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BlogEating nuts lowers your risk for heart disease, cancer, and other conditions
People who like nuts now have research on their side showing the heart-healthy benefits of eating them regularly. Today there are even more compelling reasons to justify the habit or perhaps persuade you to make...
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BlogHigh Blood Pressure and Stress: Is there a connection?
Two out of three people interviewed on the streets of Lagos believe that stress causes high blood pressure. You might think so too. Is there a connection between stress and high blood pressure – a...
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BlogHow healthy living keeps me sharp
Being a pediatrician is very rewarding for me on many levels, and indeed, keeps me on my toes. I have the privilege of caring for children of all ages, sharing their journey from squalling infants...
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BlogBack to School Eating Healthy and Fit
So you’re making the effort to learn all you can about building a healthy eating style, what about your kids? Are they going back to school eating healthy and fit? Bad eating habits usually begin...
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BlogThe ABCs of Hepatitis
World Hepatitis Day on July 28 raises awareness of the global impact of viral hepatitis and its prevention. The timing couldn’t be better! Just last week, the World Health Organization announced details of an outbreak of...
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BlogTop 4 holiday safety tips for children
It’s heartbreaking, but in Africa, if a child manages to survive dangerous infectious diseases in the first five years of life, the next obstacle that waits is harm or death from injuries. School-aged kids are...
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BlogWhat is Pink Eye and how do you stop it spreading?
What the rest of the English-speaking world calls “Pink Eye,” Nigerians call “Apollo.” Pink Eye or conjunctivitis, is an inflammation of the transparent membrane covering the whites of the eye and the inside of the...
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BlogCould bad habits cause your unexplained infertility?
There’s mounting evidence of the important role lifestyle plays in unexplained infertility. Could bad habits be the simple explanation for your “unexplained” difficulty getting pregnant? What lifestyle factors impact fertility? Many things that influence health...
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BlogKnow your Breast Cancer risk and early detection strategies
The chances are that any woman feeling a lump in her breast goes into panic mode but not every lump is breast cancer. Most breast lumps are benign (not cancer) and cause few or no...
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BlogProstate cancer and how you can lower your risk
A Prostate cancer diagnosis can change your life forever. The emotional, physical, financial, and social challenges of cancer deeply impact the patient and his family. As a patient, when you hear for the first time...
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