#cancer problem in congo

[lisaoshiola]

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rhythm of life is powerful, grounded in resilience and unity.

[indianhealthguru]

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the rhythm of life is powerful, grounded in resilience and unity. But alongside the richness of culture and tradition, there’s a quieter struggle—a growing burden of disease that touches countless lives.

[sealuai]

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help palestinian animals: https://t.co/yK1CkMfHv6 doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/palestine Providing medical and psychological assistance to people affected by the ongoing conflict.

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[dontforgetukraine]

TIFF: And so it continues...5 to ZFF

Aaand "Russians at War" is going to be at the Zurich Flim Festival. Because of course.

The Russian Canadian director Anastasia Trofimova met a soldier on home leave in Moscow's subway, accompanying him to the front lines, where she spent over a year filming unauthorized footage in a battalion near the Ukrainian border. In her film, she gives voice to soldiers who have no understanding of the war's causes and soon find themselves mourning comrades who have become Putin's cannon fodder. This harrowing and unique war documentary captures images you would never see in the news media. 'Who are the Russian soldiers who are fighting against Ukraine? What do they think of Putin? The documentary has them speak their minds. A film that revealed more to me about this conflict than 100 newspaper articles.' – Christian Jungen Anastasia Trofimova Anastasia Trofimova was born in Moscow and is a Russian-Canadian filmmaker. She first studied communications and political science and then international relations. Trofimova is a renowned filmmaker who has made a name for herself through her work in conflict zones such as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Russia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In her films, she addresses social inequality and injustice. She has been honoured with the Canada Screen Award and has participated as a jury member at the News and Documentary Emmy Awards five times. RUSSIANS AT WAR (2024) / CONGO, MY PRECIOUS (2017) / VICTIMS OF ISIS (2015) / HER WAR: WOMEN VS. ISIS (2015)

No mention of RT in the director's bio of course. Same shit, different film festival.

Also, if this propaganda film reveals more to you about the war than 100 news articles, that's not shining praise for the film, but rather an indictment of the sorry state of our collective media landscape in Ukraine and the West.

The West obviously has a problem of not reporting on Ukraine as often anymore. It's not "fashionable". A lot of the reporting I've come across is superficial and there is rarely a deep dive into the Ukrainian civilian aspect of the war. It seems there always has to be either a grotesque catastrophic event due to Russian aggression (like the Okhmatdyt children's cancer hospital), or an interesting enough topic in order for something to be considered (like the Mykola Hryshko national botanical garden being in danger of losing its tropical plants due to the war causing electricity cuts.) There is a dearth of human interest stories, which is the core of understanding this war and the effects it has on Ukrainians.

When there is such a story, it falls into the situation of the "box-ticking approach", as described by Dr. Olesya Khromeychuk:

It is not enough to simply ‘do Ukraine’ by reviewing one book on the war, especially if it’s by a Western journalist rather than a Ukraine-based author. It’s not enough to host one exhibition, particularly if it is by an artist or photographer who only spent a few weeks in the country. Quickly putting together a panel on Russia’s war in response to a major development at the front and adding a sole Ukrainian voice at the last minute doesn’t cut it either. This box-ticking approach is unhelpful and insulting.

Most if not all of the quotes I pull from human-interest stories are from Ukrainian journalism. If you've been following me for the short time I've had this blog up, you'll notice I read a lot. At this point I've given up on looking up Western based English media, because the core stories that define the war are just not there. If there is an interesting article from the West, I'll usually see it pop up on my Twitter feed (like the botanical garden story) and I'll take a look then because its been recommended and has what I'm looking for.

And finally, Western media can't let go of having some Russian expert talk about Ukraine, instead of actually talking to Ukrainians.

Kate from Kharkiv: Ukrainian media, both in Ukrainian and English, must improve their regional reporting. They are increasingly resembling local Kyiv media, which limits global awareness of events across Ukraine. Consequently, international media rarely cover these regions unless we die en mass. But not too often, because if often it is not news anymore.

Like Kate from Kharkiv points out, mass-casualty events are no longer "fashionable". She further indicates the lack of essential reporting in specific regions where conditions are different from Kyiv. One such example is the Russians turning Kherson into a "human safari". Initially, only Zarina Zabrisky was reporting on how Russian drones pilots were deliberately targeting civilians, and she shouldn't have to be the only one reporting on this. While there are some Western news outlets that have reported on this situation now, it's still not enough. Zarina Zabrisky is still diligently doing the bulk of the work in reporting on this. I can only imagine what other stories in other regions are going untold because there is little to no coverage.

The other obstacle I've noticed is accessibility to news in Ukraine from a language perspective. There isn't enough English language coverage from Ukrainian media outlets. While I would love to be able to read Ukrainian confidently, I'm nowhere near there yet, and the West is collectively even further away. Google translate isn't a great substitute either for obvious reasons. The number of times I wanted to read/watch a news report, and there was no English supplement is a lot. It happens frequently with the English language Ukrainian news accounts I follow. They'll post a clip from a news report with no translated subtitles and say, "look at this!", but I can't extract the information they want to show because of this problem.

This is why I hold volunteer translators as some of the most valuable contributors in the information space, and I will always credit them.

It's a vicious cycle. If a large proportion of Ukrainian news media is inaccessible to Western media due to the language barrier, information has even less of a chance of being noticed and spreading. This is, in my opinion, the other side of the coin on issues in the information war.

[indianhealthadviser]

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[parm4carm]

Love you, Jade ❤️ And though I know it's not the most important thing right now, speaking out and often is more important, I do hope you are okay ❤️

hiii oh my god has it forreal been weeks since you sent me this?? i swear i just saved this to my drafts three days ago .. the passage of time truly fries my brain

first, this is so sweet of you to send to me and i'm so grateful that people still check in on me when i'm quiet online <3 i know i am a veryyyyy unreliable presence here but i really do appreciate all the love and i'm sending it right back to you <3

you've kind of given me the perfect jumping off point to just throw a lot of updates and ramblings in one spot bc truthfully i do not feel right posting normal posts and taking up space with things that are trivial in the grand scheme of things. i genuinely don't have the brain capacity for much else these days besides keeping up with palestine/congo/sudan etc related updates + the occasional few hours where i can watch a movie or a show without feeling guilty

(general life update dump below so beware bc i talk a lot)

brief mental state check in but i am not doing well! not just with the weight of the world but with everything else in my life lmao. pretty much everyone who knows me knows that the holidays/the winter are the roughest months for me so i'm usually radio silent :/ this year has been... so rough and i don't know why every year feels worse than the last but it really truly does! i'm particularly lonelier this year and it's honestly my fault. idk how to reach out to people when i'm so isolated tbh i feel like a burden at all times especially now that most of the people i used to talk to daily online and irl are doing way better than me and i'm just. always stuck here in this really shitty space i can't seem to get out of no matter how hard i try

i don't talk about my problems a lot online but like. after losing my childhood pet and then getting accepted to two different programs in one year (grad school and community college) and having to drop out of both AND dealing with a decline in my mother's health AND my grandmother's cancer scare AND my own financial issues AND unemployment i'm just exhausted. because of all of this i truly don't know how to function like a normal person or make friends or keep friends anymore i'm just miserable tbh

okay i know this is a hard pivot, but i thought i could just compile things that have brought me a little bit of happiness that i haven't talked about here! it's all on me to feel like this, but i have intense guilt about posting anything not related to current events, so this is my way around that! so.. enjoy i guess <3

personal stuff (you can send me asks to explain more if you want)

i beat my new years' resolution of watching 365 things this year – i'm up to 500 logs!

a lot of new tv (28 total, entire shows, rewatches, new seasons, miniseries, and documentaries included)

fixated on kpop this year and listened to 30 groups whole discography! i actually counted and it was exactly 30 lmao ask me ab my fav groups and biases if you dare

started drinking tea every day :)

redecorating my apartment and it's so much cozier now

i've become more of a snoopy/peanuts fanatic :)

to build on the new years resolution, i've added quite a few horror franchises under my belt :) my horror tag on letterboxd is roughly 250 now!

i think i'm finally breaking my lifelong nail biting habit??? fingers crossed!

buying more things secondhand and feeling way better about it! mostly clothes and dvds but me and my partner are huge fans of knick knacks

have tried a lot of new food this year :) and am cooking new recipes a lot more too!

went to the beach for vacation for the first time in ten years <3 went to this cool little record store and got a band recommendation from the owner that's now one of my underground favs!

celebrated ten years with my partner this year and although it's been such a rough year for the both of us and we're not nearly where we ever thought we'd be, we're more solid now than we've ever been!!! i really would not have made it through this year without them

honestly this year has been a blur 90% of the time so there's obviously been more little things that make me happy but! it's been a big year for consuming media bc i don't have much energy for creating anymore unfortunately

[queenboudicaa]

This is all great news, not just for the industry but also for anyone who acknowledges the need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy for the sake of our planet’s future. But there’s a massive caveat that I hardly see anyone talking about.

One of the key materials in a solar panel is very high purity silica. This is in the form of a sand, substrate or quartz that needs to be refined just like oil needs to be refined.

to produce very high purity requires lots of energy and high purity water among other chemicals (acid, boron, etc). But unlike oil the bi-products are highly poisonous and cancer causing. Cadmium, lead, arsenic are just a few. You can walk all day on sand and it won’t bother you but separate the silica you have a real hazard left. These biproducts are generally stored in open lined vats so there is no leaching into the ground systems. They don’t go away.

There are other components in a solar panel beside the glass wafers. All of this take energy to make unfortunately after it is all added up including the supply and distribution they are new energy negative.

Then there is the handling issue when they reach end of life. Some states consider them a hazard. Much like a mercury filled light bulb and require special handling.

I do not like fossil fuels either but substituting it for a worse technology that is economically not that viable does not make sense either.

Wind and solar energy do not generate much electricity, but they have a great power to cloud people’s minds. It is now fairly well known that wind and solar can pose serious threats to the nation’s wildlife — from endangered right whales to tens of thousands of bird deaths each year from solar. But optimistic green energy advocates still don’t realize the many environmental impacts associated with manufacturing, maintaining, and disposing of solar panels and wind turbines.

It takes a great deal of material to produce solar panels and wind turbines. Wind and solar energy technologies collect diffuse and intermittent gusts of wind and rays of sunlight to generate electricity, which means they have a very low energy density in comparison to other generation technologies, like fossil fuels or nuclear.

Because of the diffuse nature of their fuel sources, renewables consume orders of magnitude more materials for the same electricity output, thereby causing greater environmental burdens than do more dense energy sources.

Economic and environmental damages aren’t the only problems with wind and solar power. There’s also the problem of moral cleanliness.

Around half of the world’s polysilicon, a key ingredient in solar cells, is made in Xinjiang, China, where Uyghur Muslims are enslaved to produce it.

The majority of the world’s cobalt (over 70% in 2021) is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt is essential to manufacture the batteries that will be needed to provide backup for wind and solar and to power electric vehicles.

“As of 2022, there is no such thing as a clean supply chain of cobalt from the Congo. All cobalt sourced from the DRC is tainted by various degrees of abuse, including slavery, child labor, forced labor, debt bondage, human trafficking, hazardous and toxic working conditions, pathetic wages, injury and death, and incalculable environmental harm,” - Siddharth Kara

I don’t know about you, but I prefer my energy, metals and minerals to be produced by well-paid miners under strict labor and environmental regulations rather than extracted under compulsion by poverty-stricken Congolese children or enslaved Uyghurs.

And as to the "we can just put them in the desert cause nothing important is there anyway" is infuriatingly untrue. Our deserts are vast ecological niches.

Also to reply to the comment made about China's solar energy - recent data reported by nonprofit Environmental Progress show that because China powers its solar industry with coal, it’s quite likely that solar ends up more carbon intensive than carbon-capture-aided natural gas.

"It is 70 years since AT&T’s Bell Labs unveiled a new technology for turning sunlight into power. The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It also realised that powering devices with light alone showed how science could make the future seem wonderful; hence a press event at which sunshine kept a toy Ferris wheel spinning round and round.

Today solar power is long past the toy phase. Panels now occupy an area around half that of Wales, and this year they will provide the world with about 6% of its electricity—which is almost three times as much electrical energy as America consumed back in 1954. Yet this historic growth is only the second-most-remarkable thing about the rise of solar power. The most remarkable is that it is nowhere near over.

To call solar power’s rise exponential is not hyperbole, but a statement of fact. Installed solar capacity doubles roughly every three years, and so grows ten-fold each decade. Such sustained growth is seldom seen in anything that matters. That makes it hard for people to get their heads round what is going on. When it was a tenth of its current size ten years ago, solar power was still seen as marginal even by experts who knew how fast it had grown. The next ten-fold increase will be equivalent to multiplying the world’s entire fleet of nuclear reactors by eight in less than the time it typically takes to build just a single one of them.

Solar cells will in all likelihood be the single biggest source of electrical power on the planet by the mid 2030s. By the 2040s they may be the largest source not just of electricity but of all energy. On current trends, the all-in cost of the electricity they produce promises to be less than half as expensive as the cheapest available today. This will not stop climate change, but could slow it a lot faster. Much of the world—including Africa, where 600m people still cannot light their homes—will begin to feel energy-rich. That feeling will be a new and transformational one for humankind.

To grasp that this is not some environmentalist fever dream, consider solar economics. As the cumulative production of a manufactured good increases, costs go down. As costs go down, demand goes up. As demand goes up, production increases—and costs go down further. This cannot go on for ever; production, demand or both always become constrained. In earlier energy transitions—from wood to coal, coal to oil or oil to gas—the efficiency of extraction grew, but it was eventually offset by the cost of finding ever more fuel.

As our essay this week explains, solar power faces no such constraint. The resources needed to produce solar cells and plant them on solar farms are silicon-rich sand, sunny places and human ingenuity, all three of which are abundant. Making cells also takes energy, but solar power is fast making that abundant, too. As for demand, it is both huge and elastic—if you make electricity cheaper, people will find uses for it. The result is that, in contrast to earlier energy sources, solar power has routinely become cheaper and will continue to do so.

Other constraints do exist. Given people’s proclivity for living outside daylight hours, solar power needs to be complemented with storage and supplemented by other technologies. Heavy industry and aviation and freight have been hard to electrify. Fortunately, these problems may be solved as batteries and fuels created by electrolysis gradually become cheaper...

The aim should be for the virtuous circle of solar-power production to turn as fast as possible. That is because it offers the prize of cheaper energy. The benefits start with a boost to productivity. Anything that people use energy for today will cost less—and that includes pretty much everything. Then come the things cheap energy will make possible. People who could never afford to will start lighting their houses or driving a car. Cheap energy can purify water, and even desalinate it. It can drive the hungry machinery of artificial intelligence. It can make billions of homes and offices more bearable in summers that will, for decades to come, be getting hotter.

But it is the things that nobody has yet thought of that will be most consequential. In its radical abundance, cheaper energy will free the imagination, setting tiny Ferris wheels of the mind spinning with excitement and new possibilities.

This week marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The Sun rising to its highest point in the sky will in decades to come shine down on a world where nobody need go without the blessings of electricity and where the access to energy invigorates all those it touches."

-via The Economist, June 20, 2024

[rajesh221]

What Are The Different Types Of Urological Surgery?

Urology procedures are the procedures used to treat issues related to the urinary tract. These are problems common to both males and females. A Urologist treats ailments and conditions in the kidneys, urinary bladder, and urinary tract. There are many causes of these problems like diabetes, weak bladder muscles, childbirth, certain diseases, or severe constipation. Sometimes you may get rid of these by shifting towards a healthy lifestyle or surgical procedures are a must to treat these. Here we will discuss a few of the urological surgeries. 

Laparoscopic surgery

This surgical procedure used fibre-optic instruments to inspect or operate on the organs inside the abdomen or the pelvic cavities. In this technique, small incisions are made during the procedure and lead to minimally invasive surgery to treat a wide range of conditions.

Robotic surgery

In this procedure, small tools attached to a robotic system are used to perform the procedure. Instead of using their own hands, the surgeon controls robotic arms through the computer to perform the procedure. It helps to reduce the risk of complications in many surgeries.

Prostatectomy

Prostatectomy is used to perform a number of procedures to remove either part or all of the prostate gland to treat prostate cancer or other conditions related to the prostate gland. The procedure can be open, laparoscopic, or robotically.

Nephrectomy

It is used to remove either part or whole of the kidney. Generally performed to treat cancer and other kidney diseases, to remove a damaged organ, or to remove a healthy kidney for transplantation. 

Cystectomy

It is used to remove either part or whole of the bladder mainly to treat bladder cancer. It is also used to treat injuries related to the bladder, neurological conditions affecting the urinary system, and birth defects affecting the urinary system. This too can be performed open, laparoscopic, or robotically.

Adrenalectomy

This surgical procedure is used to remove either one or both the adrenal glands, which are responsible for producing certain hormones. It is mainly used to treat benign or cancerous tumours in the adrenal gland or excessive hormonal secretion that may lead to harm to the body. This too can be performed open, or laparoscopically. 

Vasectomy

It is performed to cut and block the vas deferens. It is a procedure for permanent contraception in men.

Ureteroscopy

This surgical procedure is used to inspect and treat issues inside the kidneys and urinary tract, with the help of a ureteroscope, a small and flexible instrument. It is used to treat kidney stones or ureteric stones. It is used to inspect and treat cysts, tumours, bladder issues, or problems with the kidney lining. It can also be used to inspect and treat cysts, tumours, or abnormal tissue in the bladder, ureter, or on the lining of the kidney.

If you are in need of an expert urology doctor called a Urologist or Urological Surgeons for consultation or advice you can approach the Harish Jagtani Hospital, Congo. The hospital has a fully equipped Urology Department to provide consultation, diagnosis, and treatment of the related problems with the help of the latest equipment. You may also visit the website to book an appointment.

- Harish Jagtani

[newstfionline]

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

First Arctic Navigation in February (Bloomberg) A tanker sailed through Arctic sea ice in February for the first time, the latest sign of how quickly the pace of climate change is accelerating in the Earth’s northernmost regions. The Christophe de Margerie was accompanied by the nuclear-powered 50 Let Pobedy icebreaker as it sailed back to Russia this month after carrying liquified natural gas to China through the Northern Sea Route in January. Both trips broke navigation records. The experimental voyage happened after a year of extraordinarily warm conditions in the Arctic that have sent shockwaves across the world, from the snowstorm that blanketed Spain in January to the blast of cold air that swept through Canada in mid-February, moving deep into the South as far as Texas. The Arctic is warming more than twice as quickly as the rest of the world and the area covered by ice there has reached historic lows multiple times over the past 12 months. The melting in the region is already in line with the worst-case climate scenarios outlined by scientists.

Biden mourns 500,000 dead, balancing nation’s grief and hope (AP) With sunset remarks and a national moment of silence, President Joe Biden on Monday confronted head-on the country’s once-unimaginable loss—half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic—as he tried to strike a balance between mourning and hope. “We often hear people described as ordinary Americans. There’s no such thing,” he said Monday evening. “There’s nothing ordinary about them. The people we lost were extraordinary.” The president, who lost his first wife and baby daughter in a car collision and later an adult son to brain cancer, leavened the grief with a message of hope. “This nation will smile again. This nation will know sunny days again. This nation will know joy again. And as we do, we’ll remember each person we’ve lost, the lives they lived, the loved ones they left behind.” He said, “We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow. We have to resist viewing each life as a statistic or a blur or, on the news. We must do so to honor the dead. But, equally important, to care for the living.”

Texans Needed Food and Comfort After a Brutal Storm. As Usual, They Found It at H-E-B. (NYT) The past week had been a nightmare. A winter storm, one of the worst to hit Texas in a generation, robbed Lanita Generous of power, heat and water in her home. The food she had stored in her refrigerator and freezer had spoiled. She was down to her final five bottles of water. But on Sunday, as the sun shined and ice thawed in Austin, Ms. Generous did the same thing as many Texans in urgent need of food, water and a sense of normalcy: She went to H-E-B. “They’ve been great,” she said, adding with just a touch of hyperbole: “If it hadn’t been for the bread and peanut butter, I would have died in my apartment.” H-E-B is a grocery store chain. But it is also more than that. People buy T-shirts that say “H-E-B for President,” and they post videos to TikTok declaring their love, like the woman clutching a small bouquet of flowers handed to her by an employee: “I wish I had a boyfriend like H-E-B. Always there. Gives me flowers. Feeds me.” For many Texans, H-E-B reflected the ways the state’s maverick spirit can flourish: reliable for routine visits but particularly in a time of disaster, and a belief that the family-owned chain—with a vast majority of its more than 340 locations inside state lines—has made a conscious choice to stay rooted to the idea of being a good neighbor. “It’s like H-E-B is the moral center of Texas,” said Stephen Harrigan, a novelist and journalist who lives in Austin. “There seems to be in our state a lack of real leadership, a lack of real efficiency, on the political level. But on the business level, when it comes to a grocery store, all of those things are in place.”

Hunger in Central America skyrockets, U.N. agency says (Reuters) The number of people going hungry in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has nearly quadrupled in the last two years, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Central America has been battered by an economic crisis. New data released by the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) showed nearly 8 million people across the four countries are experiencing hunger this year, up from 2.2 million in 2018. “The COVID-19-induced economic crisis had already put food on the market shelves out of reach for the most vulnerable people when the twin hurricanes Eta and Iota battered them further,” Miguel Barreto, WFP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a statement.

Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead (AP) Sixty-two inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities in Ecuador as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt, authorities said Tuesday. Prisons Director Edmundo Moncayo said in a news conference that 800 police offices have been helping to regain control of the facilities. Hundreds of officers from tactical units had been deployed since the clashes broke out late Monday. Moncayo said that two groups were trying to gain “criminal leadership within the detention centers” and that the clashes were precipitated by a search for weapons carried out Monday by police officers.

Mount Etna eruption lights up Sicily's night sky (BBC) Mount Etna is erupting again, and its hot lava fountains are illuminating the Sicilian sky. The eruption began earlier this week, and Etna has since been spewing massive orange plumes of smoke and thick clouds of ash. Etna is Europe's most active volcano, and it erupts relatively often. The last major eruption was in 1992. Its eruptions have rarely caused damage or injury in recent decades - and officials believe this eruption is no exception. Stefano Branco, the head of the National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in the nearby city of Catania, told Italian news agency AGI earlier this week: "We've seen worse."

Cow science (Foreign Policy) A new national exam on cows developed by the Indian government-backed National Cow Commission has been shelved following controversy over its less-than-scientific contents. The curriculum for the test involved erroneous claims about the virtues of Indian cows that were widely ridiculed by the country’s scientific community. Among the “facts” on display: That Indian cows have a special “solar pulse” in their humps which can supposedly convert sun rays into vitamin D that is then passed on to milk, and an assertion that Indian cows are “strong” whereas foreign cows are “lazy.” The issue of cows, considered sacred by Hindus, and their treatment has become even more of a cultural wedge issue in India following the rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, with sometimes deadly results. Attacks by vigilante “cow protection” groups killed 44 people between 2015 and 2018 according to Human Rights Watch, with Muslims among the majority of those targeted.

Japan creates Minister of Loneliness to fight COVID-19 suicides (New York Post) Japan just appointed a Minister of Loneliness—to try to combat its exploding suicide rate amid COVID-19. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga named Tetsushi Sakamoto, a cabinet member already trying to beef up the depressed country’s birthrate, to the post. Suga noted earlier this month that Japanese women, in particular, have been struggling with depression since the coronavirus pandemic began about a year ago—with nearly 880 female suicide victims in the country alone in October, a 70 percent increase over the year before, the BBC reported. Japanese suicide expert Michiko Ueda told the BBC that part of the problem involves an increasing number of single women in the country who don’t have stable employment. “A lot of women are not married anymore,” she said. “They have to support their own lives, and they don’t have permanent jobs.”

Facebook Strikes Deal to Restore News Sharing in Australia (NYT) Facebook said on Monday that it would restore the sharing and viewing of news links in Australia after gaining more time to negotiate over a proposed law that would require it to pay for news content that appears on its site. The social network had blocked news links in Australia last week as the new law neared passage. The legislation includes a code of conduct that would allow media companies to bargain individually or collectively with digital platforms over the value of their news content. Facebook had vigorously objected to the code, which would curb its power and drive up its spending for content, as well as setting a precedent for other governments to follow. The company had argued that news would not be worth the hassle in Australia if the bill became law. But on Monday, Facebook returned to the negotiating table after the Australian government granted a few minor concessions.

U.S.-Saudi ties (Foreign Policy) The families of the three U.S. service members killed and 13 others injured by Mohammed Alshamrani, a Saudi airman who went on a shooting spree at Naval Air Station Pensacola in 2019, are suing Saudi Arabia’s government, alleging that the kingdom failed to screen him appropriately before sending him to the United States for training. The families are filing the lawsuit against Saudi Arabia based on a 2016 law that allows U.S. citizens to sue foreign governments over terrorist attacks—legislation that was initially passed in order to allow the families of 9/11 victims to bring a civil suit against Saudi Arabia.

Italian Ambassador Among Three Killed in Attack on U.N. Convoy in Congo (NYT) For Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian work was at the core of his mission. The 43-year-old had moved with his wife to the capital, Kinshasa, in 2017, where their family grew to include three young daughters. He rose to the rank of ambassador in 2019, the pinnacle of his diplomatic career. On Monday, Mr. Attanasio was among three people killed in an attack on a humanitarian convoy near the city of Goma, the World Food Program and Italy’s Foreign Ministry said, the latest in a wave of violence in that part of the central African nation. The deaths of Mr. Attanasio; an Italian Embassy official, named by the Foreign Ministry as Vittorio Iacovacci; and Mustapha Milambo, a driver for the World Food Program, have rattled the international diplomatic community and drawn condemnation from across the globe.

Flood damage and insurance (NPR) Right now, over 4 million houses and small apartments in the contiguous United States are at substantial risk of expensive flood damage, and the cost of flood damage to homes will increase by 50 percent over the next 30 years according to the First Street Foundation. As the climate changes, places that were perfectly safe to live in will no longer be as sure of bets as they once were, and the costs are about to be a serious reality check. The National Flood Insurance Program is $36 billion in debt because of underestimated risks. Over the next several years, FEMA plans to raise rates up to 18 percent a year until prices are accurate, starting this October.

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16 Most Incredible Health Benefits Of Bitter Kola

Garcinia Kola popularly called Bitter Kola is a bitter traditional fruit common in the West Africa and it is generally considered medicinal with no specified side effects.

Garcinia Kola belongs to the species of a tropical flowering plant that produces brown nut like seeds. Traditionally, the fruit, seeds, nuts and the bark of the bitter kola plant have been used for centuries for herbal medicine to treat several ailments.

This bitter fruit, which is believed to contain a high source of vitamins and minerals such as Vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2, B3, fiber, calcium, potassium, and iron, also carry other antioxidants and the usage is not limited to traditional activities alone.

Bitter Kola

Bitter Kola was eaten mostly by the elderly people because of their belief that it could prolong life. Imperatively, researchers in modern science have revealed that bitter kola contains chemical compounds that will help the breakdown of glycogen in the liver and has other medicinal uses which account for its longevity properties in man.

Bitter kola is known as ‘Orogbo’ in Yoruba land, ‘Miji-goro’ in Hausa land and in Igbo land as Akiilu.

Bitter Kola leaf and fruits

History has it that Garcinia kola is a specie of flowering plant in the Clusiaceae or Guttiferae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. This natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

It has been used for centuries in folk medicine to treat ailments from coughs to fever. According to a report from the Center For International Forestry Research, Garcinia kola trade is still important to the indigenous communities and villages in Nigeria.

Bitter Kola Tree

Owing to this, research was carried out by accredited institutions to find out the possible healing attributes of the bitter kola plant.

Health benefits of bitter kola

It is possible to use bitter kola to improve several medical conditions for a short period. This might work for depressions, fatigue problems, atonic diarrhea, migraine, and other disease conditions.

Healthy benefit of bitter kola

Bitter Kola tree have been widely used both in medicine and in cosmetology due to their stimulating, astringent, draining, decongestant, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, vaso-protective, lipolytic and a number of other properties. Health benefits of bitter kola make it a fair alternative for a list of pills and medicines.

1. Bitter kola serve as remedy for osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone that causes pain and stiffness, especially in the hip, knee, and thumb joints. It is a common form of arthritis.

And according to the National Institute of Health, the causes of Osteoarthritis can include joint injury, obesity, and aging. Research as also shown that bitter kola can reduced inflammation disease and pains. It also increased joint movement in patients that had osteoarthritis symptoms.

Apart from the aforementioned on Osteoarthritis, bitter kola can also repel snakes. It can be used to chase snakes away. For snake prevention you can spread it around the building.

Professor, Maurice Iwu, once said that bitter kola can be used to prevent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

2.  Bitter kola helps to combat sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

Bitter kola has also be deduced to be a potent antibiotic that could be effective in the treatment of HIV and AIDS due to its antibacterial, detoxification, and cleansing properties

Since the emergence of sexually transmitted diseases, reputable scientists have been battling day and night to bring a permanent solution to the disease.

Although their battle may seem somewhat difficult as a result of the complexity of the diseases, yet results have shown that seed and leaf of bitter kola have antibacterial activity on clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi and Streptococcus pyrogens.

3. Bitter kola helps to improves immune system

Bitter kola helps to boost immune system

Bitter kola provide the immune system with all the needed supports in order to protect one from attacks of harmful toxins and effective immune response against strange particles.

This high amount of antioxidants found in bitter kola does not only help fight bacteria and other illnesses, it also helps the body to increase its immunity levels.

And when the immunity level of the body is increased, it becomes strong enough to fight against any foreign contaminant.

4. Bitter kola helps cure impotence

With bitter kola impotent is an history because studies have shown that when it comes to the improvement of sexual performance, especially among men, bitter kola is king among all other suggested herbs.

Bitter Kola does not only increase sex drive, it also improves the sexual performance of men who consume it. Research indicate that for the seed to be effective, it is advisable for the seed to be chewed some minutes before the intercourse.

It has also been confirmed that bitter kola helps to increase sperm counts and promote male fertility, which can be useful for those of you out there looking into adding a little one to your family.

Not only that, but bitter kola can actually help to boost libido in men as well. It’s a potent aphrodisiac and studies have shown it can actually temporarily boost testosterone levels.

5. Bitter kola aids proper functioning of the lungs

Bitter kola aids proper functioning of the lungs

The fibers and lung tissues are not only strengthened when bitter kola is consumed regularly in a considerate amount, it also stabilises any other counter effect.

In addition, it helps in the maintenance of good respiratory tract as well as treating chest cold. It has a favourably high antioxidant content for a healthy body.

Bitter kola’s benefit to lung properties are attributed to its high antioxidant content. So, if you are a smoker or even a passive smoker, definitely bitter kola is the cure.

6. Bitter kola assists with weight loss

Bitter Kola Assist weight loss

Bitter Kola has been revealed to be a natural hunger suppressant and also increases the urge to drink more water. Regular use of bitter kola can help you reduce your weight faster than gym could.

People that are placed on a special diet and wish to lose some weight can add bitter kola nuts to their meals and experience fewer food cravings throughout the day; using nuts as a snack can also help reduce hunger between meals.

7. Bitter kola serve as anti-malaria agent

Bitter kola serves as anti malaria agent

Kolaviron is an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory phyto-chemical. Kolaviron is a major constituent of garcinia seed which helps in treating malaria. Studies have also shown that chemical constituents in bitter kola have anti-malarial properties.

This is why traditional healers have for many years prescribed bitter kola for the treatment of malaria infections.There are no definite side effects of having this naturally occurring blissful plant. But, anything in excess or wrong proportion may show its evil side.

Therefore, it is advisable to use the seed on some certain occasions, because consumption of bitter kola is found to have some side effects.

To some certain degree it has been proven that bitter kola stem, bark and seeds are used for the treatment of acute fever, inflammation, respiratory tract and throats infections.

8. Bitter kola fights Glaucoma (eye pressure)

Glaucoma, known as eye pressure is a condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing a gradual loss of sight. Glaucoma could result in permanent blindness if left untreated.

However, bitter kola has been found to be an amazing remedy for the eye. This is stated according to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital journal, “when bitter kola is eaten, at least twice a day, it could successfully reduce the eye pressure”.

9. Bitter kola helps r

educe constipation

Kola nut functions as a dietary fibre in food as it helps in the prevention and treatments of health conditions that relate to the digestive system which includes but is not limited to bloating, constipation and other conditions that disrupt the bowel movement.

10. Bitter kola enhances cancer treatment

Bitter kola have been found effective in stopping growing of tumours and cancerous disease in human body. Researches show that the presence of a chemical compound known as phytoestrogens in bitter kola is used for cancer treatment and reduce the growth of tumour cells.

Similarly, there is a non-steroidal plant compound contained in kola nut extracts which have the ability to terminate the growth and development of prostate cancer cells in the body.

11. Bitter kola increases mental alertness

The caffeine content in bitter kola makes it a good stimulant or psycho-stimulants for the central nervous system; as it helps to improve awareness, mood and elevated mood.

These nuts, specifically bitter kola are regarded as cognitive boosters.

12. Bitter kola helps p

romotes diuresis

Kola nuts and bitter kola contain bitter chemicals such as caffeine and theobromine which serve as natural diuretics. This implies that the bitter content in these nuts helps to increase water and salt expelled from human body; and some minor sicknesses in the body are flushed out through urine in the process which makes them beneficial to human health.

13. Bitter kola boosts fertility

Nigerian women who experience infertility problems sometimes eat bitter kola to improve fertility.

14. Bitter kola helps staying awake

One of the things bitter kola is commonly abused of is its intake to prevent sleep which is possible because of its rich caffeine content, and when it’s taken regularly and in excess can at a point cause insomnia including other related problems such as stomach irritation, nervousness, restlessness, and more.

15. Bitter kola serves as natural therapy for cold

This is one of the ancient uses of bitter kola which extend till the recent times. These nuts have been found to be medicinal since the olden days as natural remedy for chest cold. Bitter kola help to enlarge the alveolar sac and duct thereby providing relief for chest cold and prevent the symptoms of cold.

The presence of caffeine in bitter kola also contribute to this effect but always consult the doctor before using this therapy because excess caffeine can cause adverse reactions.

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16. Bitter kola can help balance blood sugar levels

Bitter kola isn’t just useful for treating malaria. It can also be effective for individuals who have type 2 diabetes as a means of keeping their blood glucose levels stable.

Studies have found that the seeds from the plant are capable of reducing elevated blood glucose levels. This makes it ideal for both treatment of type 2 diabetes as well as for any complications that can arise from the condition.

In addition to that, studies performed on rats that had type 1 diabetes found that bitter kola could actually prevent the cognitive and motor dysfunction that is typically associated with the disease.

Side effects of bitter kola

Consumption of bitter kola nuts is completely safe. I personally haven’t experienced any sort of side effects or anything like that with eating bitter kola.  As with any form of natural supplement or remedy however, you should definitely consult with your family doctor before use.

With that being said, there have been reports of certain side effects that can occur due to bitter kola usage. As bitter kola do contain caffeine and can affect the central nervous system, most of the negative effects are felt by individuals who are sensitive to caffeine in general.

The most common side effects associated with bitter kola include:

Dry mouth

Insomnia

Rapid heartbeat

Nausea

Stomach cramps

Diarrhea

Hives

If you experience symptoms such as hives or any other sign of an allergic reaction, you should immediately stop taking bitter kola and consult with your doctor.

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HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON —

LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENTS AS A POLITICIAN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO PROTECT ALL OF THOSE SHE SERVED

Foreign Policy:

Myanmar transition

Iran nuclear deal framework

Israel/Hamas peace agreement/ceasefire

Promoting LGBT rights in Africa as Secretary of State

HIV/AIDS testing and treatment through Clinton Foundation partnership with ANTIAIDS and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Ukraine

Launched Global Hunger and Food Security program

Saved the Turkish-Armenian accord

Co-sponsored Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001

Co-sponsored Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001

Co-sponsored Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006

Co-sponsored Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006

Co-sponsored Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006

Health:

Expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include national guard/reservist

Co-sponsored Prevention First Act (family planning)

Changed State Department policy to include same sex couples in Diplomat benefits package

Lead group investigating 9/11-related illnesses in first responders (her Senate successor ended up passing her bill)

Co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families

Helped increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma for NIH

Helped investigate Gulf War Syndrome

Co-sponsored Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2008

Co-sponsored ALS Registry Act

Co-sponsored Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008

Co-sponsored Veterans’ Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008

Education:

Built Arkansas’ Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters

Reformed Arkansas’ education system as chair of the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee

Co-sponsored Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006

9/11:

Instrumental in bringing $21 billion in funding for the World Trade Center site’s redevelopment

Established family compensation/small business loan programs

Co-sponsored Procedural Fairness for September 11 Victims Act of 2007

Children/Women:

Helped create Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice

Helped pass Adoption and Safe Families Act

Helped pass Foster Care Independence Act

Supported and promoted the passage and rollout of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expanded health insurance for children in lower-income families.

Co-sponsored Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act of 2001

Co-sponsored Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003

Co-sponsored PREEMIE Act

Co-sponsored Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007

This is considered by many to be one of the turning points of international women’s rights

In 1995, during an unprecedented address in Beijing to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Hillary recounted worldwide abuses and declared “It is time for us to say here in Beijing, and for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women’s rights as separate from human rights.”

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Remarks to the Fourth Women’s Conference in Beijing, China

Career:

Staff attorney for the Children’s Defense Fund in Cambridge

Board member of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action

Legal work at the Yale Child Study Center for child abuse

Volunteer at New Haven Legal Assistance Association

Director of the Arkansas Legal Aid Clinic

Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession

Political Career:

Researcher on migrant worker problems — Subcommittee on Migrant Labor

Jimmy Carter’s Indiana director of field operations

Chaired Arkansas’ Rural Health Advisory Committee, working to expand medical facilities for the poor

Chair of the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee

Chair of Presidential Task Force on National Health Care Reform

First Lady of Arkansas

First Lady of the United States

United States Senator from New York

United States Secretary of State

Voting Rights

Wrote Count Every Vote Act of 2005

Co-sponsored re-introducing the Equal Rights Amendment

More legislation (that became law)

Co-sponsored Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

Co-sponsored Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008

Co-sponsored PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008

Co-sponsored KIDS Act of 2008

Co-sponsored Broadband Data Improvement Act

Co-sponsored Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2008

Co-sponsored Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007

Co-sponsored Hematological Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of 2002

Co-sponsored Persian Gulf War POW/MIA Accountability Act of 2002

Co-sponsored FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002

Co-sponsored Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act

Co-sponsored 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act

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What is a full health checkup?

A full health checkup means a complete body checkup or diagnostic scanning of your complete body including all major organs like the heart, kidney, liver, and lungs. It is meant to assess the present health and to know if there is any sign of warning or any medical issue or abnormal symptoms. 

Importance of full health checkup

The set of investigations would help you to detect cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer, diabetes, High blood pressure, digestive issues, etc. It is highly recommended that everyone should go for a full health checkup, especially after the age of 35 years. It would always make you aware of your unhealthy eating habits and the team would advise you to follow a healthy diet and lifestyle for a healthy life. Let us discuss some of the major benefits of undergoing a full health checkup.

First and foremost is that it would screen your full body to detect any underlying medical issues. It would diagnose critical and fatal diseases like cancer, and early detection is the key to achieving desired results of the treatment plan and it would save a patient's life. If any person is having a family history of some illness, he or she must go for a full health checkup to waive the possibility of that with him or her. Similarly, the one who has an unhealthy and hectic lifestyle should go for it to get all tests done to be on the safer side.

Presently, the world is running at a very fast pace, and so is the life of all people. No one has time to stay healthy by following a routine, having regular exercises, and pursuing yoga and meditation, all these add up to an unhealthy lifestyle and lead to sudden stress-induced issues like heart disease, depression, headache, etc. Therefore, it is advised to get your full body health checkup at regular intervals to prevent and detect the onset of any medical problem. Moreover, increasing pollution also leads to many health problems, and we can sort all of these with proper solutions if detected on time. To summarise, a full health checkup is the best solution to monitor your health and to find a solution for any problem in its initial stages.

Being a pioneer in preventive health care, Harish Jagtani hospitals offer a variety of comprehensive health checkup packages like full body checkups & other health checkup packages, at affordable pricing, to provide a complete health status.

Consult expert healthcare professionals at Harish Jagtani Hospitals to ensure your and your family’s well-being. Harish Jagtani Hospitals is working with an aim to support and enhance the Congo healthcare system by providing accessible, affordable, and world-class medical services and the cheapest Health checkup in Kinshasa for the people of DRC. So, step towards a healthier and happier life with Harish Jagtani Hospitals! 

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Full Health Checkup Package In Kinshasa - Mr Harish Jagtani

 A full health checkup is essential for all as it would help you to get aware of your health and would guide you to take necessary steps to prevent or detect many health-related issues. Sometimes, people think that it is not necessary and is a waste of money but it is a wrong perspective. You should be vigilant to remain healthy and fit. So these comprehensive health checkups are very important. 

What is a full health checkup?

A full health checkup means a complete body checkup or diagnostic scanning of your complete body including all major organs like the heart, kidney, liver, and lungs. It is meant to assess the present health and to know if there is any sign of warning or any medical issue or abnormal symptoms. 

Importance of full health checkup

The set of investigations would help you to detect cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancer, diabetes, High blood pressure, digestive issues, etc. It is highly recommended that everyone should go for a full health checkup, especially after the age of 35 years. It would always make you aware of your unhealthy eating habits and the team would advise you to follow a healthy diet and lifestyle for a healthy life. Let us discuss some of the major benefits of undergoing a full health checkup.

First and foremost is that it would screen your full body to detect any underlying medical issues. It would diagnose critical and fatal diseases like cancer, and early detection is the key to achieving desired results of the treatment plan and it would save a patient's life. If any person is having a family history of some illness, he or she must go for a full health checkup to waive the possibility of that with him or her. Similarly, the one who has an unhealthy and hectic lifestyle should go for it to get all tests done to be on the safer side.

Presently, the world is running at a very fast pace, and so is the life of all people. No one has time to stay healthy by following a routine, having regular exercises, and pursuing yoga and meditation, all these add up to an unhealthy lifestyle and lead to sudden stress-induced issues like heart disease, depression, headache, etc. Therefore, it is advised to get your full body health checkup at regular intervals to prevent and detect the onset of any medical problem. Moreover, increasing pollution also leads to many health problems, and we can sort all of these with proper solutions if detected on time. To summarise, a full health checkup is the best solution to monitor your health and to find a solution for any problem in its initial stages.

Being a pioneer in preventive health care, HJ hospitals offer a variety of comprehensive health checkup packages like full body checkups & other health checkup packages, at affordable pricing, to provide a complete health status.

Consult expert healthcare professionals at HJ Hospitals to ensure your and your family’s well-being. HJ Hospitals is working with an aim to support and enhance the Congo healthcare system by providing accessible, affordable, and world-class medical services and the cheapest Health checkup in Kinshasa for the people of DRC. So, step towards a healthier and happier life with HJ Hospitals! 

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What is Cola Nut Bean?

What is Cola Nut Bean?

Cola nut comes in a variety of varieties and may be harvested from trees in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; however, for its therapeutic properties, cola vera is often favored above other Cola species. Oral use of cola nut provides a temporary respite from mental and physical exhaustion as well as depressed moods, particularly those related to a general lack of muscular strength. Additionally, it is used orally for the treatment of the following conditions:

The syndrome of chronic tiredness (CFS)

Melancholy

Atony

Exhaustion

Dysentery

Atonic diarrhea

Loss of weight

Migraines

Additionally, the cola nut uses here as a flavor component.

Additionally Recognised by the names Arbre à Cola, Arbre à Kola, Bissey Nut, Bissy Nut, Guru Nut, Gworo, Kola Nut, Kolatier, and Bissy Nut. Noix de Cola, Noix de Gourou, Noix de Kola, Noix du Kolatier, Noix de Soudan, Noix du Soudan, Nuez de Cola, Soudan Coffee

Various Illnesses and Ailments

There is a lack of adequate information that can be relied upon on the efficiency of cola nut concerning the following:

Provides temporary respite from mental and physical exhaustion as well as depressed states

The syndrome of chronic tiredness (CFS)

Melancholy

Atony

Exhaustion

Dysentery

Atonic diarrhea

Loss of weight

Migraines

Safety

Cola nut may be safe to eat when taken orally, at the proportions that are typically present in food, and for up to a year at a time. In the United States, cola nut aware of the GRAS certification, which stands for Generally Recognized As Safe.

Due to the presence of caffeine in cola nuts, it is probably not a good idea to invest a significant number of them for an extended length of time.

There is a correlation between chewing cola nuts and an increased risk of developing cancers of the mouth and gastrointestinal tract.

The lethal dosage of cola nut is believed to be between 10 and 14 grams, however, a person may experience toxicity even at lower levels if they smoke, have consumed caffeine, or are elderly.

Oral consumption of cola nuts in proportions appropriate for eating is not harmful to children.

It is acceptable for pregnant and nursing women to ingest cola nut orally in proportions that are considered food, but it poses a risk to their health when consumed in large quantities; it is advisable to avoid using it altogether or to do so only under the guidance of a specialist.

The following are some of the potential adverse consequences of coca nut consumption:

Anxiety

Insomnia

Gastrointestinal problems

Nervousness

Oral blisters

Tremors

Using cola nut might potentially impact blood glucose levels during surgery; thus, you should stop using it at least two weeks before the operation. Cola nuts should be avoided or consumed with care by those who suffer from anxiety, diabetes, blood disorders, cardiac diseases, glaucoma, hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome, and osteoporosis.

Interactions with Medications

Minor interactions report between cola nut charcoal and the following medications:

Antidiabetes medications

Cimetidine

Contraceptive medicines

Fluconazole

Mexiletine

Terbinafine

There is a possibility of moderate interactions between cola nut and the following medications:

Adenosine

Alcohol

Alendronate

Anticoagulant/antiplatelet medicines

Beta-adrenergic agonists

Clozapine

Dipyridamole

Disulfiram

Estrogens

Fluvoxamine

Levothyroxine

Lithium

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Pentobarbital

Phenothiazines

Phenylpropanolamine

Quinolone antibiotics

Riluzole

Stimulant medicines

Theophylline

Tricyclic antidepressants

Verapamil

When use with any of the aforementioned medications, cola nut should take with extreme care.

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There are significant drug interactions associated with cola nuts and the following medications:

Ephedrine

Amphetamines

Cocaine

It is not safe to combine these medications with cola nut.

Interactions Between Supplements and Food

There is a possibility of adverse interactions between cola nut and the following medicinal herbs and supplements:

Herbs and supplements with anticoagulant and antiplatelet properties

Bitter orange

Any medicinal plants or nutritional supplements that contain caffeine

Calcium

Creatine

Ephedra

Magnesium

The use of herbs or supplements that impact platelet aggregation in conjunction with caffeine consumption might, in theory, result in an increased risk of bleeding in some individuals. When used with caffeine or herbs that contain caffeine, bitter orange may cause a rise in both the heart rate and blood pressure of the consumer. Because cola nut also contains caffeine, taking caffeine-containing herbs or supplements alongside it poses a danger of therapeutic duplication, which in turn raises the likelihood of caffeine’s negative side effects.

The high caffeine content of cola nuts causes an increase in the amount of calcium that excretes in the urine. Caffeine, ephedra, and creatine are three substances that, when combined, may raise the chance of major adverse consequences. There is some reason to be concerned about this possibility. Last but not least, taking significant quantities of cola nuts might increase magnesium excretion.

Dosage

A full examination of several criteria, including your age, sex, health issues, DNA, and lifestyle, is required to determine the appropriate dose of any supplement you want to take.

The dose that advises for cola nut depends on the form that it is in when it is given to the patient.

When taken as an extract in liquid form, the suggested daily dosage ranges from two to six grams. The recommended dosage for the liquid extract is three times a day, and it is a solution with a ratio of one to one that contains sixty percent alcohol and cola nuts.

When taken in the form of a tincture, the ideal daily dosage is from ten to thirty grams. Tinctures using a one-to-five ratio solution of sixty percent alcohol and one to four milliliters of cotyledons should be taken three times a day for optimal results.

When prepared as a decoction, liquid extract, or tincture, the suggested daily intake of powdered cotyledons is between one and three grams. To prepare a decoction, bring one to two teaspoons of the herb to a boil in one cup of water. This should do three times each day.

Foods

Cola nut is a component that lends taste to a variety of meals as well as drinks.

Conclusions

The cola nut bean is a versatile and delicious legume that can use in a variety of dishes. It is a good source of protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals, and can be a healthy addition to any diet. A healthy diet is beneficial, no doubt, but regular Health and DNA Testing are also important. You do not need to have any prior training or experience in the medical field to comprehend and make sense of the results of your genetic study.

The team of highly trained and certified lifestyle professionals at HealthCodes DNA™ will provide individualized guidance on how to make positive lifestyle changes to assist in reducing your genetic risk for conditions that are covered by the DNA Test that you select. These conditions include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and some cancers. If you are looking for a new and different way to add protein to your diet, or if you are simply looking for a delicious new recipe to try, the cola nut bean is a great option.