Wellness
11 Jan 2016
You spend so much time trimming, shaping, buffing, and painting your nails and ignore how it looks naturally, do you know you may be ignoring spots, stripes, and odd colors which signifies that you are not healthy. “Your nails are a very good reflection of your health. Many things can occur in the nails that can…
8 Jan 2016
Our body needs energy, thus, we need to eat. Eating your daily meal is definitely part of your life. Food is essential to all of our being. Choosing a healthy food is the best way to maintain a healthy life. It is really hard to choose the right food to eat if you do not…
6 Jan 2016
Do you know that locust beans is a food species whose importance is recognized both regionally and internationally, in some societies on the African continent it is not an ordinary food item but a therapeutic food and a source of income. Locust bean, commonly referred to as iru by Yorubas, ‘ogiri’, ‘dawa dawa’ by Igbos,…
5 Jan 2016
You know that you've had your share of water/beer/coffee by the frequency in which you need to use the bathroom, but what else can pee tell you about your health and habits? A lot, it turns out. We asked R. Mark Ellerkmann, M.D., director for the Center of Urogynecology at the Weinberg Center for Women’s…
4 Jan 2016
Some of the most effective ways to drop a size or two don't involve exercising or restricting foods. Losing weight takes a lot of sweat and discipline, but even if you're not powering through a treadmill interval workout or counting calories, there are a lot of simple ways to see those pounds drop on the scale.…
4 Jan 2016
Stretch marks medically known as striae distensae, are an extremely common finding in both men and women who are past puberty. They appear as linear, thinned skin most often found on the breasts, abdomen, hips, and thighs. Stretch marks occur when skin stretches and expands quickly and beyond its limit. Tiny tears appear in the…
2 Jan 2016
Keeping track of how your poop looks can be an effective way to monitor your digestive health. In the medical world, there is a lot of information available about how stool should look in someone with a healthy digestive tract, and about what common indicators of illness are. Appearance is very important, but others things…
24 Dec 2015
Ask any medical expert about the importance of water, and they will reel out tons of information to you. Even fitness experts will tell you how much dehydration can affect your workout routine. The truth is we need water for a lot of things and not getting water the instance you need it, may result…
18 Dec 2015
In West Africa, six women out of eight with breast cancer will die in five years. In the West, those numbers are reversed. New study in Ghana confirms that black women are more likely to suffer from a rare form of breast cancer called triple-negative, which attacks younger women, is more aggressive and is harder…
17 Dec 2015
Cancer is a deadly disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Types of cancer include cancer of lungs, blood, breast cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, kidney cancer, bone cancer, anal cancer, gallbladder cancer, skin cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, salivary cancer and cervical cancer. An anti-cancer diet is…
17 Dec 2015
Do you struggle to get to sleep no matter how tired you are? or do you wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, anxiously watching the clock? Insomnia is a common problem that takes a toll on your energy, mood, health, and ability to function during the day. Insomnia…
11 Dec 2015
Its the time of the year again; Nigeria and other west African countries experience the dry, dusty, cold weather 'Harmattan' During the harmattan season, the weather tends to appear harsh to our hair, dry nostrils, dry skin, white feet skin and health. The harmattan might last from December to February. Are you using the right beauty products to protect your skin,…