Easter : The Hidden Facts About Chocolate

Several studies have revealed the various health benefits that eating chocolate provides, including the increase of brain activity in old age and reduction of stress. Other benefits of eating chocolate include the following :

It’s a heart-friendly treat

People who ate the most chocolate were 37 percent less likely to suffer cardiovascular disease than those who ate the least, a review of medical studies found.

Swedish adults who ate chocolate three or four times a week are 13 percent less likely to have a heart attack than those who never ate it, a study showed.

It may be because cocoa seems to lower bad cholesterol and boost good cholesterol.

It’s also packed with flavonoids which fight hardening of the arteries, cutting heart ­attack and stroke risk.

The Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) says Nigeria has done well in improving family planning rate in the country. It gave the commendation at a media briefing to sensitize the media on the FP2020 London Summit Commitment and what Nigeria has done in its commitments so far.

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has warned travellers and smugglers to be wary of listeria-infected food items. The Coordinating Director of NAQS, Dr Vincent Isegbe, gave the warning in an interview with News men on Tuesday in Abuja. Listeriosis is food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with the listeria monocytogenes bacterium.

The Kano State Ministry for Health has confirmed the deaths of eight people in Dungurawa Village of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area as a result of Cerebrospinal Meningitis type A. The affected residents were tested after news of their death broke out in the state. Kano Commissioner for Health, Kabiru Getso confirmed the incidence during a joint press conference in the state.

Modern research technology has led to the discovery of a long-misunderstood organ that could be full of answers to questions doctors have had for centuries. The organ, known as the interstitium, is the largest organ in the body and is full of fluid that cushions organs. Scientists had a feeling such a structure existed for years but were unable to study it due to the limitations of previous medical tools. A new article in Scientific Reports is the first to classify the structure as an organ and explain how it works.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have confirmed a decline in the spread of Lassa fever in Nigeria. This report comes after nearly 400 confirmed infections and 119 deaths. They however warned that the epidemic is far from contained.