Adebisi Adenipekun, an ambassador of the 2016 World Contraception Day has called the government and other stakeholders to invest in access to contraception across the country. He mentioned reduced maternal mortality rate as one of the benefits the country will drive it there can be a huge investment on access contraception in Nigeria. According to…
Saw palmetto’s help for prostate
It is not really a known plant in Nigeria, but those who take herbal supplements must have read about it in their prescription. Saw palmetto, or Serenoa repens, is a palm-like shrub or small tree native to the Southeastern United States. The plant, with its white flowers and berries, which is yellow in colour, turns…
The Local Power of Locust Beans
African traditional healers are known to put to use different plant species for medicinal reasons and one of them is the locust beans. For ages, traditional healers in Africa have found the bark, roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds of the locust beans useful in treating various health challenges including “parasitic infections, circulatory system disorders,…
Healthy Living with Quail Eggs
Want your child to have better memory, a strong nervous system, sharp vision and less visit to the hospital, then give him or her two quail eggs a day. The Chinese know these benefits, and that is why they make it mandatory that the children are well fed with quail eggs. Moreso, Chinese medical…
Berries of Beauty
If you are one of those looking to spice up your diet with some juicy fruit, the Acai Berries is an option you might want to explore. Commonly found in the rain forests of the Amazon, acai Berries is considered to be one of the healthiest fruits. Research show that Acai is capable of “fighting…
Why Drinking Beer Is Healthy
No doubt, we are in an era when the average person has probably never been more conscious of, and concerned about the state of their well-being. When it comes to alcohol consumption, many are of the opinion that drinking beer, aside from being unhealthy, also causes the drinker to misbehave, and some others grow potbelly.…
The Pros and Cons of Prolactin
Many young women, as they grow older, would admit to, occasionally, seeing fluid sprinkle out of their breast. This leaves many girls or women wondering what the matter is considering that they are neither pregnant nor nursing a baby. The development, however, is due to a high level prolactin in the body. Prolactin also called…
What Happens In The First 24 Hours After You Drink Alcohol!
What Happens In The First 24 Hours After You Drink Alcohol! In The First 5 minutes: Within minutes of taking a sip the alcohol travels to your stomach where it is absorbed into your bloodstream, it then travels all over your body including to your brain and around your muscles. 10 minutes: Your body sees…
Taming the Cancer Monster
Medical experts appear to have found the trigger of breast cancer and why it spreads quite fast in women, raising hopes that the world may soon tame the killer disease It is one disease that kills at least 100,000 women every year. Out of this figure, Nigerian women account for about 11,000 deaths annually. And…
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