significant decrease in progesterone, a hormone essential for ovulation, across all treatment groups, as well as functional cysts in one third of patients. These findings show that even short-term use of these popular, over-the-counter drugs could have a significant impact on a women’s ability to have children.”

Also doctors said the risk of reduced fertility associated with the drugs, must be communicated to women regularly taking the medication.

Journalist Burnt Alive By Police For Exposing Politician Who Raped Girls

The Indian police has arrested five of its officers for allegedly burning a journalist for exposing a corrupt politician.

A courageous journalist in India who accused a high ranking Minister of corruption and rape, Jagendra Singh, has been burnt alive by five police officers who were paid to carry out the hatchet job, reports Hindi Times.

According to the report, the police have charged Minister Ram Murti Verma and the police officers with the murder of the journalist was found burned to death just days after accusing the politician of rape on Facebook.

On June 1, 2015, police had raided the Singh’s home and after beating him to a pulp, he was set on fire and later claimed that Singh committed suicide by self-immolation.

However, Singh’s son Rahul, later came forward accusing the officers of burning his father to death. As a result, the politician and the five officers involved have been charged with murder.

Rahul told investigators that the officers, including a senior ranking Inspector, burned his father to death in front of the rest of the family.

“He told me he was hounded for exposing Verma’s alleged involvement in illegal mining and forced occupation of land.”

Singh had accused the politician of illegal land seizures, launching illegal mining operations and being involved in the sexual assault of a child.

The Indian government has charged Murti Verma, the Inspector and four other police officers with murder while also condemning the brutal incident against a member of the press as an attack on freedom of speech.

Police believe the murder was Verma’s revenge for the journalist’s Facebook posts.

Why Men With Big Bellies Make Better Lovers

A study proves more gut DOES equal more glory in the bedroom.
Hey ladies: take a break from chasing that six-packed Adonis and instead divert your gaze to the oft-overlooked Homer Simpson doppelganger. You may thank us for it.

A study out of Turkey concluded that overweight men with obvious bellies last longer in bed than their thinner counterparts. These heroic researchers (dedicated to finding answers to life’s big problems) studied the BMI and se.xual performance of 100 men seeking help for se.xual dysfunctions contrasted against 100 men who reported no problems.

The result? Men with a higher BMI and, yes, unsightly guts, lasted an average of 7.3 minutes where the slimmer of the group could barely hold on for 2 minutes. Ouch, right? A five-minute difference is pretty significant. As in three times as long kind of significant. In fact, they found skinnier guys more likely to suffer from premature ejaculation, too.

At first blush this might seem counterintuitive. The penis if often referred to as the dipstick of a man’s health, so wouldn’t those at a healthier weight be able to last longer? Not exactly. Scientists say it’s more complicated then that. More belly fat, they say, means the man in question is housing more of the female s.ex hormone estradiol, which helps to inhibit orgasm. The researchers even went so far as to say that men with less masculine bodies have the upper hand in holding out than a guy who are buff, like, say, a Ryan Reynolds body double.

Sigh. This must be yet another one of life’s cruel practical jokes — and the silver lining if your man’s two biggest hobbies are beer and nachos.

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25yr Old Woman Died Due To Ovarian Cancer – These Are The Symptoms She Ignored

Ovarian cancer has been dubbed ‘The Silent Killer’. Similar to many other cancers, it doesn’t show any symptoms for a long time. When it does, the symptoms are very non-specific and can point to a number of different conditions – both serious and benign. The sad reality is that when ovarian cancer is finally diagnosed, it has often already spread, which makes your treatment options limited.

There are some early warning signs you can look out for. But you need to combine your observations with other factors, as you don’t want to be jumping to conclusions too early.

The eight most important warning signs of ovarian cancer

Abdominal bloating or swelling: The size of your abdomen increases, you feel bloated and full of gas. You might notice that some clothes feel tighter around your waist and hips.

Constipation and other changes in your bowel movements.

Pelvic pain: You feel discomfort or pain in the pelvic area, and sometimes also in the abdomen. If your pain persists, you shouldn’t just brush it away, or mask it with painkillers. Your pain usually wants to give you an important message.

Low back pain, especially if it radiates to the pelvic area.

Urgent or frequent urination: You feel an urgent need to pee and you hardly make it to the toilet on time, and/or you need to urinate in short intervals. Many women experience this – it can often be a sign of weak pelvic floor muscles (which can be strengthen by Kegel exercises), or you might have a urinary tract infection. But keep an eye on it, as it can be a sign of something more sinister going on.

Loss of appetite or feeling full quickly when you eat: Also observe any unexplained weight loss. Women are usually happy when they shed a few pounds, but it’s not always a good sign.

Pain with sexual activity

Fatigue: Feeling overly tired and low in energy can signal an underlying condition.

It doesn’t mean you need to have all of the above symptoms. Sometimes one can be enough to signal there is something doggy going on. If the symptoms continue for two weeks or longer, it might be time to visit your doctor to check things out.

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Osun APC calls for understanding at Ramadan due to unpaid salaries

In a statement issued by its Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, Mr Kunle Oyatomi in Osogbo, Tuesday, the All Progressives Congress-APC in Osun State, has appealed to the people of the state to exercise utmost patience, perseverance and understanding in the face of the financial adversity, which has lead the state into the month of Ramadan.

He said:

 “In times like this, when we face a collective challenge approaching the Ramadan our faith must not waver, our restraint must not snap and our perseverance should hold firm so that we can triumph over this tragedy within the fasting period.”

“We give assurances   to government workers and the people who depend on government that this crisis of non-payment of salaries and other entitlements will very soon be resolved.”

“These cynical people, are empty and incapable of even suggesting a solution; but are out there only to sow discord and pry on others’ misfortune to gloat in mockery.

“But as Ramadan approaches, our spiritual self-restraint should take control of our emotional and financial strains; and Osun should demonstrate that their religious faith is solid and capable of withstanding what we are going through.

“It is only through this unflinching demonstration of active faith that Allah will grant us relief and victory over our problems,” the party encouraged the people of Osun.

The APC reinstated that governor Rauf Aregbesola was working so hard and relentlessly to end this crisis, and, “sooner than later, the non-payment of salaries will be a thing of the past’’.

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Swearing at someone using WhatsApp could land you in jail in UAE

The UAE has introduced severe penalties for people caught swearing online, including jail sentences and fines of up to 250,000 dirham (about $67,500).

One man recently convicted of sending "insulting words" to a colleague via the instant messaging service is waiting to learn if he will be the first to pay such a heavy price.

He was originally handed a 3,000 dirham ($816.74) fine, but the Federal Supreme Court, based in Abu Dhabi, has overturned that sentence for being too lenient.

The case has now been referred to the Court of Appeal and a date for the new hearing has yet to be confirmed.

Criminal defence lawyer Abdullah Yousef Al Nasir, told 7DAYS that according to cyber-crime law, anyone who sends an offensive emoji or image online could also be prosecuted.

He said: “Sending a middle finger emoji on a smartphone or even sending a middle finger picture through email can put you in trouble.

“It’s an insult in the UAE and the law can punish you with either jail of up to three years or a fine of up to Dhs500,000.” (About $136k)

He added that if a foreigner is convicted they will likely be deported.

However, Al Nasir said police would have to receive a complaint from the person the image was sent to in order to act, meaning one sent between friends in jest would not automatically land someone in trouble.

But he said users need to realise how seriously such an insult could be taken.

Al Nasir said: “With the development of technology, people have started insulting others on social media using services like WhatsApp or BlackBerry messenger.

“Some people insult or mock others thinking nobody can prosecute them. But the UAE has issued a cyber-crimes law to punish anyone committing any crime like insulting someone using technology.”
A senior Dubai Police official urged smartphone users to think before posting a message or image that could be offensive.

He said: “Be careful of what you send on smartphones or emails.

“It’s up to the recipient to open a criminal case if they feel offended by a message.
“It’s an insult in the UAE and the law can punish someone committing such act.”

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There is a limit to what I can do at 72 - Buhari

President Buhari says his age will limit his performance as President. He said this while speaking with Nigerians in South Africa on Monday June 15th. He also gave reasons why he joined politics after retiring from the military. What he said below...

"How I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do. But what brought me there I think mainly is because I love this country. I was in the war front for 30 months during the civil war. I lost a lot of loyal people to me, I lost relatives. A lot of Nigerians did too. We lost about two million Nigerians just to keep Nigeria one. So, nobody should come now and tell us rubbish. We are going to remain one country.
God has given us another opportunity to reorganise this country. Those who work hard, the society will pay them back. Two fundamental reasons I joined politics, I will tell you. One, when I went back home after being a governor of now six states – Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, and Gombe, petroleum minister under former Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd) for three-and-half years, Head of State and chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF, the most irritating thing was that of all these positions I had held, people didn’t remember any.

They only remember my days at the PTF because I bought bed sheets and put in hospitals and some x-ray machines and some buses for the schools. They remember me more as chairman of the PTF than as former Head of State, governor or minister of petroleum, in spite of the fact that it was during my time that I signed the contract for the Warri and Kaduna refineries, laid more than 3,500km pipes and built more than 20 depots. We got the tankers off the roads; we saved lives; we saved fuel; we saved the road itself. But from 1999 till date, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has messed it up. That is why Nigerians decided to vote me.

The second thing that happened that finally convinced me to join partisan politics was what happened to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was an empire in the 20th century that collapsed without a shot being fired. Everybody went home; there was confusion. Now, there are 18 countries out of the old Soviet Union. They were more advanced than the Western countries in science because they wanted to go to space specifically in 1957, and they had more nuclear war heads and delivery system. And they had organised their societies; they had much less crimes as they got jobs for people.

When people had no jobs they got some for them. That was when I decided, and I believe that the best form of governance is multi-party democracy with a big caveat – election must be free and fair. And that was why I was in trouble. I moved from the All Peoples Party, APP, to the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, and eventually, the All Progressives Congress, APC. I contested in 2003, spent 30 months in courts and ended up in the Supreme Court. I contested in 2007, spent about 20 months in courts and ended up in the Supreme Court. I contested in 2011 and spent about eight months in courts – all ending up in the Supreme Court. Why was I doing this? I know the reason; I believed in it! I believe in a system where election is free and fair,”he said.

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The girl who falls asleep 40 times a day

Lucy Tonge was 13 when she developed narcolepsy after having the Pandemrix jab. She is appealing against the rejection of her compensation claim.

When Lucy Tonge started drifting off in front of the television as a 13-year-old, her parents put it down to typical teenage lethargy. And when she developed a strange habit of slumping forward when she laughed, her mum told her: “Stop doing that stupid thing when you laugh. It makes you look silly.” But she couldn’t.
It was only when she started collapsing with no warning that her family sought medical advice that led to a diagnosis of narcolepsy. Soon afterwards, Tonge discovered that her sleeping disorder was very likely to have been triggered by the swine flu vaccine, which she had received in 2009 a couple of months before her symptoms first emerged.

The government has acknowledged the rare side-effect of the Pandemrix jab, which was given to 6 million people in Britain during the 2009 and 2010 swine flu pandemic, but the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)has rejected the compensation claims of about 80 people including Tonge on the grounds that their disabilities were not “severe”.

Tonge, who celebrated her 18th birthday last week, described the government’s stance as unjustifiable, saying narcolepsy had changed her life has been changed deeply and irreversibly.
She falls asleep on average 40 times a day, sometimes for a few seconds mid-conversation, but other times for a lengthy nap. She also suffers from cataplexy, the complete loss of muscle control after a sudden burst of emotion such as surprise or happiness.

“I’ve had some bad experiences, falling down stairs or off a chair on to tiles,” she said. “Sometimes my neck falls too far back or forwards and it can restrict my breathing, which is terrifying really.”
Taking public transport on her own is a risk but her condition rules out learning to drive, and her A-levels were a struggle that she only got through with gritty determination.
“It’s two years I’d quite happily forget,” she said. “I used to be a complete bookworm, but I can’t really read anymore because I have to exert so much energy to get through a passage. It’s quite distressing really.”

Her Spanish A-level exam, which normally takes two hours and 45 minutes to complete, took her five and a half hours. “You listen to something once and then you fall asleep,” she said.
When Tonge goes on a rare night out with friends she has to decide whether to come off her medication so she can have a drink, and she worries about her safety in the dark, chaotic atmosphere of a nightclub.

“When you have cataplexy it makes you slur and stagger and look like you’re drunk. I’ve been in situations when I’ve had to hang on to someone for a few minutes and people have thought I was drunk.”

She takes three medications for narcolepsy and two others to deal with the side-effects they produce.
Despite the hurdles she faces, Tonge is optimistic, independent and enthusiastic about her future. She is looking forward to moving out of home in September, when she hopes to study radio production at the University of Westminster.

The DWP wrote to Tonge’s family in 2013 to acknowledge that the vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKlein (GSK), had caused the disorder. It argued, however, that she did not meet the threshold defined as 60% disabled, equivalent to the loss of a hand, for its statutory damages scheme, meaning she was not eligible for any compensation.

Her family now intends to appeal against the decision.

“When we got the letter, my mum was so angry. I was angry too, but my immediate reaction was just to laugh,” she said. “It was ridiculous. If someone has an incurable neurological disease caused by a vaccine they’ve been recommended to have by the government, you need to compensate them for that. You shouldn’t have to prove you’re damaged enough.”

A government spokesman said: “The vaccine damage payments scheme provides support in very rare cases where someone has become severely disabled as a result of immunisation against certain diseases. Decisions on claims take into account the individual circumstances of each case and the latest available medical evidence.”

A GSK representative said: “We are actively researching the observed association between Pandemrix and narcolepsy, and the interaction this vaccine might have had with other risk factors in those affected.

“We’re also continuing to support ongoing work from other experts and organisations investigating reported cases of this condition, and we hope these efforts will enable us to provide more answers in the future. We take the safety of patients who entrust their health in our vaccines and medicines very seriously.”
This week, the group was given fresh hope that the challenges they face will be acknowledged after a tribunal ordered the government to pay £120,000 in damages to a 12-year-old boy whose narcolepsy was also linked to Pandemrix.

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Beninoise cooks poison family just two weeks into employment

A 34-year-old Beninoise man, Victor Hounkpe, who came into Nigeria to serve as a cook in Lagos, has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for drugging his employers just two weeks after her was employed. He did this because he wanted to steal from them.

According to a report by Vanguard, Victor connived with one David Amusu, the former cook of his employers, Omowunmi Fadojutimi and Mr. Nwogu Chinaka to drug them and bring armed robbers into their home to steal. God forbid evil people we bring around us!

On April 22nd, Victor made vegetable soup for his employers who after eating became ill and were rushed to the hospital. The same illness that befell his employers also befell two other domestics staffs in the compound.

A test carried out on them showed they had all been poisoned. His employers suspected foul play and lodged a complaint at a police station. According to the Lagos state Police Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti, Victor ran away immediately he poisoned his victims.

“Efforts to arrest him proved abortive initially. But he was eventually arrested through investigation and deployment of advanced technology.

During interrogation, he confessed to have put some substances in the food served and further confessed that David Amusu, the former cook, who recommended him to the complainant, gave him the substance and directed him on how to administer it. He admitted that their intention was to gain unfettered access into the inner rooms and rob the complainant after they must have passed out.

Victor blamed his accomplice, David for pushing him to commit the crime

 "I put the substance into their food and it was given to me by David. He told me the drug was a sleeping tablet and that it would put them all to sleep so that they would gain easy access into the house. But I took to my heels when the gate man told me that the doctors said they were suffering from food poisoning.”he said

His accomplice, David who is also from Benin republic, said the administered substance was 10 tablets of Super Appetite which he grounded and gave to Victor to administer

"I left my former boss because I was not feeling well. I have recommended four cooks to her but she kept saying they were not good. Hounkpe was the last person I introduced to her. But when he got the job, he called me and said we should rob the family, that they were rich. He asked if I had any sleeping tablet that would put them to sleep. So I ground 10 tablets of Super Appetite and gave it to him. Our intention was never to kill anyone but to rob and leave for Benin Republic, where we intend to establish our business.”he said

Senator denies NASS members will be receiving N8.64bn wardrobe allowance, says its for miscelleanous expenses

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Ajayi Borrofice representing Ondo North has come out to deny reports that the National Assembly Members will be given N8.64bn as wardrobe allowance.

Speaking to ThisDay, Senator Borrofice said the controversial N8.64bn to be released to members of the National Assembly is for miscellaneous or regular expenses such as motor vehicle fueling and maintenance, wardrobe, domestic staff, personal assistant, constituency office, house maintenance, utilities and entertainment, among other perks, for the entire 469 lawmakers in the National Assembly.


Senator Borrifice said the miscellaneous allowance also includes cost of securing and equipping constituency offices in various local government areas which make up their constituencies and also includes monies to be used by lawmakers to organize town hall meetings in their various constituencies.

He said it was wrong for the public to believe they will be using N8.64 billion just for clothes.

According to him, the wardrobe allowance is the least significant to the assembly members. He stated that the miscellaneous allowance they will receive will be deducted in tranches from their salaries.

The report of the lawmakers collecting N8.64 billion as their wardrobe allowance surfaced yesterday June 16th with most Nigerians strongly condemning it.

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Real Madrid's Derik Osede wants to play for Nigeria

Can someone bring him back home? His father is Nigerian and he revealed to BBC Sports why he wants to play for us. The 22year old former Spain youth international defender, who is a regular for Real Madrid's B side, is free to play for Nigeria because he has not yet played for any country's senior national team.

"I have lived in Spain all my life and I am not sure the people in Nigeria are aware that I have Nigerian blood. I crave for something special with Nigeria because it will give me a chance to properly connect with the ancestral home of my father. My father is from Benin City and even though I have never been there I always follow events in Nigeria. I celebrated when the country won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 and I was cheering the team at the last World Cup in Brazil." Derik told BBC Sports.