Women are known to experience varying degrees of pain and difficulty during childbirth with overweight pregnant women considered to be at higher risk of stillbirth, foetal death and other pregnancy-related problems, as a study led by Imperial College London recently confirmed. Having taken muscle biopsies from the uterus of 70 women, a group of Australian…
A Peep into Lagos Ebola Camp
It is one place that has recently generated almost an equal mix of interest and controversy. Many are interested in knowing what the isolation treatment center set up for patients who have tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Yaba, looks like. Others, who say they already know,…
Creating Awareness For Cerebral Palsy
Femi Gbadebo, retired Air Vice Marshall and Chairman/CEO of Benola Cerebral Palsy initiative has urged the media in Nigeria to join in the campaign and awareness for cerebral palsy. This was disclosed in his presentation at a business lunch with health editors held as part of activities to mark the second Benola day celebration held…
Health Benefits of Pawpaw
We know it has a great taste. But what you stand to get from pawpaw is skin deep. Recent research has shown that the health benefits of pawpaw may be even greater than its delicious taste. In fact, pawpaw and its derived products are increasingly used for a variety of medicinal and therapeutic purposes both…
Caring the Kangaroo Way
African women are known for strapping their babies to their backs. But that does not give as much benefits as the Kangaroo care, a skin-to-skin care practised on newborn, usually premature, whereby the infant is held skin-to-skin with an adult. Kangaroo care, named for the similarity to how certain animals carry their young, was…
Enter the World’s First Malaria Vaccine
All things being equal, the world’s first malaria vaccine could make its debut in 2015. GlaxoSmithkline, GSK, the pharmaceutical company behind the vaccine development, has indicated that if the gains from RTS,S – the name of the vaccine – continue then it would apply for a licence from the European Medicines Agency. In spite…
Why Lagos Hospitals Need Surgery
A combination of negligence, dearth of bed spaces and acute staff shortage in the face of overwhelming patient traffic tops the list of factors militating against the efforts of Lagos State government to deliver quality health care to the citizenr She waited seven years and nine months for the birth of her second child. Supported…
A Tantalizing Gospel Experience
Just like the biblical day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles in the upper room, members and guests present at the full gospel businessmen and women fellowship received the baptism of fire brought about by thought-provoking speeches and revelations they heard from various speakers on Saturday, September 21, 2013 at the…
Health Benefits of Mangoes
Mangoes are not just called king of all fruits only because of their taste and flashy yellow colour but also for the number of benefits they render to the human body. Research has also shown that mango fruits protect people from breast, colon, leukemia and prostate cancers because of antioxidant substances like quercetin, isoquercitrin, fisetin,…
Remedies for Smelly Feet
For people suffering from the embarrassment of smelling feet, John Foxx, skin information researcher has an explanation. Foxx said the unpleasant and embarrassing foot odor is due to lack of ventilation for the feet, sweat mixed with bacteria from the skin, hyperhidrosis; excessive sweat glands, stress, medication, alcohol and drugs, hormone changes, such as can…
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