New research found a link between gum disease and cancer

According to a new US research, there is more evidence to suggest that there is a link between advanced gum disease and an increased risk of cancer.

Advanced gum disease, also called periodontitis, is caused by bacterial infection that damages the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth. 

The new study is the largest so far to look at the association using dental examinations to measure gum disease, rather than patient’s self-reports, athough previous research has shown a link between periodontitis and an increased risk of cancer.

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Breastfeeding for six months may reduce diabetes risk

Breastfeeding for six months or longer appears to significantly cut the risk of a woman developing type II diabetes, a 30-year U.S. study said.

The Kaiser Permanente research, published in the U.S. journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analysed data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a national, multi-centre investigation that originally enrolled about 5,000 adults aged 18 to 30 in 1985 to 1986.

This study included 1,238 black and white women who did not have diabetes when they enrolled in CARDIA, or prior to their subsequent pregnancies.

Over the next 30 years, each woman had at least one live birth and was routinely screened for diabetes under the CARDIA protocol.

Participants also reported lifestyle behaviors such as diet and physical activity and the total amount of time they breastfed their children.

It showed that women who breastfed for six months or more across all births had a 47 per cent reduction in their risk of developing type II diabetes compared to those who did not breastfeed at all.

Women who breastfed for six months or less had a 25 per cent reduction in diabetes risk.

“We found a very strong association between breastfeeding duration and lower risk of developing diabetes, even after accounting for all possible confounding risk factors,” said lead author Erica Gunderson, senior research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

The new findings added to a growing body of evidence that breastfeeding has protective effects for both mothers and their offspring, including lowering a mother’s risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Previous research identifying an association between breastfeeding and protection against later diabetes was conducted in older women using self-reported diabetes.

Several plausible biological mechanisms are possible for the protective effects of breastfeeding, including the influence of lactation-associated hormones on the pancreatic cells that control blood insulin levels and thereby impact blood sugar.

Tracy Flanagan, director of women’s health for Kaiser Permanente Northern California said: “we have known for a long time that breastfeeding has many benefits both for mothers and babies.

“However, previous evidence showed only weak effects on chronic disease in women.

“Now we see much stronger protection from this new study showing that mothers who breastfeed for months after their delivery, may be reducing their risk of developing type II diabetes by up to one half as they get older.

“This is yet another reason that doctors, nurses, and hospitals as well as policymakers should support women and their families to breastfeed as long as possible.”

(Xinhua/NAN)

Kuami Eugene’s ‘Angela’ song must be promoted in Nigerian music market – Kojo Antwi

Ghanian veteran highlife musician, Kojo Antwi, has vowed to open doors for the talented artiste, Kuami Eugene in the music industry.

Speaking on Adom FM’s Entertainment Hall show with Mike 2, the highlife legend said he has the capacity to boost the career of the ‘Angela’ hitmaker by selling him in the Nigerian market and promised to do so.

According to Kojo Antwi, the ‘Angela’ song which is currently topping charts in the country ‘deserves to be played everywhere [in the Sub-region].

He added: “I will make sure the song is played everywhere in Nigeria”.

The ‘Medofo Pa’ hit song maker further urged top musicians to help support artistes who are creative.

Kojo Antwi, however, opposesed the assertions that Ghanaians are emulating the Nigerian’s style of writing and producing music.

“There was a period where I joined the chorus that our songs were sounding more Nigerian; I am getting a new perception now. They [people like Eugene] are the ones that will play the pure Ghanaian thing for us. He sang it well and he sang it well like the Nigerians…” he said.

“I have started making calls for him. I will help him shine if I can. They [Nigerians] must give us some more because we give them some more. It’s good music and must be supported…” Kojo Antwi maintained.

Kuami Eugene has thanked the music maestro in a tweet for such a great priviledge.

He said: “I humble myself for Kojo Antwi. I need your help Legend…”

A video of a renowned ‘transvestite’ who said he was transformed by famous Nigerian ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua is currently trending

A video of a renowned ‘transvestite’ who said he was transformed by famous Nigerian ‘Prophet’ T.B. Joshua is currently trending after it was uploaded onto Emmanuel TV.

“This is the real-life testimony of Mario Aníbal Giménez Ruiz, a Paraguayan who was born a man but lived almost his entire life as a woman,” reads the YouTube description of the controversial video.

According to Mario, at the tender age of 15, he underwent surgery, implanting silicon breasts to facilitate his urge for femininity.

“I was never attracted to women but rather to young men,” Mario explained, adding that he even legally married a man in Argentina and took female hormones to compliment the gender-reassigning operation.

I really wanted to change from deep within me,” the Paraguayan admitted in the clip.”

Thus, the transvestite decided to attend and receive prayer when Joshua visited the South American nation of Paraguay to hold a Crusade.

“When Prophet T.B. Joshua touched me, I lost consciousness,” Mario recounted. “When I regained consciousness, I felt like another person – I felt like a man.