A health practitioner , Dr. Emmanuel Onwordi has canvassed proper and constant medical checks to serve as costless preventive measures against terminal diseases like Diabetes Milletus, High Blood Pressure and Cancer.

He said Diabetes remains an expensive ailment to manage but cheaper to prevent, reiterating that prevention is better than cure.

Onwordi of Resonance Continental, a health centre in Ilorin, stated this while delivering a health talk organised by the Correspondents' chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kwara State as part of its 2014 press week.

He urged journalists and other Nigerians to do regular medical check-up and not wait until they are afflicted with diseases.

For him, many people have misconception about diabetes which is increase in blood sugar level, adding that solution does not lie in drug. According to him, the disease and other chronic ailments could be treated by controlled diet.

Besides, he spoke on prostate cancer which he said commonly affects men, attributing it to alcohol consumption, postponement of urine and wearing of pants by men.

"To take insulin injection now, it is N15, 000 for a single dose, you need three doses a week which is N45, 000. How much do you have in your account to make you manage diabetes? The most important issue is, it should be prevented from coming in", he said.

The symptoms of diabetes, he said, were unhealable sores, excessive water intake, frequent urination, among others, advising that people should always check their sugar level to avoid diabetes.

Speaking on High Blood Pressure (HBP) or hypertension, he explained that the disease is mostly caused by too much of stress, thinking and excess intake of salt.

He also warned against excessive meat in take which he noted causes cholesterol, adding that fish should be eaten more once an individual is over 40 years.