“The electoral body needs to reassure all and sundry that the 2019 election and other elections will be free of manipulations and undue interference.

<p><b>                         Driftxposa:</b></p><p><b>Courtesy: punch </b></p><h1 class="title" style="margin-top: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 36px; line-height: 1.258; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Osun election: Seek legal redress, Saraki tells PDP, Adeleke</h1><ul class="meta" style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(79, 116, 142); padding: 24px 0px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="byline" style="list-style: none; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; line-height: 14px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; max-width: 300px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="author">LEKE BAIYEWU</span></li> <br><li class="posted-on" style="list-style: none; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; line-height: 14px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; max-width: 300px; text-transform: uppercase;"><time datetime="2018-09-23T20:09:55+00:00">23 SEP 2018</time></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Leke Baiyewu, Abuja<br> <br>President of the Senate and Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Council on Osun State Governorship Election, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has faulted the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission that the results of the election held on Saturday were inconclusive.<br> <br>Saraki, in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, expressed dismay over the decision by the INEC to declare as “inconclusive” an election in which a candidate won the highest number of votes and fulfilled the condition for a geographical spread.<br> <br>The Senate President advised the PDP and its governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, to seek a legal interpretation of the situation with the results and the decision taken by the INEC on it.<br> <br>He said, “In my lay man’s opinion, the INEC was wrong in declaring the election as inconclusive because the votes in certain polling units were cancelled. The decision of INEC to cancel the election in those areas after voting had taken place means INEC had already excluded the votes in these areas from the election process and therefore those units should have no place in the overall results.<br> <br>“My opinion would have been different if the election in the affected units did not take place at all, maybe as a result of malfunctioning of the card reader machine or unavailability of the electoral materials. Since the voting took place and was cancelled, only the courts could reverse the initial decision by INEC to cancel the votes in these areas.<br> <br>“That is why I call on our party and its candidate to seek a further legal interpretation on this decision by the electoral body. One cannot but wonder whether if the places were reversed and the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress was the one leading in the election, the INEC would take the same decision it has taken now.”<br> <br>Saraki stated that it was necessary to also call on INEC to display “courage, boldness, independence, neutrality and patriotism” in order to send signals to the world at large that Nigeria’s electoral system had come of age and that its democracy had matured.<br> <br>He added, “The electoral body needs to reassure all and sundry that the 2019 election and other elections will be free of manipulations and undue interference.<br> <br>“The INEC should note that the Osun gubernatorial election is not only about that South-western state. It is about our country and the entire world is watching. Our national interest is at stake. The integrity of our electoral system is at stake. The reputation of the electoral body is at stake. The future of our democracy is on the line.<br> <br>“The way INEC conclusively handles the Osun election will determine global expectations from our political process. It should, therefore, ensure that the wish of the Osun State electorate eventually prevail.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p>

“The electoral body needs to reassure all and sundry that the 2019 election and other elections will be free of manipulations and undue interference.

                         Driftxposa: Courtesy: punch  Osun election: Seek legal redress, Saraki tells PDP, Adeleke LEKE BAIYEWU   23 SEP 201...

Read more »

Watch out Nigerians Anytime you see this, know they are coming to renew their Tricks

<p>Driftxposa: <b>Reveals</b></p><p><b>Pls share.</b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ-h-JjeAYTxFpwdkqLuIH5R1xR6FjWTuDLamllEO9CwROEtTWXhDlkUKyN5ObqBttwZpoVKdoEb6WTBN-gKW6Gi8YCzMEc8t7gkqQVNW4Efju2kxFrVhPXXd_U9BgF38xQ8-dnLqlmQ/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQ-h-JjeAYTxFpwdkqLuIH5R1xR6FjWTuDLamllEO9CwROEtTWXhDlkUKyN5ObqBttwZpoVKdoEb6WTBN-gKW6Gi8YCzMEc8t7gkqQVNW4Efju2kxFrVhPXXd_U9BgF38xQ8-dnLqlmQ/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnKwinQ1Ok6XYraJZ5Aqf0f3kZcbBr6aoLr1X1k4sMiO-RR-W672reHJJogWEa4m1lUm-G6k0PmzenbuYr6UtVPEkyr1jJghQoylnlq3QM5U0pgw6DbQuGqSPjAXdyA3-4Q6VC67Nrt8/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnKwinQ1Ok6XYraJZ5Aqf0f3kZcbBr6aoLr1X1k4sMiO-RR-W672reHJJogWEa4m1lUm-G6k0PmzenbuYr6UtVPEkyr1jJghQoylnlq3QM5U0pgw6DbQuGqSPjAXdyA3-4Q6VC67Nrt8/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDz-b33EMPzMFwJ3pKKzFYjd0SwGjVCqP5O5LcHbydQWq4hJjW_cAz5r_aLVMWBZ8WPpjNAGTJyogHcfIjCrXvX5iOyaU0UImdbWWi7G560sA8gqrI5i0tj78B2trFVV0BF_kiPyWDN4/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDz-b33EMPzMFwJ3pKKzFYjd0SwGjVCqP5O5LcHbydQWq4hJjW_cAz5r_aLVMWBZ8WPpjNAGTJyogHcfIjCrXvX5iOyaU0UImdbWWi7G560sA8gqrI5i0tj78B2trFVV0BF_kiPyWDN4/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZc9m3EMtxLk84T0gsYjTM6jwEySaa8m0iduEX_Z49h5fyKt_FuSh3t_kIGMCZeOueTdBvv5tWByNifR1J0xozbV7XYtiPrJ6CcmuroZn_C8_fYL2T0k5yjJ2801YIT8ys4JhMhSq9SxU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZc9m3EMtxLk84T0gsYjTM6jwEySaa8m0iduEX_Z49h5fyKt_FuSh3t_kIGMCZeOueTdBvv5tWByNifR1J0xozbV7XYtiPrJ6CcmuroZn_C8_fYL2T0k5yjJ2801YIT8ys4JhMhSq9SxU/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiicqbi00UiqWidXXmVYhT8f0ybtpPL_64XmXzCiUIbCooGH47I4fCxIdSDqAM8yXPpe3EJOZD0b1uGcbIp7nGvrtz2c1zDmN74vL4hzXz0cD22hMW7ndreQiI65XSIfV9pNKAIip0rc/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiicqbi00UiqWidXXmVYhT8f0ybtpPL_64XmXzCiUIbCooGH47I4fCxIdSDqAM8yXPpe3EJOZD0b1uGcbIp7nGvrtz2c1zDmN74vL4hzXz0cD22hMW7ndreQiI65XSIfV9pNKAIip0rc/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLs9AruH532ycF-YR7jgAlAKZznnmYo7zZHqCaCfxyMA0CCrEyWYAbIFjkjeTmQ8L11BJrkpTNuNwaLJOjT35TUtaDZ2iPfhWC3wiMUh4AfkxNwNsYvf983cdkdfUhJb14J5DY-b39vI/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLs9AruH532ycF-YR7jgAlAKZznnmYo7zZHqCaCfxyMA0CCrEyWYAbIFjkjeTmQ8L11BJrkpTNuNwaLJOjT35TUtaDZ2iPfhWC3wiMUh4AfkxNwNsYvf983cdkdfUhJb14J5DY-b39vI/"></a><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-9H-8Y44oVtuRgxfRK3XO9tPBL3qguei4Axj0jwOzD3A0EWdeEcDK7E9NAUFMPuPalwOPIV_OicFNTMzg2w_zeRpfSj6AFLYWyXWavoaiznF2tRjygm02-fkdHUUEpMGpNsTuvp017E/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-9H-8Y44oVtuRgxfRK3XO9tPBL3qguei4Axj0jwOzD3A0EWdeEcDK7E9NAUFMPuPalwOPIV_OicFNTMzg2w_zeRpfSj6AFLYWyXWavoaiznF2tRjygm02-fkdHUUEpMGpNsTuvp017E/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLs9AruH532ycF-YR7jgAlAKZznnmYo7zZHqCaCfxyMA0CCrEyWYAbIFjkjeTmQ8L11BJrkpTNuNwaLJOjT35TUtaDZ2iPfhWC3wiMUh4AfkxNwNsYvf983cdkdfUhJb14J5DY-b39vI/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLs9AruH532ycF-YR7jgAlAKZznnmYo7zZHqCaCfxyMA0CCrEyWYAbIFjkjeTmQ8L11BJrkpTNuNwaLJOjT35TUtaDZ2iPfhWC3wiMUh4AfkxNwNsYvf983cdkdfUhJb14J5DY-b39vI/"></a><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymkaQkpHqOFldsHLHmVsRQl88BDTwpNPJrx6s81UGT2TijumOfy4qYgx1RjiRhhYwCsVFiKT74SE8r-g9OuUhb3mZj-pMHShaMa1Rteru_Mc682Ysv3GNCHogf-EWEVPasFxqfXMnaw8/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymkaQkpHqOFldsHLHmVsRQl88BDTwpNPJrx6s81UGT2TijumOfy4qYgx1RjiRhhYwCsVFiKT74SE8r-g9OuUhb3mZj-pMHShaMa1Rteru_Mc682Ysv3GNCHogf-EWEVPasFxqfXMnaw8/"></a><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jJod9eoOrQ9lCtWbE_FHpoOZnNUAvu60boIozp02JIXR-gUMjSo2BWLcE2Agau6xHRNRoQSUgrbSztmOUN9TweYr_Tr70wEZbqdEb06ngnjBxer9ZeaAB86r0Dra81N6LntpcV-x69s/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jJod9eoOrQ9lCtWbE_FHpoOZnNUAvu60boIozp02JIXR-gUMjSo2BWLcE2Agau6xHRNRoQSUgrbSztmOUN9TweYr_Tr70wEZbqdEb06ngnjBxer9ZeaAB86r0Dra81N6LntpcV-x69s/"></a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

Watch out Nigerians Anytime you see this, know they are coming to renew their Tricks

Driftxposa: Reveals Pls share.

Read more »

How exactly does one keep their brain and memory strong and healthy?

<div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/specials/health/live-longer" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.4s ease; display: flex; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center;"></a><a href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/specials/health/live-longer" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.4s ease; display: flex; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center;"><img alt="" class="c9d6ec30" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180705162433-live-longer-tv-logo-large-169.png" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 40px; width: auto;"></a><a href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/specials/health/live-longer"></a><a href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/specials/health/live-longer" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.4s ease; display: flex; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 19.36px;"><br></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><br></font></a><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.4s ease; display: flex; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; transition: color 0.4s ease; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; display: inline !important;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD50SkazFwgEvrA0jCNX8v2bqhh9Q79O_S5YtzX6cB326vHWQTnb9EFyDFCvYe7jcB-ixPvqQJZPTwIZsaTP0ACk8k7RiGlS7AkT2jD7h0oVLIlkqdOjSPY-nN4iSxejnknABwPOo3VKc/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD50SkazFwgEvrA0jCNX8v2bqhh9Q79O_S5YtzX6cB326vHWQTnb9EFyDFCvYe7jcB-ixPvqQJZPTwIZsaTP0ACk8k7RiGlS7AkT2jD7h0oVLIlkqdOjSPY-nN4iSxejnknABwPOo3VKc/" /></a><br></font></font></span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Hack your brain to remember almost anything" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2017/03/08/health/memory-athletes-brain-training-study/index.html" icon="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related Article:</span> Hack your brain to remember almost anything</a></span></span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;"><b>Keeping</b></span></span><b> your brain fit, by a USA Memory Champion</b></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>By Nelson Dellis</b></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="_53039000 storyHighlightsGlobal styles_storyHighlights__1IpdF _2df25e03" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px; border-width: 2px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 0, 0) rgb(230, 230, 230) rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 16px;"><h3 class="cnnds_kicker" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;">STORY HIGHLIGHTS</h3><ul class="styles_list__1_Bwk" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: 14px;">Avoiding or limiting processed foods, sugars and carbs can aid mental clarity</li><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px;">Exercise increases the size of the hippocampus, one of the primary brain regions for memory</li></ul></div><div class="styles_EditorialNote__3tLcX _30d700ad cnnds_txt_grey_small _9db439e9 _665f6206 editorsNoteGlobal" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px 1px 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; padding: 16px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: -16px;"><span class="styles_EditorialNoteTitle__2mFZD" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; padding-right: 5px; display: inline-block;">Editor's Note:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nelson Dellis is author of "<a href="https://www.nelsondellis.com/remember-it" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Remember It!: The Names of People You Meet, All of Your Passwords, Where You Left Your Keys, and Everything Else You Tend to Forget</a>."</span></div></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">(CNN) — </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: border-box;">How exactly does one keep their brain and memory strong and healthy? This was one of the driving questions I had when I began the question to improve my memory and become a four-time USA Memory Champion.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">I didn't want to end up with Alzheimer's disease when I got older, as my grandmother did, so I wondered, "If I keep my brain healthy and fit, could I prolong its lifespan?"</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">The</span><span style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;"> answer is yes. Over the years of my memory studies and training, I've come up with four key pillars of brain health that I try to live by on a daily basis, and I've seen firsthand just how much of a difference even a small amount of these changes can make.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Diet: I think, therefore I am ... what I eat</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center; font-size: 16px;">As</span> a rule of thumb, whatever is good for your body is good for your brain. There are, however, a few things to eat that may boost your memory and a few things that may hamper it.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The most convincing evidence is from <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101108151346.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">the Midas Study</a>, in which subjects 55 and older with mild memory complaints were given a daily dose of supplemental docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid that's an important structural component of the brain and is often extracted from fish oil as a nutritional supplement. When taken over six months, DHA was correlated with statistically significant improvements in cognitive function, including memory and learning.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Other studies have shown that berries or other foods that are high in antioxidants (goji berries, blueberries, pecans, artichokes and kidney beans, just to name a few) have strong antioxidant capacities, which can help fight the brain's high susceptibility to oxidative damage.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Although there are some proven mental health benefits to eating certain foods, when all is said and done, eating well and avoiding or limiting the bad stuff (processed foods, sugars, carbs) will do wonders for your mental clarity. There is no denying the benefits of following a healthy diet, such as improvement in focus, heightened mental acuity and, of course, a better memory.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><h3 style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Physical training: No pain, no gain -- to your brain.</h3><p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif">Studies on exercise and memory are far more conclusive than those on diet, and at this point, it's practically a fact that exercise benefit </font><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">your brain.</span><br></p><div class="b5d1cb4d _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Forgetful? It might actually make you smarter, study says" class="_0308207a " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2017/06/30/health/poor-memory-smarter-study-partner/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Forgetful? It might actually make you smarter, study says" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 101, 152); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="_2a5c0c94" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0;"><img alt="" class="a8a853a8" sizes="(max-width: 327px) 50vw, 100vw" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160316172257-memory-blocks-stock-medium-plus-169.jpg" srcset="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160316172257-memory-blocks-stock-medium-plus-169.jpg 307w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160316172257-memory-blocks-stock-large-169.jpg 460w" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: 162.281px; border: 0px; width: 288px;"></div></div></a><div class="_49fb7f0e cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-size: 14px; margin: 12px 0px 20px; line-height: 20px;"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Forgetful? It might actually make you smarter, study says" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2017/06/30/health/poor-memory-smarter-study-partner/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Forgetful? It might actually make you smarter, study says" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related Article:</span> Forgetful? It might actually make you smarter, study says</a></div></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Aerobic exercise has been shown to<a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/108/7/3017.full%20%20It%20also%20improves%20spatial%20memory%20http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22155655" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank"> increase the size of the hippocampus</a>, one of the primary brain regions for memory and <a href="http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=199487" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">cognitive function</a>.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">It's also a given that when you exercise, you generally feel better about yourself. You feel healthy, you look better, blood flow to the brain is improved (since your brain is a highly vascular organ), and your body runs better altogether. You will feel sharper and more on your game just because you were active.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Social interaction: Hanging out with the Joneses</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Social interaction certainly boosts quality of life, and it can boost other things, too. For example, elderly women with larger social networks have been found to be <a href="http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2007.115923" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">less susceptible to dementia</a> than their less-connected peers.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">On a more basic level, socializing involves learning things about different people and retaining that information in order to interact comfortably with them. Whether that means knowing the details of their life stories, their interests or simply how to hold a conversation without angering them, it's a way to broaden your mental frame of reference so you have more associations to help you remember.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Brain training: All aboard the brain train</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The biggest memory booster of all is keeping your brain active or challenging it on a regular basis. It can be as simple as learning a new language, reading something new and difficult, learning a skill, doing puzzles or (my personal favorite, of course) memorizing.</div><div class="_5090cbaa _53039000" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 20px; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><p class="_95a3e7b8" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">B<span style="font-size: 14px;">ut the hardest part about keeping your brain active on a daily basis is staying motivated to do so. We all have the potential to practice something a lot, but what we don't all have is the drive and dedication to necessarily do that practice every day. And that's fine. My point is this: Keep your brain active by doing something you are passionate about enough to do it every day.</span></p></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The great thing about memory is that there are tons of daily use-cases where you can naturally practice without having to set aside time to do it. So make memory your daily brain exercise, or make it something else. It's up to you. Just make sure you challenge your brain in some way every day.</div><p><font color="#262626" face="Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif"><br></font></p><div class="f9756c75" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; width: 320px; padding: 8px 16px; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="_47e8f56c" style="box-sizing: border-box; z-index: -22;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="dff1128d" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; z-index: -22; left: 0px; top: 0px;"><img alt="" class="_7a9cccd9" sizes="(max-width: 327px) 50vw, 100vw" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180705162617-live-longer-tv-background-large-169.jpg" srcset="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180705162617-live-longer-tv-background-large-169.jpg 460w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180705162617-live-longer-tv-background-super-169.jpg 1100w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180705162617-live-longer-tv-background-super-169.jpg 1100w" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; border: 0px; width: 100vw;"></div></div></div></div></div>

How exactly does one keep their brain and memory strong and healthy? 

Related Article:  Hack your brain to remember almost anything Keeping  your brain fit, by a USA Memory Champion By Nelson Dellis STORY HIGHL...

Read more »

While waiting patiently to see EFCC do its work on this subject matter on or before the next seven working days,

<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVu_rkZxEtlB0lCdvWaNBzbTJgA_SCnLt-2hFdm2uH7JQvnVXOwvDicKdqHeVMw7dx9ExgHU1nDv1HMudA_wl3HhIm09D7YvN2lgjC-qH1wS-P9EUswCaAAerdSvfNqh0_Z7lUL0IUS8/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVu_rkZxEtlB0lCdvWaNBzbTJgA_SCnLt-2hFdm2uH7JQvnVXOwvDicKdqHeVMw7dx9ExgHU1nDv1HMudA_wl3HhIm09D7YvN2lgjC-qH1wS-P9EUswCaAAerdSvfNqh0_Z7lUL0IUS8/" /></a><br></p><p>Picture: vanguard</p><p>Courtesy: Nijaonpoint</p><nav role="navigation" aria-label="Breadcrumbs" class="bf-breadcrumb clearfix bc-top-style" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 8px 0px; background: rgb(241, 241, 241); font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13px;"><div class="container bf-breadcrumb-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 5px !important; margin-left: 5px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 320px;"><ul class="bf-breadcrumb-items" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; font-size: 0px;"><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem" class="bf-breadcrumb-item bf-breadcrumb-begin" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="https://naijaonpoint.com/" itemprop="item" rel="home"><span itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: top; transition: all 0.4s ease; display: inline-block;">Home</span></a></li><li itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem" class="bf-breadcrumb-item" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px;"><a href="https://naijaonpoint.com/latest-nigerian-news-today/" itemprop="item" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: grey; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease; display: inline-block;"><span itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: top; transition: all 0.4s ease; display: inline-block;">News</span></a></li></ul></div></nav><div class="content-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; min-width: 300px; max-width: 1320px; width: 320px; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 13px;"><main id="content" class="content-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="container layout-2-col layout-2-col-1 layout-right-sidebar layout-bc-before post-template-6 nfi" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto !important; margin-left: auto !important; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; max-width: 1320px; width: 320px; margin-top: 20px;"><div class="row main-section" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -20px; margin-right: -20px; margin-bottom: 33.3333px;"><div class="col-sm-8 content-column" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;"><div class="single-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 40px;"><article id="post-487400" class="post-487400 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-latest-nigerian-news-today single-post-content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="post-header-inner nfi" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px 20px;"><div class="post-header-title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 class="single-post-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: Poppins; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 24px; text-transform: capitalize;"><span class="post-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kemi Adeosun: What EFCC Must Do To Ex-Minister, NYSC DG – Nigerian Students</span></h1><div class="post-meta single-post-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 4px; font-style: inherit; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58);"><a class="post-author-a post-author-avatar" href="https://naijaonpoint.com/author/emmy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.439216); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease; font-size: 12px; float: none; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 26px; display: inline-block;" title="Browse Author Articles"><span class="post-author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 150px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; text-transform: capitalize !important;">By <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); margin-left: 2px;">News Agency Of Nigeria</span></span></a> <span class="time" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; float: none; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 26px; display: inline-block; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.439216);"><time class="post-published updated" datetime="2018-09-18T05:04:05+00:00" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); margin-left: 2px;">Sep 18, 2018</span></time></span></div></div></div><div class="entry-content clearfix single-post-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); padding-bottom: 20px; text-align: inherit; text-transform: initial;"><div id="mvp-content-main" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">The National Union of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest and prosecute former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">NANS said EFCC should arrest and prosecute Adeosun over the alleged forgery of her National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, exemption certificate. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">In a statement issued yesterday, the President of the body, Salahudeen Lukman also called for the arrest of the Director General, DG, of the NYSC under whom the forged certificate was issued.</p><div class="code-block code-block-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 8px 0px; clear: both;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-layout="in-article" data-ad-format="fluid" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2312201431500125" data-ad-slot="8203245425" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; text-align: center;"></ins></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">The statement reads, “It is highly embarrassing that an agency of government as exceptional as NYSC could be so lose, corrupt and uncoordinated to the extent that her certificate could be sold and forged.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">“The Federal Government must as a matter of urgency curb all corrupt practices in the scheme. It is our resolve to pursue this matter to the latter to assist Mr President’s anti-corruption fight aimed at creating sanity in the public service.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px;">“While waiting patiently to see EFCC do its work on this subject matter on or before the next seven working days, the union shall not hesitate to employ other legitimate means under law to ensure the alleged ‘forger’ and her accomplice in NYSC face the wrath of the law. We are all equal before the law. Ignorance is not an excuse in the court of law.”</p></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></main></div>

While waiting patiently to see EFCC do its work on this subject matter on or before the next seven working days, 

Picture: vanguard Courtesy: Nijaonpoint Home News Kemi Adeosun: What EFCC Must Do To Ex-Minister, NYSC DG – Nigerian Students By  News Agenc...

Read more »

Linda Ikeji: I can’t believe I’m a mum.

<h1 class="single-post-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; font-family: Poppins; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 24px; text-transform: capitalize; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Linda Ikeji Welcomes Son<br></h1><p>Courtesy: Naijaonpoint</p><p><a class="post-author-a post-author-avatar" href="https://naijaonpoint.com/author/emmy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.439216); text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.4s ease; outline: -webkit-focus-ring-color auto 5px; outline-offset: -2px; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 12px; float: none; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 26px; display: inline-block;" title="Browse Author Articles"><span class="post-author-name" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 150px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; text-transform: capitalize !important;">By <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); margin-left: 2px;">News Agency Of Nigeria</span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: Poppins; font-size: 13.2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX821HuNsvn8TyiJIGWcI1GOLkLPQCM_ILiFcKM8mX-Id1dDLLkBb2st3z_KaClC4lEuB_aUGRU0oJGDEJQldK70_P8DA3p37kLqqAldxnHODSlOjroHkGoqnzch45ouvNFQpINvMIGM/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkX821HuNsvn8TyiJIGWcI1GOLkLPQCM_ILiFcKM8mX-Id1dDLLkBb2st3z_KaClC4lEuB_aUGRU0oJGDEJQldK70_P8DA3p37kLqqAldxnHODSlOjroHkGoqnzch45ouvNFQpINvMIGM/" /></a><br></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Popular blogger and former model, Linda Ikeja, has delivered a baby boy in Atlanta, United States.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She confirmed this on her Instagram page on Monday.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ikeji, in a post, expressed her excitement as she revealed that her son was born on September 17 (today)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">She wrote, ‘I welcomed my first child, popularly known as baby J today September 17th in a hospital in Atlanta. I can’t believe I’m a mum.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">”Make I sleep small for now. lol. Thanks guys for the well wishes. Love you guys so much!”</span><br></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Roboto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p>

Linda Ikeji: I can’t believe I’m a mum.

Linda Ikeji Welcomes Son Courtesy: Naijaonpoint By  News Agency Of Nigeria   Popular blogger and former model, Linda Ikeja, has delivered a ...

Read more »

Four European patients developed breast cancer after receiving organs from the same donor.

<div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 26px;">Dx: Health.</h1><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 26px;">Four people get cancer from donated organ in 'extraordinary rare' case</h1><h3 class="cnnds_kicker" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;"><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">By Nina Avramova, CNN</p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span class="timingText" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Updated at</span> 0715 GMT (1515 HKT) September 19, 2018</p></div></h3><h3 class="cnnds_kicker" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;">STORY HIGHLIGHTS</h3><ul class="styles_list__1_Bwk" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px 8px; padding: 0px 0px 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: 14px;">The patients developed breast cancer years after their transplants</li><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px;">The researchers stressed that this is an "extremely rare" case</li></ul></span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">(CNN) — </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Four European patients developed breast cancer after receiving organs from the same donor, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ajt.14766" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">a case report</a> explains.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The patients developed breast cancer years after their transplants, with three of them dying of the disease.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Dr. Frederike Bemelman, professor of nephrology at the University of Amsterdam and author of the report, stressed that this is an "extremely rare" case, the first she has encountered in 20 years in the field of transplantation immunology. "There is always a small risk" of something going wrong during a medical procedure, she said. "Even if you undergo a simple gallbladder procedure, you also have a small chance of something happening to you during the procedure."</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs92Pn1XL4I8_Ns-0Jv0IBHX3KJbaap8t82aCmbm8McYjsPA5-6qhDP4_TmKYY_jaY_lCsuJ8JxL9TvK7xK_e_JyUjCuh83kI5-qTG3s3GqzRBkba3HrSNybxNdaDSN_6SaF-g4Q2ROK0/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs92Pn1XL4I8_Ns-0Jv0IBHX3KJbaap8t82aCmbm8McYjsPA5-6qhDP4_TmKYY_jaY_lCsuJ8JxL9TvK7xK_e_JyUjCuh83kI5-qTG3s3GqzRBkba3HrSNybxNdaDSN_6SaF-g4Q2ROK0/" /></a><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: There's a 24-fold rise in organ transplants from drug overdose donors" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/04/16/health/drug-overdoses-organ-transplants-study/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: There's a 24-fold rise in organ transplants from drug overdose donors" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related Article:</span> There's a 24-fold rise in organ transplants from drug overdose donors</span></a><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The 53-year-old donor had no known medical conditions, and the malignancy was unknown when her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart were harvested.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Three of the organ recipients died after the cancer metastasized, or spread from their place of origin to new areas in the body.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The fourth survived after a series of treatments, including removal of the donated right kidney, stopping of immunosuppression medication -- standard drugs after transplants to avoid a rejection of the new organ -- and chemotherapy.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">In her report, Bemelman stressed that once a donor-derived cancer occurs, it is extremely helpful to remove the donor organ. "This allows the patient to stop taking immunosuppressant drugs, and the immune system can restore itself and fight against the tumor cells," she said.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">However, Graham Lord, professor of medicine and honorary consultant in nephrology at King's College London, said that patients<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span>are typically advised on whether to replace the organ, depending on the cancer type and survival rates. Lord was not involved with this case.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">'Undetectable malignancy'</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">The organ donor died in 2007 due to a stroke, after which her lungs, kidneys, heart and liver were made available for donation.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Lord</span> said this was "essentially an undetectable malignancy at the time of donation."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Sixteen months after the transplant, the lung recipient, a 42-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital with transplant dysfunctions, according to the report. After breast cancer cells were detected in her lymph nodes, a DNA analysis showed that the cancer came from the donor.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The left kidney recipient, a 62-year-old woman, and the 59-year-old woman who received the liver died of the same malignancy in 2013 and 2014, respectively.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Advantages of donation outweigh risks.</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The study suggests that the donor had "micro metastases," groups of cancer cells that have spread from their site of origin but were too small to be detected.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><u>Previous<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/bjs.9460" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank"> reports</a></u> have noted that cancer transmission can occur through organ transplantation, but this is believed to be the first case of breast cancer being transferred.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Organ donations are not allowed by anyone with an active malignancy, except most skin carcinomas and some localized tumors. The risk of transmitting tumors is between 0.01% and 0.05% for each organ transplant.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">"The advantages of organ transplantation far outweigh these small risks," Bemelman said. "People should not be worried.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Lord explained that this "extraordinary rare occurrence" could potentially be avoided in the future, as there are experimental programs in the works for early cancer diagnosis.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">It is unclear whether a CT scan would have uncovered the donor's malignancy before the transplants, but Bemelman is doubtful. She warns against routine use of CT scans for all donors, as this would increase irrelevant findings and could lead to a decrease in the "very scarce" donor pool.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><br></div>

Four European patients developed breast cancer after receiving organs from the same donor.

Dx: Health. Four people get cancer from donated organ in 'extraordinary rare' case By Nina Avramova, CNN Updated at  0715 GMT (1515 ...

Read more »

PREPARING EMOTIONALLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN RESUMPTION:

<p><b>DX</b>: <b><u>Education</u></b>.</p><p>HOW TO PREPAR YOUR CHILDREN AHEAD OF SCHOOL RESUMPTION </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">By Austin Eromosele.                                 Courtesy: Family Center</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Children like holidays. They don’t want it to be over; they just want to keep</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">enjoying the fun that comes with it even when it’s glaring to them that it’s already over.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">How then can parents better prepare their wards for resumption, how can they better package school to be something worthwhile for their kids including those that are stepping into school corridor for the first time?<span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Beloware the points to consider before resumption.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">PREPARING EMOTIONALLY.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Make the school look interesting:</strong> It’s pertinent to let your child or wards know of the beautiful and interesting things about school. You must have been sounding this into his or her ear in a lovely manner long before school resumes, you might be surprise how hopeful he or she will be about resuming school.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Let them sleep early:</strong> Once you notice that school will soon resume, always make sure your child or ward sleeps early enough; this will prepare him or her to also wake early and prepare for school. This will save you time preparing him for school every morning.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Visit the school together: in order to make to make school very interesting for your child, you should always visit the school with him or her. This will boost his or her confidence and let him or her see learning as fun.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">If possible</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">meet the teacher</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">together</strong>: don’t always allow your child or wards to meet the school authorities or teachers alone, meet the school authorities together, this is one of the confidence booster.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Go on exciting trip</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">together to buy uniform</strong>: while the school is yet to resume, you can go on an exciting trip together, buy uniform, launch box, bags, socks, books, pencils etc and make it fun.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">PREPARING PRACTICALLY:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Preparing your children practically involves the things he or she would need in school to make his or her study more efficient. The following and not limited to these are very important: his uniform, socks, books, shoes, launch box, pencils/pen, school bag and other things necessary which would make learning interesting for him.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Avoid junk food which could make him or her sleep in school, nutritionist would tell you the best meal you can give your children before going to school. Foods that can digest easily are always recommended.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">PREPARE THEM PSYCHOLOGICALLY</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ask your child about her feelings — both the excitement and the concerns — about starting school. Let your child know that all kids are nervous about the first day of school.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Let your child know what his schedule will be like. Tell him what time school begins and ends each day. Point out the positive aspects of starting school. It will be fun and she can make new friends.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">PREPARING ACADEMICALLY AND WITH LIFE SKILLS:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">It won’t be enough to do all of the above. Parents must also strive to prepare their wards to read before school resumes. Many teachers employs home tutors, am not here to talk about them. You can also learn to read to them yourself.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Another thing to do is to teach then to recognise their name especially those in their early years.  It’s not just enough to recognise their names but also write them. They must learn the alphabet and the sounds even before school resumes.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Another thing to teach them is the use of toilet, how to take care of yourself in the toilet, hand washing</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">. </strong>How to<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> talk, communicate with other children and also take all concerns and needs to a grown up.</strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It’s also important for parents to visit the school with your child to see his new classroom and meet his new teacher before school officially starts. They can also leave a note in their child’s lunchbox that will remind him or her they are thinking of him or her while he’s at school.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As a parent, you can reassure your child that if any problems arise at school, you will be there to help resolve them. Try to have your child meet a classmate before the first day of school so he or she will already have a friend when school starts.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 26px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Arrange for your child to walk to school or ride together on the bus with another kid in the neighbourhood. Find out about after-school activities that your child can join and be duly informed about them to avoid panicking when your child did not return on time.</p>

PREPARING EMOTIONALLY FOR YOUR CHILDREN RESUMPTION:

DX : Education . HOW TO PREPAR YOUR CHILDREN AHEAD OF SCHOOL RESUMPTION  By Austin Eromosele.                                 Courtesy: Fami...

Read more »