Monday, July 27, 2015

Nigeria Loses More Than Billion Annually to India Through Medical Tourism – Adeyanju

Nigeria Loses More Than Billion Annually to India Through Medical Tourism – Adeyanju

Monday, July 13, 2015

Half of Older Women Unclear on Breast Cancer Symptoms

Half of Older Women Unclear on Breast Cancer Symptoms

Rotten teeth in toddlers hits crisis point as dentists call for cigarette-style warnings on sweets and fizzy drinks

Rotten teeth in toddlers hits crisis point as dentists call for cigarette-style warnings on sweets and fizzy drinks

Breast Cancer Campaign Launched To Raise Awareness In Over 70s: ‘Don’t Assume You’re Past It’

Breast Cancer Campaign Launched To Raise Awareness In Over 70s: ‘Don’t Assume You’re Past It’

No Good Story to Tell about New Soweto Hospital

No Good Story to Tell about New Soweto Hospital

Ghana Health Service to Ensure Doorstep Palliative Care

Ghana Health Service to Ensure Doorstep Palliative Care

NIGERIA | Age Determines Fertility Rate of Women – Expert

NIGERIA | Age Determines Fertility Rate of Women – Expert

Feeling Pregnant? What Does It Mean, How to Cope

Feeling Pregnant? What Does It Mean, How to Cope

Practical Strategies for MS-Related Fatigue

Practical Strategies for MS-Related Fatigue

Friday, June 26, 2015

10-Minute Home Cardio Workout

10-Minute Home Cardio Workout

Use-At-Home Natural Heartburn Remedies

Use-At-Home Natural Heartburn Remedies

Why Do People not Know How to Use Sunscreen?

Why Do People not Know How to Use Sunscreen?

Detecting STIs: Teens Believe a Color-Changing Condom is the Answer

Detecting STIs: Teens Believe a Color-Changing Condom is the Answer

How Dads In Malawi Are Reducing HIV Rates Among Babies

How Dads In Malawi Are Reducing HIV Rates Among Babies

South Africa Implements 5 year Plan to End Drug Abuse and Trafficking

South Africa Implements 5 year Plan to End Drug Abuse and Trafficking

Kidney Disease Causes 20% Deaths in Nigerian Hospitals — Nephrologist

Kidney Disease Causes 20% Deaths in Nigerian Hospitals — Nephrologist

New Blood Test Detects Ebola Within Minutes

New Blood Test Detects Ebola Within Minutes

Thursday, June 25, 2015

10 Surprising Signs You May Have ADHD

10 Surprising Signs You May Have ADHD

African Health Leaders Claiming the Future

African Health Leaders Claiming the Future

MSF Vaccinates 115,000 Refugees against Cholera in Tanzania

MSF Vaccinates 115,000 Refugees against Cholera in Tanzania

Guinea Quarantines Villages in Reinforced Bid to Stamp out Ebola

Guinea Quarantines Villages in Reinforced Bid to Stamp out Ebola

NIGERIA | Leg Ulcer, Stroke Endemic in People with Sickle Cell Disorder

NIGERIA | Leg Ulcer, Stroke Endemic in People with Sickle Cell Disorder

Men Should Freeze their Sperm at Age 18, Scientist Says

Men Should Freeze their Sperm at Age 18, Scientist Says

Essential Vitamin Linked to Acne

Essential Vitamin Linked to Acne

NHS to trial plans to treat patients using ‘artificial’ blood grown in the laboratory from donated stem cells

NHS to trial plans to treat patients using ‘artificial’ blood grown in the laboratory from donated stem cells

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Top 5 Reasons to See a Sexual Dysfunction Specialist

Top 5 Reasons to See a Sexual Dysfunction Specialist

Diets Debunked: How to Dodge the Dieting Traps

Diets Debunked: How to Dodge the Dieting Traps

5 Fitness Tips for Pregnant Working Women

5 Fitness Tips for Pregnant Working Women

Careful Kate! Doctors Say Skinny Jeans are a SERIOUS Health Hazard

Careful Kate! Doctors Say Skinny Jeans are a SERIOUS Health Hazard

Cholera Outbreak Kills at Least 18 in South Sudan: Health Ministry

Cholera Outbreak Kills at Least 18 in South Sudan: Health Ministry

NAFDAC Warns Against Imported Frozen Chicken, Turkey

NAFDAC Warns Against Imported Frozen Chicken, Turkey

New Tool to Predict Delayed Allergic Reactions in Children

New Tool to Predict Delayed Allergic Reactions in Children

Tackling Fuel Poverty can Help Reduce Debilitating Sickle Cell Disease, Save Significant money for NHS

Tackling Fuel Poverty can Help Reduce Debilitating Sickle Cell Disease, Save Significant money for NHS

Does the female Viagra really work? It’s said to cure women’s low libido by making sex more pleasurable. But with fears over side-effects and many doctors sceptical

Does the female Viagra really work? It’s said to cure women’s low libido by making sex more pleasurable. But with fears over side-effects and many doctors sceptical

Friday, June 19, 2015

New Anti-Malaria Drug Developed at Dundee University

New Anti-Malaria Drug Developed at Dundee University

World Sickle Cell Day 2015: How Rare Disease Awareness Leads To Quality Care, Treatment

World Sickle Cell Day 2015: How Rare Disease Awareness Leads To Quality Care, Treatment

Men’s Health Month: 5 Key Research Findings in 2015 so far

Men’s Health Month: 5 Key Research Findings in 2015 so far

5 Heart-Healthy Meals Dad Will Love on Father’s Day

5 Heart-Healthy Meals Dad Will Love on Father’s Day

Nestle Ghana to promote the Health Benefit of Food Fortification among Ghanaians

Nestle Ghana to promote the Health Benefit of Food Fortification among Ghanaians

‘Effective’ Human Anti-HIV Vaccine Comes Closer to Reality

‘Effective’ Human Anti-HIV Vaccine Comes Closer to Reality

SOUTH AFRICA | KZN Health MEC Urges People to Get Vaccinated for H1N1 flu

SOUTH AFRICA | KZN Health MEC Urges People to Get Vaccinated for H1N1 flu

‘Fasting’ Diet can Help you Stay Sharp and Slim

‘Fasting’ Diet can Help you Stay Sharp and Slim

Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop – UNICEF chief

Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop – UNICEF chief

NAFDAC Abolishes Hawking of Drugs in Benue

NAFDAC Abolishes Hawking of Drugs in Benue

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Know When a Woman Should See a Gynecologist

Know When a Woman Should See a Gynecologist

5 Powerful Herbs to Treat Morning Sickness + Other Remedies

5 Powerful Herbs to Treat Morning Sickness + Other Remedies

Rates of breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer have increased, study finds

Rates of breast-conserving therapy for early-stage breast cancer have increased, study finds

How Breastfeeding Could Improve Babies’ Dental Health

How Breastfeeding Could Improve Babies’ Dental Health

Quit smoking for 15 years and your risk of heart failure and death ‘is the same as that of a person who NEVER smoked’, study reveals

Quit smoking for 15 years and your risk of heart failure and death ‘is the same as that of a person who NEVER smoked’, study reveals

NIGERIA | Society to Partner US Firm on Sickle Cell Test Kits

NIGERIA | Society to Partner US Firm on Sickle Cell Test Kits

ZAMBIA | HIV Activists Want Data Destroyed

ZAMBIA | HIV Activists Want Data Destroyed

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Friday, June 12, 2015

Exposing Egypt’s Horrendous Healthcare Conditions

Exposing Egypt’s Horrendous Healthcare Conditions

Smoking Marijuana Poses Huge Danger to Teens, Experts Warn

Smoking Marijuana Poses Huge Danger to Teens, Experts Warn

WB Support to Prevent Malaria and Tropical Diseases in Africa’s Sahel

WB Support to Prevent Malaria and Tropical Diseases in Africa’s Sahel

NIGERIA | Tobacco: NHF Asks Buhari to Implement Law

NIGERIA | Tobacco: NHF Asks Buhari to Implement Law

Ebola Scandal: Group Demands AU, Nigeria Probe of Volunteers’ Maltreatment in Liberia, Sierra Leone

Ebola Scandal: Group Demands AU, Nigeria Probe of Volunteers’ Maltreatment in Liberia, Sierra Leone

NIGERIA | Health Institute Seeks to Improve Life Expectancy

NIGERIA | Health Institute Seeks to Improve Life Expectancy

Tackling Chronic Malnutrition in Zambia

Tackling Chronic Malnutrition in Zambia

The Cost of Curing Hepatitis C

The Cost of Curing Hepatitis C

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Are you as fit as you should be for your age? Just testing how quickly you get up from a chair can reveal so much about your health

Are you as fit as you should be for your age? Just testing how quickly you get up from a chair can reveal so much about your health

I’m a feminist. Here’s why I don’t support the ‘female Viagra.’

I’m a feminist. Here’s why I don’t support the ‘female Viagra.’

Do Herbal Medicines Improve our Health?

Do Herbal Medicines Improve our Health?

‘Missing Link’ Between Brain and Immune System Discovered

‘Missing Link’ Between Brain and Immune System Discovered

7 Foods That Boost A Slow Metabolism And Reverse Metabolic Damage

7 Foods That Boost A Slow Metabolism And Reverse Metabolic Damage

13 Everyday Habits That Are Aging You

13 Everyday Habits That Are Aging You

How to Gain Weight the Healthy Way

How to Gain Weight the Healthy Way

The 8 Things that Happen When You Finally Stop Drinking Diet Soda

The 8 Things that Happen When You Finally Stop Drinking Diet Soda

The Doctor will See You Now: 5 Startups Shaking up Healthcare

The Doctor will See You Now: 5 Startups Shaking up Healthcare

No Shortage of ARVs in South Africa

No Shortage of ARVs in South Africa

24M Nigerians at Risk of Parasitic Worm Disease

24M Nigerians at Risk of Parasitic Worm Disease

Methanol Poisoning: FG Bans Sale of Unregistered Local Gin

Methanol Poisoning: FG Bans Sale of Unregistered Local Gin

Monday, June 8, 2015

Beneficiaries of free eye screening, surgery thank Rotary club of Palmgrove Estate

Beneficiaries of free eye screening, surgery thank Rotary club of Palmgrove Estate

Back pain is the biggest cause of ill health in the world: Issues cause more ‘years lived with disability’ than any other condition

Back pain is the biggest cause of ill health in the world: Issues cause more ‘years lived with disability’ than any other condition

10 Tips to Improve Living With Lupus

10 Tips to Improve Living With Lupus

Reformulation of HIV Treatment Will Save more Children’s Lives – UN

Reformulation of HIV Treatment Will Save more Children’s Lives – UN

As Liberia’s school systems recover after Ebola outbreak, UNICEF distributes thousands of learning kits

As Liberia’s school systems recover after Ebola outbreak, UNICEF distributes thousands of learning kits

SPDC Trains 300 Midwives in Niger Delta

SPDC Trains 300 Midwives in Niger Delta

400 Girls Benefit from UNICEF Scholarship, Training in Gombe

400 Girls Benefit from UNICEF Scholarship, Training in Gombe

Cedric The Entertainer Urges Americans To ‘Step On Up’ With Diabetic Nerve Pain Awareness

Cedric The Entertainer Urges Americans To ‘Step On Up’ With Diabetic Nerve Pain Awareness

Down’s Blood Test ‘Would Cut Risk of Miscarriage’

Down’s Blood Test ‘Would Cut Risk of Miscarriage’

Eating Placenta ‘Does not Benefit Health’

Eating Placenta ‘Does not Benefit Health’

Friday, June 5, 2015

Reduce Your Cancer Risk

Reduce Your Cancer Risk

6 Essential Stretches Every Walker Should Do

6 Essential Stretches Every Walker Should Do

What’s the Best Exercise for Your Age?

What’s the Best Exercise for Your Age?

4 Hidden Causes of Bladder Pain

4 Hidden Causes of Bladder Pain

Who Impressed With Zambia’s Health Sector

Who Impressed With Zambia’s Health Sector

Kenya Warns Over Unsafe Sex Drugs on Sale

Kenya Warns Over Unsafe Sex Drugs on Sale

Poor Funding Threatens Nigeria’s Target Of NTDs Elimination By 2020 – Awute

Poor Funding Threatens Nigeria’s Target Of NTDs Elimination By 2020 – Awute

Female Viagra’ Gets Nod from FDA Advisory Committee

Female Viagra’ Gets Nod from FDA Advisory Committee

Mental Health in the Workplace: How We Can Move Beyond the Stigma

Mental Health in the Workplace: How We Can Move Beyond the Stigma

Elderly Women Who Start Exercising may Break Fewer Bones

Elderly Women Who Start Exercising may Break Fewer Bones

Thursday, June 4, 2015

How to Maintain Erection during Intercourse

How to Maintain Erection during Intercourse

8 Symptoms That May Require A Mental Health Evaluation

8 Symptoms That May Require A Mental Health Evaluation

Get Mindful: 10 Ways to Live in the Present

Get Mindful: 10 Ways to Live in the Present

450 South African Nurses to Undergo Diabetes Training as Epidemic Mounts

450 South African Nurses to Undergo Diabetes Training as Epidemic Mounts

NIGERIA | Cholera Outbreak Hits Jos as Water Scarcity Persists

NIGERIA | Cholera Outbreak Hits Jos as Water Scarcity Persists

Gender Transitioning for Seniors has Unique Challenges

Gender Transitioning for Seniors has Unique Challenges

Ghana Asked to Regulate Tobacco Supply Chain

Ghana Asked to Regulate Tobacco Supply Chain

Should You Cut out Bread to Stop Bloating?

Should You Cut out Bread to Stop Bloating?

Are You ‘Addicted’ to Your Smartphone?

Are You ‘Addicted’ to Your Smartphone?

Is type 2 diabetes caused by BACTERIA in the gut? Toxins trigger insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels, study finds

Is type 2 diabetes caused by BACTERIA in the gut? Toxins trigger insulin resistance and high blood sugar levels, study finds

Mental Health Patients ‘Smoke Three Times as Much’

Mental Health Patients ‘Smoke Three Times as Much’

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Benefits of Intermittent Fasting

Do Cellphones Give You Cancer?

Do Cellphones Give You Cancer?

Breast Cancer During Pregnancy Rare and Dangerous

Breast Cancer During Pregnancy Rare and Dangerous

Grip Strength may Provide Clues to Heart Health

Grip Strength may Provide Clues to Heart Health

Statins Can Halve Patients’ Risk of Dying From Cancer

Statins Can Halve Patients’ Risk of Dying From Cancer

What Should My Testicles Look and Feel Like?

What Should My Testicles Look and Feel Like?

The Truth About Female Ejaculation

The Truth About Female Ejaculation

10 Causes of Hair Loss and Baldness

10 Causes of Hair Loss and Baldness

Flying the Flag for Better Healthcare in Africa

Flying the Flag for Better Healthcare in Africa

Niger Meningitis Epidemic has Peaked, 545 dead: WHO says

Niger Meningitis Epidemic has Peaked, 545 dead: WHO says

Nigeria Criminalises Female Genital Mutilation

Nigeria Criminalises Female Genital Mutilation

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Doctors Aim for Single Test to Detect Risk of Four Cancers in Women

Doctors Aim for Single Test to Detect Risk of Four Cancers in Women

Breastfeeding May Lower Risk of Childhood Leukemia, Study Says

Breastfeeding May Lower Risk of Childhood Leukemia, Study Says

SOUTH AFRICA | Food Safety in Southern Africa- Rethinking World Health Worries

SOUTH AFRICA | Food Safety in Southern Africa- Rethinking World Health Worries

Firm Health Ghana Creates More Awareness on Kidney Disease

Firm Health Ghana Creates More Awareness on Kidney Disease

Investing in Healthcare in Africa critical to meet 2030 goals

Investing in Healthcare in Africa critical to meet 2030 goals

KENYA | Empty Promises Mean African Mothers are Dying of Preventable Diseases

KENYA | Empty Promises Mean African Mothers are Dying of Preventable Diseases

The Paradox Of Multiple Funding And Poor Health Care In Nigeria

The Paradox Of Multiple Funding And Poor Health Care In Nigeria

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Is Diet Coke Making You Fat? People Who Drink at Least One Can a Day Have Larger Waist Measurements

Is Diet Coke Making You Fat? People Who Drink at Least One Can a Day Have Larger Waist Measurements

What We Know About Female Ejaculation

What We Know About Female Ejaculation

Rethinking How We Understand and Treat Depression

Rethinking How We Understand and Treat Depression

The Basics of Maternal Health: Taking a Stand for Clean Water and Hygiene in Health Facilities

The Basics of Maternal Health: Taking a Stand for Clean Water and Hygiene in Health Facilities

Legalizing “Post-Clinic” Abortions in South Africa Could Help Thousands of Women

Legalizing “Post-Clinic” Abortions in South Africa Could Help Thousands of Women

Project aims to improve maternal and newborn health in sub-Saharan Africa

Project aims to improve maternal and newborn health in sub-Saharan Africa

Prostitutes Cause of Hepatitis B Outbreak – MP

Prostitutes Cause of Hepatitis B Outbreak – MP

Why Some Women Choose to Get Circumcised

Why Some Women Choose to Get Circumcised

Black Women Less Likely to Struggle With Depression Than Whites: Survey

Black Women Less Likely to Struggle With Depression Than Whites: Survey

Shorter Height is Directly Associated with Increased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Shorter Height is Directly Associated with Increased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Do I Have Pregnancy-Related Diabetes?

Do I Have Pregnancy-Related Diabetes?

Raising Awareness of The Myths of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Raising Awareness of The Myths of Autism Spectrum Disorder

You’re Never Too Old to Have an Underactive Thyroid

You’re Never Too Old to Have an Underactive Thyroid

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

NIGERIA | Curbing Rising Trend Of Malaria And Self Medication

NIGERIA | Curbing Rising Trend Of Malaria And Self Medication

WHO Urges African Governments to Focus on Food Security

WHO Urges African Governments to Focus on Food Security

18 Collective Uses And Benefits Of Aloe Vera Juice

18 Collective Uses And Benefits Of Aloe Vera Juice

Managing Hypertension With Healthy Habits

Managing Hypertension With Healthy Habits

30-Minute Full-Body Workout to Burn Calories

30-Minute Full-Body Workout to Burn Calories

HIV and pregnancy

HIV and pregnancy

Being Poor Affects Kids’ Brains, Study Finds

Being Poor Affects Kids’ Brains, Study Finds

15 Ways Exercise Makes You Look and Feel Younger

15 Ways Exercise Makes You Look and Feel Younger

Thinking Twice Before Doing Blood Transfusions Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs

Thinking Twice Before Doing Blood Transfusions Improves Outcomes, Reduces Costs

11 Natural Home Remedies for Mosquito Bites

11 Natural Home Remedies for Mosquito Bites

NIGERIA | Consuming Water At Your Own Risk

NIGERIA | Consuming Water At Your Own Risk

Race for Ebola Vaccine Heats Up as Cases Slow

Race for Ebola Vaccine Heats Up as Cases Slow

NIGERIA | ‘Most Sachet, Table Water Not Safe For Drinking’

NIGERIA | ‘Most Sachet, Table Water Not Safe For Drinking’

UGANDA | Fighting Regional Cancer

UGANDA | Fighting Regional Cancer

Fast Working Malaria Drug Developed that Works Against Resistant Strains

Fast Working Malaria Drug Developed that Works Against Resistant Strains

Thursday, April 2, 2015

The Taboo of Depression

The Taboo of Depression

Fibroids Cases High Amongst Black Women

Fibroids Cases High Amongst Black Women

Sanitary Freedom Keeps African Schoolgirls in Class

Sanitary Freedom Keeps African Schoolgirls in Class

Penn Doctor: Fear ‘Definitely Hampered’ Response to Ebola

Penn Doctor: Fear ‘Definitely Hampered’ Response to Ebola

AU Welcomes Measures to be Instituted During Guinea 45-day Emergency

AU Welcomes Measures to be Instituted During Guinea 45-day Emergency

Low-Carb Potato Launched in South Africa

Low-Carb Potato Launched in South Africa

Case Reports: Synthetic Marijuana Wreaks Havoc on Kidneys

Case Reports: Synthetic Marijuana Wreaks Havoc on Kidneys

6 Kind of Wired(But Also Cool) Things you Didnt Know About Sperm

6 Kind of Wired(But Also Cool) Things you Didnt Know About Sperm

Learning from Angelina Jolie’s Genetic Testing for Our Own Health

Learning from Angelina Jolie’s Genetic Testing for Our Own Health

Can I Get My Penis Enlarged?

Can I Get My Penis Enlarged?

So Which Cooking Oil is The Healthiest Choice for Frying?

So Which Cooking Oil is The Healthiest Choice for Frying?

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Paracetamol for back pain? It’s no better than a placebo: Experts say treatment does nothing to improve recovery time, sleep or quality of life

Paracetamol for back pain? It’s no better than a placebo: Experts say treatment does nothing to improve recovery time, sleep or quality of life

Study Reveals Link Between Gastrointestinal Issues, Autism

Study Reveals Link Between Gastrointestinal Issues, Autism

What should I do if my erection won’t go down?

What should I do if my erection won’t go down?

Science behind babies: The more sex you have the more likely you’ll have a boy and more girls are born in times of stress

Science behind babies: The more sex you have the more likely you’ll have a boy and more girls are born in times of stress

Yvonne Chaka Chaka reflects on 10 years as a UN Goodwill Ambassador

Yvonne Chaka Chaka reflects on 10 years as a UN Goodwill Ambassador

‘No Confirmed case

‘No Confirmed case

Boko Haram and Africa’s Neglected Tropical Diseases

Boko Haram and Africa’s Neglected Tropical Diseases

Guinea Finds 3 Ebola Cases in Alumina Hub of Fria

Guinea Finds 3 Ebola Cases in Alumina Hub of Fria

Ebola Scare ‘Shows Problems’ in Computer Program

Ebola Scare ‘Shows Problems’ in Computer Program

Domestic violence deters contraception

Domestic violence deters contraception

The Ebola Hype: Safari Travelers Safe to Visit Tanzania (East Africa)

The Ebola Hype: Safari Travelers Safe to Visit Tanzania (East Africa)

Focus on Poverty: Sharing Genetic Data in Health Crises

Focus on Poverty: Sharing Genetic Data in Health Crises

Signs and Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer

Signs and Symptoms of Pancreatic Cancer

On Living with Depression and Suicidal Feelings

On Living with Depression and Suicidal Feelings

4 Questions to Ask Your Doctor

4 Questions to Ask Your Doctor

How Sleep Can Improve Your Sex Life

How Sleep Can Improve Your Sex Life

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Health Tip: Develop Healthy Habits for Contact Lenses

Health Tip: Develop Healthy Habits for Contact Lenses

Pesticides in Fruit Could Damage Sperm

Pesticides in Fruit Could Damage Sperm

‘4D’ Ultrasound Shows Effects of Smoking on Unborn Babies

‘4D’ Ultrasound Shows Effects of Smoking on Unborn Babies

Liver transplant: Lorna’s story

Liver transplant: Lorna’s story

The Truth About a Recent Study on Eggs

The Truth About a Recent Study on Eggs

NIGERIA | Maternal Health: Task before Lagos Government

NIGERIA | Maternal Health: Task before Lagos Government

Land-Use Changes May Increase Risk of Plague

Land-Use Changes May Increase Risk of Plague

Sierra Leone’s Missing Ebola Millions

Sierra Leone’s Missing Ebola Millions

Cameroon Brings Polio Under Control

Cameroon Brings Polio Under Control

Friday, March 27, 2015

Heroin Use Is Soaring in One of the World’s Unlikeliest Places

Heroin Use Is Soaring in One of the World’s Unlikeliest Places

South Africa Implements Emocha For MDR-Tuberculosis

South Africa Implements Emocha For MDR-Tuberculosis

NIGERIA | Arise Women Takes Preventive Healthcare to Schoolgirls

NIGERIA | Arise Women Takes Preventive Healthcare to Schoolgirls

Heart disease tops HIV deaths in East Africa

Heart disease tops HIV deaths in East Africa

Two Experimental Ebola Vaccines Pass Safety Test in African Trial

Two Experimental Ebola Vaccines Pass Safety Test in African Trial

Causes of Male Infertility

Causes of Male Infertility

Elizabeth Suffered from Myomas/ Fibroids until She Had the Focused Ultrasound Treatment

Elizabeth Suffered from Myomas/ Fibroids until She Had the Focused Ultrasound Treatment

Get Your Heart Rate on Target

Get Your Heart Rate on Target

Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Surgery: What Are the Risks of Early Menopause?

Angelina Jolie Pitt’s Surgery: What Are the Risks of Early Menopause?

6 Supplements for Glowy Skin and Gorgeous Hair

6 Supplements for Glowy Skin and Gorgeous Hair

Can I Crush Medicines Before Taking Them?

Can I Crush Medicines Before Taking Them?

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Does Nutritional Supplements Work? – BBC Documentary

Does Nutritional Supplements Work? – BBC Documentary

Coping With Stress – Staying Sane Through Difficult Times

Coping With Stress – Staying Sane Through Difficult Times

How Much Pineapple Is Considered a Healthy Serving?

How Much Pineapple Is Considered a Healthy Serving?

How do I bath my baby?

How do I bath my baby?

Protein & Kidneys in Weight Training : Nutrition Advice

Protein & Kidneys in Weight Training : Nutrition Advice

I’ve Just been diagnosed With Prostate Cancer – Now What?

I’ve Just been diagnosed With Prostate Cancer – Now What?

UK University Enters International Health Partnership to Improve Rural Ugandan District

UK University Enters International Health Partnership to Improve Rural Ugandan District

Sierra Leone: Tzu Chi Foundation to Boost Healthcare Service in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Tzu Chi Foundation to Boost Healthcare Service in Sierra Leone

UK: Zimbabwean sugar doctor hits sweet spot

UK: Zimbabwean sugar doctor hits sweet spot

Spread of drug-resistant TB must be stopped to avoid catastrophe

Spread of drug-resistant TB must be stopped to avoid catastrophe

Measles new threat for west Africa

Measles new threat for west Africa

Fatty Liver Disease | Q&A

Fatty Liver Disease | Q&A

6 Moves To Strengthen Your Knees

6 Moves To Strengthen Your Knees

Latest Diabetes Care Guidelines Focus on Individual Approach

Latest Diabetes Care Guidelines Focus on Individual Approach

Monday, March 23, 2015

Omega-3 supplements may help boys with ADHD

Omega-3 supplements may help boys with ADHD

New controversy about circumcision raising eyebrows

New controversy about circumcision raising eyebrows

Reducing Liver Disease in Immigrant African Communities

Reducing Liver Disease in Immigrant African Communities

Healing hearts from Ethiopia

Healing hearts from Ethiopia

‘How Unromantic It Is To Die Of Tuberculosis In The 21st Century’

‘How Unromantic It Is To Die Of Tuberculosis In The 21st Century’

Liberians overcome fear to volunteer for Ebola vaccine trial

Liberians overcome fear to volunteer for Ebola vaccine trial

Agriculture worker – common causes of asthma

Agriculture worker – common causes of asthma

Are Energy Drinks Setting You up for Heart Problem?

Are Energy Drinks Setting You up for Heart Problem?

Turmeric for Diabetes

Turmeric for Diabetes

Can I take malaria tablets if I’m pregnant?

Can I take malaria tablets if I’m pregnant?

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Health Tips on Managing High Blood Pressure

Health Tips on Managing High Blood Pressure

River Blindness – Tanzania

River Blindness – Tanzania

Treating River Blindness and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases

Treating River Blindness and Other Neglected Tropical Diseases

Lower Blood Pressure: Documentary About Check. Change. Control.

Lower Blood Pressure: Documentary About Check. Change. Control.

Data gaps make malnutrition too easy to ignore

Data gaps make malnutrition too easy to ignore

NIGERIA | When Politicians Are Not Talking Health

NIGERIA | When Politicians Are Not Talking Health

NIGERIA | NAFDAC confiscates N5b fake drugs in 2 months

NIGERIA | NAFDAC confiscates N5b fake drugs in 2 months

Ola Orekunrin, Nigerian who pioneered flying ambulance in West Africa

Ola Orekunrin, Nigerian who pioneered flying ambulance in West Africa

Japan Loans Nigeria N18.6 Billion For Vaccines

Japan Loans Nigeria N18.6 Billion For Vaccines

Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure

Folic acid, a B vitamin, lowers stroke risk in people with high blood pressure

4 ways to get lean

4 ways to get lean

Is mass over-vaccination causing polio-like paralysis in children?

Is mass over-vaccination causing polio-like paralysis in children?

Can oral sex give you cancer?

Can oral sex give you cancer?

Low Blood Pressure

Low Blood Pressure

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Doctors’ Racial Biases May Not Influence Patient Care, Survey Suggests

Doctors’ Racial Biases May Not Influence Patient Care, Survey Suggests

Choking Prevention – Child Safety Inside and Outside the Home

Choking Prevention – Child Safety Inside and Outside the Home

Recognizing and Treating Whooping Cough

Recognizing and Treating Whooping Cough

Falls Prevention – Child Safety Inside and Outside the Home

Falls Prevention – Child Safety Inside and Outside the Home

Breastfed babies ‘grow up to be brainier and richer’

Breastfed babies ‘grow up to be brainier and richer’

Could epilepsy drug help treat Alzheimer’s disease?

Could epilepsy drug help treat Alzheimer’s disease?

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart the Hardest

Brain Swelling Tied to Deaths From Malaria

Brain Swelling Tied to Deaths From Malaria

Africa’s New Hope: Mentoring Mothers

Africa’s New Hope: Mentoring Mothers

SIERRA LEONE | IPAS: ‘No woman should die by expressing her reproductive health choices’

SIERRA LEONE | IPAS: ‘No woman should die by expressing her reproductive health choices’

Heated debate in Uganda over super crops

Heated debate in Uganda over super crops

Women and malnutrition – the case of South Sudan

Women and malnutrition – the case of South Sudan

South African townships’ addictive drug cocktail

South African townships’ addictive drug cocktail

Damage to ‘heart health’ may start in childhood

Damage to ‘heart health’ may start in childhood

Stress and mental health at work

Stress and mental health at work

Pasta Recipes Made Healthy

Pasta Recipes Made Healthy

Work Related Stress

Work Related Stress

Coming to terms with comments on pregnancy weight gain

Coming to terms with comments on pregnancy weight gain

Do Women Need Their Own Viagra?

Do Women Need Their Own Viagra?

Eighty countries adopt call to action at first UN conference on dementia

Eighty countries adopt call to action at first UN conference on dementia

Kidney Transplants — Even if Patients are Incompatible | Q&A

Kidney Transplants — Even if Patients are Incompatible | Q&A

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

World Bank: Egyptians pay 72% of health care costs

World Bank: Egyptians pay 72% of health care costs

Uganda’s rural areas register rising cases of malaria – study

Uganda’s rural areas register rising cases of malaria – study

Medical Tourism: Is Nigeria Really A “Giant Of Africa”?

Medical Tourism: Is Nigeria Really A “Giant Of Africa”?

WORLD TB DAY 2015

WORLD TB DAY 2015

Who Lives and Who Dies?

Who Lives and Who Dies?

Smoking: Worse Than We Thought

Smoking: Worse Than We Thought

WHO: Dementia – it affects us all

WHO: Dementia – it affects us all

Venous thromboembolism (VTE): Paul Robinson’s story

Venous thromboembolism (VTE): Paul Robinson’s story

‘Register-and-go’ killing pharmacy profession

‘Register-and-go’ killing pharmacy profession

SOUTH AFRICA | Brother’s death leaves a legacy of commitment

SOUTH AFRICA | Brother’s death leaves a legacy of commitment

NIGERIA | Cluster specific interventions in national development

NIGERIA | Cluster specific interventions in national development

6 Games That Teach Toddlers Colors

6 Games That Teach Toddlers Colors

Loneliness as Dangerous as Obesity, Study Suggests

Loneliness as Dangerous as Obesity, Study Suggests

Can I stop taking antibiotics as soon as I feel better?

Can I stop taking antibiotics as soon as I feel better?

Peyronie’s Disease(Curvature of the Penis)

Peyronie’s Disease(Curvature of the Penis)

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Men’s finger length indicates how nice they are to women

Men’s finger length indicates how nice they are to women

Signs Your Child Is Having A Mental Breakdown

Signs Your Child Is Having A Mental Breakdown

Dementia: Barbara’s story

Dementia: Barbara’s story

NIGERIA | Rivers State expands mobile technology for real-time disease surveillance reporting

NIGERIA | Rivers State expands mobile technology for real-time disease surveillance reporting

Over 5 mn to undergo dialysis, kidney transplant by 2030: Study

Over 5 mn to undergo dialysis, kidney transplant by 2030: Study

Foods Most Likely to Give You Gas

Foods Most Likely to Give You Gas

Which Is More Effective: Anger, Calm Or Happiness?

Which Is More Effective: Anger, Calm Or Happiness?

Keeping Your Hair in Chemo

Keeping Your Hair in Chemo

Travel Pain-Free With Knee Arthritis

Travel Pain-Free With Knee Arthritis

5 Important Questions We Have About the Penis Transplant

5 Important Questions We Have About the Penis Transplant

Satisfying thirst and the kidneys: the importance of drinking water

Satisfying thirst and the kidneys: the importance of drinking water

No Cure for Bad Timing

No Cure for Bad Timing

Dementia

Dementia

WHO issues its first hepatitis B treatment guidelines

WHO issues its first hepatitis B treatment guidelines

Monday, March 16, 2015

Could Your Thyroid Be the Culprit? Everything You Need to Know About Thyroid Disease

Could Your Thyroid Be the Culprit? Everything You Need to Know About Thyroid Disease

Salt Substitutes: Are they Safe

Salt Substitutes: Are they Safe

Early Detection and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease Video

Early Detection and Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease Video

The effects of exercise on depression

The effects of exercise on depression

Ask a Scientist: Is It Safe to Skip My Period on The Pill?

Ask a Scientist: Is It Safe to Skip My Period on The Pill?

The Biggest Mistake People Make When Setting Goals (and What to Do Instead)

The Biggest Mistake People Make When Setting Goals (and What to Do Instead)

Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression

Exercise vs. Drugs for Depression

Don’t Let Anxiety Control Your Life.

Don’t Let Anxiety Control Your Life.

Rhino horn- Miracle drug?

Rhino horn- Miracle drug?

Lack of Ebola Cases Shifts Vaccine Trials Away From Liberia

Lack of Ebola Cases Shifts Vaccine Trials Away From Liberia

Watch closely and explain frequently: Liberia’s Ebola lessons

Watch closely and explain frequently: Liberia’s Ebola lessons

Friday, March 13, 2015

Push For Australia To Take Salmonella Risk From Eggs More Seriously

Push For Australia To Take Salmonella Risk From Eggs More Seriously

5 Best Teas for Weight Loss

5 Best Teas for Weight Loss

West Africa to lose .6 bn annually owing to Ebola: UN

West Africa to lose .6 bn annually owing to Ebola: UN

Africa must spurn Cuba’s aid offer

Africa must spurn Cuba’s aid offer

Ketamine Ban Would Be Disaster for Health of World’s Poorest

Ketamine Ban Would Be Disaster for Health of World’s Poorest

SOUTH AFRICA | Is This the Healthiest Wine in the World?

SOUTH AFRICA | Is This the Healthiest Wine in the World?

Office space – the primary health frontier of any enterprise

Office space – the primary health frontier of any enterprise

More Children at Risk of Measles in Wake of Ebola Epidemic

More Children at Risk of Measles in Wake of Ebola Epidemic

Cooking up a storm: The rise of African superfoods

Cooking up a storm: The rise of African superfoods

A Bowl of Rice a Day?

A Bowl of Rice a Day?

Prenatal Vitamins: A to D

Prenatal Vitamins: A to D

Coffee delivers a kick to the hair follicles

Coffee delivers a kick to the hair follicles

Is Breast Milk the New Health Craze

Is Breast Milk the New Health Craze

Do You Really Need That Tetanus Booster? One Man’s Ordeal

Do You Really Need That Tetanus Booster? One Man’s Ordeal

Could the world be smoke-free by 2040? ‘Turbocharged’ global campaign to ban the sale of tobacco could save one billion lives, experts say

Could the world be smoke-free by 2040? ‘Turbocharged’ global campaign to ban the sale of tobacco could save one billion lives, experts say

Homeopathic remedies are ‘no more effective than sugar pills’, landmark report declares

Homeopathic remedies are ‘no more effective than sugar pills’, landmark report declares

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 3]

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 3]

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 2]

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 2]

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 1]

Chimamanda Adichie Addresses Elnathan John’s “Cocoyam” Reference [part 1]

New Approach to HIV Management in Africa Reduces Deaths by a Third

New Approach to HIV Management in Africa Reduces Deaths by a Third

SOUTH AFRICA | Inaction on waste condemns South Africa’s poor to life in toxic dumps

SOUTH AFRICA | Inaction on waste condemns South Africa’s poor to life in toxic dumps

Examining Africans’ kidney disease

Examining Africans’ kidney disease

UGANDA | Plan to export medics ‘threatens Uganda’s epidemic response’

UGANDA | Plan to export medics ‘threatens Uganda’s epidemic response’

Beating The Blues With Exercise

Beating The Blues With Exercise

10 Things to Stop Doing if You Want to Live Longer

10 Things to Stop Doing if You Want to Live Longer

3 Lifestyle Changes That Can Lower Blood Pressure

3 Lifestyle Changes That Can Lower Blood Pressure

Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasites

Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasites

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Child and maternal deaths tumble, East Africa leads the way: U.N.

Child and maternal deaths tumble, East Africa leads the way: U.N.

Transforming the future: Home-made African Research Universities Alliance is launched

Transforming the future: Home-made African Research Universities Alliance is launched

SOUTH SUDAN | Guinea worm eradication: Nylon filters and caring about others bring a public health victory.

SOUTH SUDAN | Guinea worm eradication: Nylon filters and caring about others bring a public health victory.

WHO Seeks Assessment of Its Ebola Response

WHO Seeks Assessment of Its Ebola Response

SOUTH AFRICA | Fraudulent Medical Claims Blamed for Spike in Private Healthcare Costs

SOUTH AFRICA | Fraudulent Medical Claims Blamed for Spike in Private Healthcare Costs

Is public health care spending needed for better health outcomes?

Is public health care spending needed for better health outcomes?

Zambia President Lungu goes to South Africa for treatment

Zambia President Lungu goes to South Africa for treatment

More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families

More evidence breast cancer and prostate cancer cluster in families

Top 10 Common Habits that Damage Your Kidneys

Top 10 Common Habits that Damage Your Kidneys

Top 10 Health Benefits of Kale

Top 10 Health Benefits of Kale

Parents May Be Able to Lower Kids’ Autism Risk

Parents May Be Able to Lower Kids’ Autism Risk

Nine psychological tasks for a good marriage

Nine psychological tasks for a good marriage

Can You Drink and Lose Weight?

Can You Drink and Lose Weight?

Facts About Male Ejaculation

Facts About Male Ejaculation

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes with Vitamin D and Sunshine

Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes with Vitamin D and Sunshine

Lower Back Pain Treatment

Lower Back Pain Treatment

Plant-based Diet May Reduce Obese Children’s Risk of Heart Disease

Plant-based Diet May Reduce Obese Children’s Risk of Heart Disease

SOUTH AFRICA | Lack of sex leaves women depressed, says survey

SOUTH AFRICA | Lack of sex leaves women depressed, says survey

Type 2 diabetes risk of male babies could be influenced by mothers age at childbirth

Type 2 diabetes risk of male babies could be influenced by mothers age at childbirth

26-year-old’s heart attack linked to energy drink

26-year-old’s heart attack linked to energy drink

Choosing the right make up for your skin tone

Choosing the right make up for your skin tone

When Back Pain May Be a Medical Emergency

When Back Pain May Be a Medical Emergency

Type 1 diabetes cases increasing as more young people showing signs of complications

Type 1 diabetes cases increasing as more young people showing signs of complications

Want muscles? Rice is the new meat

Want muscles? Rice is the new meat

Red Flags: Early Screening and Diagnosis of Autism

Red Flags: Early Screening and Diagnosis of Autism

Saving Lives With Gus: CPR

Saving Lives With Gus: CPR

Sugars contributing to emerging health threats in Africa

Sugars contributing to emerging health threats in Africa

Burundi unveils new hospital

Burundi unveils new hospital

Magic mash: reducing child malnutrition with sweet potatoes

Magic mash: reducing child malnutrition with sweet potatoes

Monday, March 9, 2015

9 Sleep Myths to Stop Believing Right Now

9 Sleep Myths to Stop Believing Right Now

What are Uterine Fibroids?

What are Uterine Fibroids?

Maternal age at childbirth may affect glucose metabolism in their adult male children

Maternal age at childbirth may affect glucose metabolism in their adult male children

Health Check: what do my blood pressure numbers mean?

Health Check: what do my blood pressure numbers mean?

Oxytocin nasal spray causes men to eat fewer calories

Oxytocin nasal spray causes men to eat fewer calories

Diabetics can avoid problems with attention to heart risks

Diabetics can avoid problems with attention to heart risks

In chronic heart failure, monitoring calcitriol may help prevent death

In chronic heart failure, monitoring calcitriol may help prevent death

‘Am I Normal?’ Check Biggest Study Yet Of Penis Size, Among 15,000 Men

‘Am I Normal?’ Check Biggest Study Yet Of Penis Size, Among 15,000 Men

Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system

Sleep deprived? Naps might help your immune system