Depression
9 Nov
Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and Convener, Christian Leadership Empowerment Summit, Pastor Adekunle Olusanya, have stressed the need to foster a healthy environment to combat issues of depression among Nigerians.
5 Nov
A fertility specialist and the Managing Director of Nordica Fertility Centre, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has said anxiety and depression contribute to the increasing infertility rate in the country, advising couples facing fertility issues to manage their stress and avoid actions that can lead to depression. While noting that infertility is one of the toughest things…
1 Oct
A healthy lifestyle that involves moderate alcohol consumption, a healthy diet, regular physical activity, healthy sleep and frequent social connection, while avoiding smoking and too much sedentary behaviour, reduces the risk of depression, new research has found. In a research published last week in Nature Mental Health, an international team of researchers, including from the…
11 Feb
Depression, which is a medical condition that makes a person to be unhappy and anxious and often prevents the person from living normal life, can be suffered by anybody at any time due to overwhelming circumstances of existence.
6 Feb
His voice was not heard over the flowers he received that Fateful day! This is where the story ends. Oladuduke had been found lying dead in his room. He received the news of his Visa rejection earlier that morning and lord knows, he was fed up with scuttling to-and-fro the Embassy and his house every…
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