Are you married? About to get married? Or know someone who is about to get married? Then this article is just for you.
Before marriage, all sort of preparations kick in, we prepare spiritually, financially, traditionally to mention but a few. But often times people neglect to take into consideration a vital preparatory phase which is medical checkup; your blood group, genotype, HIV status, Hepatitis, presence of any hereditary disorders etc.The phenomenon of true love, finding the missing rib, Mr. and Mrs. Right is ineffective and short lived if at the end of the day one baby after another is buried because of the neglect of one or both parents to carry out a genotype test amongst other necessary checkup, to prevent the occurrence of sickle cell disease.WHAT IS GENOTYPE?
Simply put genotype is the genetic constitution of a person. According to gregor medel,he stated that separate genes for separate traits are passed independently from parents to offspring, in lay terms a persons genetic ,make up is as a result of that which is inherited from his/her parents.
WHAT DETERMINES YOUR GENOTYPE? Haemoglobin is the iron carrying content in red blood cells. It has an iron and a globin content, the globin molecule has alpha, beta or gamma chains. A person with two alpha and two beta is said to have haemoglobin A, while a person with an abnormal haemoglobin S, is said to have sickle cell gene which occurs when an amino acid valine is subsituted for glutamic acid in the Beta chain of the haemoglobin molecule, hence resulting in sickle cell anaemia.Sickle cell anemia is the most common disease caused by abnormal haemoglobin. It cuts across all races and tribes,it is estimated that 100,000 infants die from sickle cell disease every year in Nigeria.This disease occurs in two forms1. Sickle cell trait; In this form,a person inherits only one sickle cell gene from one parent and is said to be a sickle cell carrier(AS)2. Sickle cell disease; In this case,a person inherits both sickle cell genes from both parents,and is usually referred to as a sickler (SS);while someone that has no sickle cell gene is normal (AA).
Both Sicklers and their handlers (parents or guardians) go through a lot of pains, especially when the sicklers go through their 'crisis'.
WHAT MUST BE DONE?
According to mendel, if a person with genotype AA marries another person with genotype AA, they give birth to healthy AA children. If a person with AA genotype ,marries someone with AS genotype,there is a probability of having halfof the offsprings healthy (AA) and the other half as sickle cell carriers (AS).But if a sickler cell carrier (AS) marries another sickle cell carrier (AS),there is the probability that one of four of their children will be a sickler (AA),but sometimes it is possible that all of the offsprings are sicklers. (At this time,love no go dey again o).So now you know,it is therefore important that before one consents into or to a marriage, one must undertake a genotype test amongst other tests to prepare against unwanted circumstances To be fore warned is to be forearmed
By: SCI.UKATU SUZZETTE
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Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan would honour veteran thespians, Pete Edochie and Lanre Hassan popularly known as Iya Awero, at the forthcoming Best of Nollywood awards (2013). Now in its 5th year, the Best of Nollywood awards has evolved into arguably Nollywood's most respected reward platform. This year's edition would take place in November in Asaba, Delta State.
Speaking via a telephone chat with the organisers, Edochie, a star of many home videos, expressed his excitement with the recognition, saying, "I feel happy that the little we have done is being recognised by the current generation. It is a thing of joy considering also that it is a special recognition award from a prestigious award ceremony as BON and endowed by a progressive governor as Governor Uduaghan. I am indeed very elated by it. See you in November."
On her part, Iya Awero, who recently celebrated her 50th year anniversary as an actress whose odyssey dates back to the travelling theatre days before the advent of television soaps and then, home videos, lauded the organisers for the recognition and the Delta State Governor particularly for his support of Nollywood. "That this special recognition is coming the same year that I celebrated my 50th year anniversary as an actress is very significant for me. I want to thank the organisers of BON for this honour and to especially thank Governor Uduaghan for his immense support of Nollywood since he became governor. With more people like him, Nollywood would be a bigger pride for us all," Iya Awero said. Adducing reasons for Edochie and Iya Awero's selection as the recipients of the Governor Uduaghan Special Recognition Award, the executive producer of BON, Seun Oloketuyi, said, "Since the inception of BON, we have made it a cardinal part of the event to celebrate elders whose arts have catalysed the growth and global acceptance that Nollywood enjoys today. We don't want to wait until these veterans are dead to give them post humous awards, which is why we endeavour to celebrate them while they are still very alive and active. Besides, this year's honourees are a source of inspiration to young actors because of their longevity and continued relevance in the industry."

Expecting a negative comment? Nope, not here. Real Madrid defender, Sergio Ramos has expressed his shock at ex- Tottenham star, Gareth Bale's talent.

Less than a month after the Welshman moved to Spain and barely a week after he joined his team mates in training, the spaniard said he has been unbelievably impressive, adding that he never knew he was that good because Bale never played for a team in England that was in the UEFA Champions League.

"We know if the coach wanted him that strongly he must be a good player but nobody was prepared for how special he is. It has only been a few training sessions we have seen him in but some of what we see we can't believe. He is so fast, so tricky, and the frightening thing is that he is not even 100 percent game fit yet.

The season is still very young, and definitely the tables are still going to turn, of course the likes of Van Persie, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and the rest would boost their goal-scoring records soon. Some nets would be brilliantly tossed this season. New signings (Ozil, Victor Moses, Samuel Eto'o etc) are itching to open their score sheets and record as many goals as possible, old ones won't relent too. Here is Barclays Premier League's current top Scorers List.
(1) Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) 4goals
(2) Christian Benteke (Aston Villa) 4
(3) Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) 4
(4) Robin van Persie (Man. United) 3
(5) Lukas Podolski (Arsenal) 2
(6) Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) 2
(7) Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff City) 2
(8) Alvaro Negredo (Manchester City) 2
(9) Yaya Toure (Manchester City) 2
(10) Danny Welbeck (Man United) 2 
(11) Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle) 2
(12) Gylfi Sigurdsson (Tottenham) 2
(13) Roberto Soldado (Tottenham) 2
(14) Antonio Luna (Aston Villa) 1
(15) Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) 1
(16) Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) 1
(17) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 1
(18) Ivanovic (Chelsea)1
(19) Oscar (Chelsea) 1
(20) Marouane Chamakh(Crystal Palace)1
(21) Danny Gabbidon (Crystal Palace)1
(22) Dwight Gayle (Crystal Palace) 1
(23) Stuart O'Keefe (Crystal Palace) 1
(24) Ross Barkley (Everton) 1
(25) Seamus Coleman (Everton) 1
(26) Steven Naismith (Everton) 1
(27) Pajtim Kasami (Fulham) 1
(28) Darren Bent (Fulham) 1
(29) Steve Sidwell (Fulham) 1
(30) Robbie Brady (Hull City) 1
(31) Curtis Davies (Hull City) 1
(32) Victor Moses (Liverpool) 1
(33) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 1
(34) David Silva (Manchester City) 1
(35) Samir Nasri (Manchester City) 1
(36) Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) 1
(37) Wayne Rooney(Manchester Uni) 1
(38) Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle) 1
(39) Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) 1
(40) Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Nor. City) 1
(41) Steven Whittaker (Nor. City)1
(42) Jose Fonte (Southampton) 1
(43) Rickie Lambert (Southampton) 1
(44) Charlie Adam (Stoke City) 1
(45) Jermaine Pennant (Stoke City) 1
(46) Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City) 1
(47) Steven Fletcher (Sunderland) 1
(48)Emanuele Giaccherini (Sunderland)1
(49) Wifried Bony (Swansea City) 1
(50) Ben Davies (Swansea City) 1
(51) Pablo Hernandez (Swansea City) 1
(52) Michu (Swansea City) 1
(53) Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City) 1
(54) Gareth McAuley (West Brom) 1
(55) Kevin Nolan (West Ham United) 1
(56) Joe Cole (West Ham United) 1Source: Barclays Premier League

Been waiting for his reaction for ages. The Hollywood has a word or few sentences for those staging protest and dropping petitions to reject him as Batman. Speaking with Jimmy Fallon on a US talk show, the Argo star said he saw it coming and had even been warned ahead.

"They called me up and said, 'Do you wanna do this?' And I thought, 'Well, I'm not 25, man. Are you sure about this?

They said Listen, we want to talk to you because people go through this process and it can be trying. I said, 'What do you mean?' 'We want to show you some of the reactions that past people who have been cast have gotten, like on the internet and stuff.'"

The award-winning actor continued, "They send me [reactions for] people who were in these movies who did a great job and they'd say, 'Kill himmmm! You can't say that before a movie comes out. It doesn't matter what you think then, it matters what you think when you see the movie."

On how he was able to handle the protest, he said, "I'm a big boy. They said just don't use the internet for a couple of days… I handle s**t. I'm very tough. I saw the announcement, I look down on the first comment … the first one just goes, 'Nooooooooo!.

Read the reactions here: http://loladeville.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/oh-no-fans-write-petition-to-reject-ben.html?m=1

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