My back is paining me. Having grown up in a proper Nigerian Yoruba setting, I remember the classic response after a complaint of back pain. ‘You’re eating too much sugar’. ‘Go and drink that herbal concoction I prepared yesterday’. ‘What are you using your back for? You’re still a small boy’. I’m sure you have…
DetailsThe National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) has estimated that no fewer than 19 million Nigerians are living with disabilities. Of course, their plight corresponds to the plight of an average Nigerian, actually worse to be candid. That should come as no surprise to anyone anyway. It’s simply another of the numerous areas we need…
DetailsForgive my rebranding of the hackneyed ‘cleanliness is next to Godliness’ quote, but it does fit well into this discussion. It’s one basic rule we’ve all been exposed to since childhood. You want to be healthy? You have to be clean! However, we’ll be discussing here on a much broader theme of the environment and…
DetailsYour nine-month labour finally paid off. It came in the form of an adorable little one and left you literally in love. In time, it dawns on you that you’ve a demanding task ahead of you. How do you get this baby through to adulthood? Here, we’ll discuss the basics of baby care as it…
Details..lies a much more unsettling mental condition that gets the attention of everyone- parents, teachers, peers, other adults. We have often perceived children, especially the male ones to be a rowdy and rambunctious lot. This holds true for a good percentage of them. It is another thing when they display aggressive, destructive, and deceitful behaviors…
DetailsFrom the crudest of tools down to the most sophisticated devices, technology has played and still plays a huge role in healthcare today. To say the least, I was flabbergasted when I once read the news of a surgery conducted on a patient who had Parkinson’s disease. A deep brain stimulation device was implanted into…
DetailsMedical errors account for one of the leading causes of patient deaths worldwide. This tale is however largely untold in a country like Nigeria. Asides medical errors, we still have to battle with the grossly inadequately equipped state of our many health institutions which may actually contribute to these errors. This and the large illiterate…
DetailsThe human body is a beauty in perfection. It’s also a network of various parts which communicate with each other to perform their roles efficiently. Communication between body parts is often essential for function. How else would food get into your stomach if it isn’t connected to your mouth? However, the connections occasionally become unnecessary…
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