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Maintaining a Balance in Health, Work and Stress

  It is believed that work is synonymous with stress and it is a common and widely held notion that stress is caused by work. However, this is not true of all cases. Stress can be caused by a number

What to Know About the Kidney

How much of the kidneys do we know? Every second Thursday in March is set apart worldwide to create awareness about the importance of kidneys and how to take care of them. Here are quick facts under the categories of

The Importance of Practising Good Health

“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our mind clear and strong” – Buddha

4 Cases That Do Not Require Medical Treatment

Not every ailment should take you to the pharmacy’s counter or keep you on hospital beds. Our bodies are capable of healing with time and under the right conditions. Here are some tips you should consider before giving in to

Can Supplements Substitute For Foods?

Supplements have continued to saturate health stores and pharmacies at an increasing pace. For almost every food type, there is a supplement, something that the layman might confuse as the real thing. Manufacturers and marketers seem to be portraying without

10 Quick Facts about Cancer

Today is World Cancer Day. Here are some things you should know about cancer. 1. Cancer is a group of diseases caused by an uncontrolled spread of abnormal cells in the body that form tumors (growths/lumps). 2. It can affect

Walk for Sight

Walk for sight is a charity organization aimed at eradicating visual impairment among Nigerians who can’t afford it. Last year, they offered free eye tests and free glasses to over 250 people. Come 13th of February this year, Walk 4

Lassa Fever In Nigeria

[Photo credit: www.leadership.ng] Introduction: It still sounds like a tale, or at best a challenge of a distant land but not our own country, Nigeria. Yet, the news (January, 2016) insists that Lassa fever is now spread across several states

LASSA FEVER QUICK FACTS

Photo credit: www.leadership.ng History: First discovered in 1969 in the town of Lassa, Borno State, Nigeria. Most recent outbreak spans November 2015 till date. Description: A severe viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus which is carried by rats.

Mental Health: A Need for Awareness

Mental health problems are on meteoric rise across the globe. I read an interesting article which identified mental health disorders as the fifth leading cause of death and disease worldwide. Interestingly, Nigeria, along with China, North Korea and Japan were

Tip of the Day: How to Survive Nigeria’s Harmattan Season

Are you all set for the Harmattan season? It’s getting colder and dustier by the minute as the bitter-sweet Harmattan winds invade our towns, blowing from the Sahara Desert over the West African subcontinent. Due to its high dust content,

World AIDS Day: Key Facts and Figures About HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day is an event held annually on December 1 to commemorate the global stance against the deadly epidemic that is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). According to a CNN report, a total of 1.5 million deaths were recorded

LASUTH Performs its First Kidney Transplant

Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, is officially one of the hospitals in Nigeria that offer kidney transplant services. On Thursday, the first successful kidney transplant was carried out in the hospital on a 56-year-old man. The Chief Medical Director

Practice Licence Now a Prerequisite for Medical Graduates’ Participation in NYSC Scheme

The Federal Government has barred all graduates of medicine from participating in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme until they qualify as medical doctors and secure practice licence from the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The

The Science of Spiciness

Where in the world is spiciness more common? Does the temperature have anything to do with it? One theory says that humans started adding spices to food to kill off bacteria, while spice developed mostly in warmer climates where microbes

FG to Establish Ebola Survival Clinic

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abdulsalam Nasidi has stated that the federal government will soon establish an Ebola Survival Clinic in Lagos or Ibadan. He said the survival clinic by the NCDC would work in collaboration with tertiary

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