40% of Nigerian men living with prostate cancer – Urologist
Forty per cent of men aged about 40 years are living with prostate cancer and many are unaware of their status, Head, Department of...
15 habits that damage your teeth
The teeth are the hardest substances in the human body. Besides being essential for chewing, the teeth play an important role in speech.
A normal...
5 benefits of drinking water first thing in the morning
Water is vital for all known forms of life and it seems to be impossible to live without it.
Among the many things water is...
Fibroid rare contributor to infertility – Gynaecologist
An Abuja based gynaecologist, Dr Chinedu Agunna, on Wednesday said that fibroid does not contribute to infertility in women.
Agunna told the News Agency of...
Don’t let another woman breastfeed your baby, Rev Sister tells women
Rev. Sister Eunice Okobia of Medical Missionaries of Mary Clinic, ACO Housing Estate, Abuja has advised nursing mothers against giving their babies to relatives...
7 reasons skin bleaching is not good for you
Skin bleaching or whitening refers to the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin tone or provide an even...
7 ways to keep your liver healthy
The liver plays an important role in keeping
your body functioning – in fact, it performs more than 500 functions that
involve processing everything you eat...
#EndFGM: Nigerians rally against female genital mutilation
February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance against Female Genital Mutilation and users of micro-blogging platform, Twitter, have come out against the...
5 reasons you should repeatedly test for sexually transmitted infections
Despite the continuous effort of government and private entities to hold screening, awareness and sensitisation events, the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is...
Six health benefits of African cherry
It is that time of the year when African cherry - the fruit popularly known as agbalumo among the Yoruba and udara to the...