by Daily Mirror Your liver has a big job: within the three pints of blood that flow through it every minute, you’ll find dead cells, micro-organisms, chemicals, and fat globules – all of which have to be processed and filtered. And while the liver is fantastic at its job, sometimes it’s worth giving it a helping hand to remove toxins. It’s not just what we eat that can affect our liver, the body naturally produces toxins (like acetaldehyde and oxalic acid) as part of normal cell function. Your liver’s role is to eliminate excess ones that may do harm. The problems come when you put in more than you can eliminate. Our hunter gatherer ancestors’ livers weren’t exposed to the many environmental and food toxins we are today, and our livers have to work harder because we overload them, so it’s important to give them a regular clean up. So nutritionist and life coach Janet Thomson shows us how to give our livers a well-needed holiday... How a detox can help Your liver will ...

Why You’re Not Supposed to Drink on Antibiotics by Refinery29 You were responsible enough to go to the doctor and get antibiotics for your pesky urinary tract infection, but you also have a happy hour tonight that you do not want to miss. Technically, you're not "supposed to" drink when you're taking antibiotics, but what's the worst thing that could happen if you crack open a cold one tonight? You might have heard from a well-meaning friend that drinking on antibiotics just "makes you get drunker, faster," but it's actually more complex than that. There are two main reasons why you should avoid alcohol while on a course of antibiotics: There's potential for increased side effects, and the alcohol could interact with the drug's ability to do its job, explains Stephen Ferrara, RN, DNP, RNC-BC, associate dean for clinical affairs at Columbia University School of Nursing, who oversees its faculty practice, ColumbiaDoctors Primary Care Nu...

Senator representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Ahmed Ogembe has tasked the INEC to ensure that the logistics issues that necessitated the postponement of elections last Saturday were fully sorted out. “We cannot to fail again; the entire world is watching Nigeria. We cannot afford a second failure,” Ogembe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He urged stakeholders to work hard toward conducting free, fair and transparent elections that all parties would accept. Ogembe expressed confidence in INEC’s determination to conduct a credible election, but reminded Nigerians that the commission needed everyone’s support to succeed. The senator advised security agencies to conduct a random check on sensitive election materials to ensure that they were complete and in safe hands before Feb. 23, the rescheduled date. He cautioned Nigerians against selling their votes, and urged voters to be guided by their conscience....

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kebbi State, Ahmad Mahmud, has said some of the sensitive election materials meant for the Saturday elections in Kebbi State were taken to Kaduna State and those meant for Katsina State were brought to Kebbi. The REC said this yesterday during his interactions with journalists after inspecting the elections sensitive materials at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s state office in Birnin Kebbi. He said: “Two of our forms-EC 8D1 and EC 8E1 were mistakenly taken to Kaduna and that of Katsina was brought to Kebbi. “We discover it during the inspection and they are already bringing it back to Kebbi.” The REC also said INEC in Kebbi State had received all the sensitive materials meant for the presidential and national assembly elections and would start distributing them on Wednesday across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state. He also said all Card Readers sent to the state have all been configured. “I can conf...