• Expired Drugs – Are they safe or dangerous? PT.2

    You’ve had a pounding headache all day. You finally give in and decide to take a painkiller, but when you look in your medicine cabinet you notice that the paracetamol has expired…six months ago! It’s...

  • Expired Drugs & Fake Drugs – At the mercy of unscrupulous pharmacies

    Whether it’s a shocking news report of the death of a celebrity supposedly from taking expired drugs or a story you hear from someone about a family member or friend whose death also has links...

  • Typhoid Fever – No longer a minor problem in Africa

    In Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, Typhoid is commonly the “fall-back” diagnosis of doctors for any diarrheal illness or, when a patient fails to respond to malaria treatment or appears to relapse after...

  • Five Ways To A Healthy Heart

    Is Valentine’s Day a big deal for you? The bouquet of roses, the chocolates, heart signs everywhere…you love everything about the day. Perhaps you have a delightful surprise planned for your loved one – a...

  • Health problems damaging to black people – what you can do

    February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada; a time set aside to remember and celebrate important people, events, and achievements in African-American history. It is also an opportunity to raise awareness...

  • Cervical health for lifetime

    Problems with the cervix can have a major impact on the reproductive life and overall health of women regardless of age. Paying attention to your cervical health may save your life. The cervix is at...

  • Cervical health is about more than just the cervix

    People often think of cervical cancer (cancer of the cervix) when the subject of cervical health comes up, but there’s more to maintaining good cervical health than cancer prevention. The condition of the cervix can...

  • Why You Shouldn’t Go On Another Diet

    Is losing weight one of your 2017 New Year’s resolutions? Be honest, you won’t be alone. Gyms and parks worldwide (and the Lekki bridge in Lagos!) are full of people frantically exercising in January, who’ll...

  • Bust the Post-Festive Season Bulge – by guest blogger Seun Fadina

    Hopefully, we all survived the festive season, the time when we make merry, eat, and drink all in the name CHRISTMAS. 
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! Santa’s fit for Christmas. He’s made major changes to the menu so...

  • Surviving Christmas

    There is no holiday quite like Christmas – time with family, Christmas carols and songs, the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, the frenzied exchange of gifts, parties galore, and way too much food. The...