Health

A recent conversation got me thinking about people that completely lose out on their workouts because they are fasting to observe Ramadan. Some go as far as hoping to lose weight purely from the lack of food during that period.

The mortality and morbidity in Nigeria due to prostate disorders are on the rise. There are conventional treatments for malignant cases, cancers, but they come at very high costs- complications.

All plants have essential oils, which are extracts of the volatile oils found in the plants. The volatile oils are the medically active components of the plants.

Third trimester. The ‘home stretch’ which indicates that the mummy is getting closer to meeting the little human who has been taking on some real estate on her inside.

There appears to be no end in sight to the recent imbroglio between doctors and pharmacists in Nigeria.Pharmacists under the aegis of Pharmaceutical Association of Nigeria (PSN) Lagos branch have condemned the doctors’ that is the Nigerian Medical Association ....

What is killing people in Nigeria today? Nigerians should be focused on solving these problems instead of fighting over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) they don’t understand yet. These are what are causing most of the cancer going around now:

About 2.7 million Nigerian women are Rhesus negative, Rhesus Solution Initiative (RSI) President, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Banire has said.The statistic, she said, amounted to 5.9 per cent of Nigerian women population being Rhesus negative.

For decades, experts warned that eating eggs raises levels of unhealthy cholesterol. But a study Tuesday said an egg a day may actually reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Women with aggressive breast cancer can be effectively cured in half the time compared to current treatment, minimising harmful side effects, researchers have said.A new trial of patients suffering from HER2-positive breast cancer found survival rates were almost identical among those given six months...

A common antibacterial substance found in toothpaste may combat life-threatening diseases such as cystic fibrosis, or CF, when combined with an already United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug.

Playing a musical instrument or learning another language could protect against dementia, according to research.Scientists found that the process of learning as an adult trains the brain to become more efficient.

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, United States (US), and their collaborators have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or slow down human heart cells growing in a dish on command -- simply by shining a light on them and varying its intensity.