Once upon a time, the problem was ‘not eating enough’. People were simply not getting enough to eat or had to engage in extremely active lifestyles to get their food. Health care was nothing to write home about and the average life expectancy was low. Then modernization, economic development and increased diets led to predictable…
DetailsThis shouldn’t sound unfamiliar to any lover of Hollywood movies. A man is travelling with his wife and daughter along the highway. He’s laughing, they’re both laughing, there’s simply a lot of love in the air. Then an oncoming truck accelerates out of nowhere, hits the car off the road into a ditch….and only the…
DetailsAt one point in time of the life of the average Nigerian, the use of local herbs must have taken place. My mother used to force me to take it in on the pretext of neutralizing the ‘dangerously sweet’ things I’d taken earlier. Years down the line, I’ve come to wonder, how effective can these…
DetailsIfeanyi woke up around 7:56am. He was supposed to report to the firm where he worked as a clerk at 8am. He was late. He wasn’t also feeling well, just like the previous day where he struggled at work. He stepped out of his room after a while, and Mama Chinaza was the first to…
DetailsDespite being the fourth leading cancer diagnosed in women, cervical cancer appears to be in the shadows of attention, especially when compared to breast cancer. Cervical cancer occurs when the cells of the cervix grows abnormally and invade other tissues and organs of the body. If long-standing, cervical cancer may affect deeper tissues of the…
DetailsThis isn’t just a cliché. We often tend to overlook the benefits of adequate hydration because it’s all about water, the colourless, odourless and tasteless liquid which is meant for mealtimes. Generally speaking, women should drink about 11 cups and men, 16 cups (150ml per cup) of water every day, but this is rarely the…
DetailsThat feeling when walking in the scorching sun, your hat and shades don’t really seem to matter at times like this…feeling like you’re going to faint at some point. But why does it matter right? Today we are going to be seeing how the heat can affect your health. You may ask the question, but…
DetailsIf you play under the rain, you’ll get sick! That’s what my mom always told me when I was young and about to dance in the rain. I have also heard it from a good number of people as I was growing up that I just had to find out if there’s more to that……
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