I had a particular experience a few days ago. A friend just received shocking news that a classmate had just slumped and died while playing football. The deceased was a young man of 24 years, handsome, brilliant and full of life. Funny how they almost always seem to be the bright prospects, isn’t it? Upon…
DetailsWorldwide, most news we get these days is filled with so much doom and gloom. That’s because it’s almost all about the covid-19 pandemic and the number of cases and resulting deaths worldwide. Then, they go on to talk about how billionaires are losing so much money, economies hitting an all-time low, governments providing relief…
DetailsJust like any phenomenon incompletely understood, the covid-19 virus has a number of myths attached to it. It’s important that these falsities be exposed and a better understanding of what we face as the world emerge from this act. For one, it’d make some sense if we begin this by debunking the idea that whatever…
DetailsA glimpse at a previous article on ways anger affects our health would explain the rationale behind this title properly. Let’s start with debunking some so-called facts on anger. You must have heard that venting and letting out anger is healthier than suppressing it. Well, it isn’t. Actually, repressing your anger isn’t the way to…
DetailsJumping rope? Isn’t that for boxers — and, um…little girls? Well, believe it or not the simple act of jumping rope can do more for you overall than the same time spent jogging. Be forming big girl there and don’t jump rope while your stomach is getting bigger when you are not pregnant. Get a…
DetailsToday, the discussion is on a vitamin so crucial to the baby’s life during pregnancy that it’s usually given as supplements to pregnant women in order to avert the sometimes unforgivable consequences. The vitamin is vit B9, the folic acid. Why is folic acid/folate so important? It’s required for DNA production. For anyone who bothered…
DetailsNot very good. In fact, this is to put it mildly. Let’s digress a tad. Let’s travel to Europe, Italy specifically. The 2018 Bloomberg ranking of the countries with the most efficient healthcare systems around the world places Italy fourth. The Italian population also ranks as the second healthiest population in the world. It does…
DetailsAlmost all of our dental advice in this part of the world is lost in between toothbrushes and toothpastes and that’s okay. However, we have it in us to do better. It’s in flossing regularly. Let’s rationalize this act. The research on the connection between flossing and cavities is hazy but that of flossing’s role…
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