Experts Harp On Regular Medical Tests

Women have been told to take steps to improve their health by going for medical examination.

This charge was given by medical practitioners at a lecture to round-off this year’s women week, organized by Salem Women Ministry International at Foundation Faith church, City of Faith.

In their papers, which dealt largely on cancers, Dr Folorunsho Josiah, Department of family medicine University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Bolaji Otike-Odibi, consultant physician /dermatologist, UPTH, Israel Kue, a private practitioner, stated that presenting early at a medical facility, would help prevent one third of cancer totalities.

They also said proper personal and environmental hygiene would help keep diseases and indeed cancers away pointing out that one third of all cancers were preventable.

They also blamed life style and lack of information as well as traditional myths  for the rapid spread and high rate of deaths caused  by cancers.

They advised that women should avoid the excessive intake hormone replacement drugs and the patronization of traditional medicine men as their claims cannot be scientifically verified adding that they should always present themselves for medical check-up contending that they were susceptible cervical and breast  cancers.

Also speaking Dr Betty Nwokobia, nutritionist, charged women to eat right and avoid the excessive use of food supplements, advising that they should  eat fresh  foods rather than processed foods,s aying that processed food contained casinogenous substances.

Wife of the resident Bishop, Foundation Faith Church, City of Faith, Rev (Mrs) Victoria Norman Jonah, explained that the programme was organized to celebrate women every year by the Salem Women International Ministries, and to help teach them ways of improving their families marriages.

Tonye Nria-Dappa