The zobo drink is a popularly consumed local drink in Nigeria today. It is especially popularly among children who always have a penchant for anything sweet to the taste buds. It’s also cheap and easily accessible as the plant produce used for the drink is readily available at cheap rates in Nigerian markets. Now, many…
DetailsWe’ve always been taught to stay away from germs. All our lives, the emphasis has been on these disease-causing organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye and how to ensure that we get rid of them. You’re about to hear some words that will alter this narrative. Embrace the microbes! Well, certainly not…
DetailsWhat exactly? There’s hardly any news about pain. Everyone everywhere has felt pain before at one time or the other. In fact, an inability to feel pain is usually a pointer to an underlying medical disorder. Imagine if you couldn’t feel your hand touching the hot kettle. One’s hand would be burnt beyond repair before…
DetailsNobody likes surgery, not even doctors. Blade cutting into your skin and blood flowing freely? It’s a strong NO-NO any day and anytime. However, medicine today is yet to evolve past the use of the scalpels to correct some medical anomalies. Have you ever had surgery? If yes, it wasn’t a very pleasant experience. It…
DetailsThe period of pregnancy is always eventful to say the least. It’s one period of a woman’s life that she’s literally the all-in-all in determining the fate of a little one kicking inside her. She has to make a lot of lifestyle changes and daily routine adjustments which are sometimes tainted with emotional setbacks, yet…
Details‘Take it easy on your thinking, don’t develop hypertension’. You’ve certainly heard this before if you’re a Nigerian. We’ve always been somehow miraculously been able to link ‘overthinking’ to hypertension. Anyway, that’s a topic for some other day. The take-home here is that we all know something about hypertension. It’s no new disease to most.…
DetailsSince time immemorial, the act of delivering babies has been associated with so much pain that it was and still is one of the most dreadful experiences many women encounter. I come with good news, and more. You don’t have to go through labour pains if you’re a woman. You don’t need to be put…
DetailsLet’s start with a mind-blowing fact. Turmeric may be the most effective nutritional supplement in existence. Here’s another fact, albeit not so mind blowing. Ground turmeric is a major ingredient in curry power. On this note, let’s talk about turmeric. Turmeric is a flowering plant, Curcuma longa of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is a…
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