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

Sunday, March 8, 2015

NANTMP president seeks proper documentation in herbal medicine

NANTMP president seeks proper documentation in herbal medicine

Financing of NHIS very innovative

Financing of NHIS very innovative

What It’s Like to Have a Mammogram

What It’s Like to Have a Mammogram

Why radiotherapy is important

Why radiotherapy is important

What is Breast Cancer?

What is Breast Cancer?

Sanjay Gupta on the Health Benefits of CBD Oil

Sanjay Gupta on the Health Benefits of CBD Oil

Jess’s mental health selfie on antidepressants and self harm

Jess’s mental health selfie on antidepressants and self harm

90 hospitals to benefit from 10 m Chinese loan

International Women’s Day: the battle for better maternal health care in Uganda

International Women’s Day: the battle for better maternal health care in Uganda

Preventing Infant Deaths: What Can We Learn From Cuba?

Preventing Infant Deaths: What Can We Learn From Cuba?

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Healing the Body and Calming the Mind with Chai Tea

Healing the Body and Calming the Mind with Chai Tea

Our Liver: The Star Organ of our Body

Our Liver: The Star Organ of our Body

5 Common Causes For Late Periods

5 Common Causes For Late Periods

26 % Maternal deaths in sub-Sahara Africa is as a result unsafe blood – WHA

26 % Maternal deaths in sub-Sahara Africa is as a result unsafe blood – WHA

Tanzania albino killings to end, vows President Kikwete

Tanzania albino killings to end, vows President Kikwete

Why You Should Open Up About Your Miscarriage

Why You Should Open Up About Your Miscarriage

When to Start Potty Training – Transcript

When to Start Potty Training – Transcript

1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss

1.1 billion people at risk of hearing loss

Female ejaculation

Female ejaculation

Premature ejaculation

Premature ejaculation

Infertility Treatment

Infertility Treatment

Monday, March 2, 2015

Folic Acid & Birth Defects

Folic Acid & Birth Defects

Making Health Care Safer. Antibiotic prescribing in hospitals: use caution

Making Health Care Safer. Antibiotic prescribing in hospitals: use caution

Improving Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease

Improving Care for People with Sickle Cell Disease

Vitamin and mineral supplements are big business, but their health benefits remain uncertain

Vitamin and mineral supplements are big business, but their health benefits remain uncertain

Avoid Harmful Substances

Avoid Harmful Substances

Keeping Backyard Poultry

Keeping Backyard Poultry

Is Postpartum Depression Real?

Is Postpartum Depression Real?

Kids and iPads: The Pros and Cons

Kids and iPads: The Pros and Cons

Light Skinned vs. White: Can Your Kids Make the Distinction?

Light Skinned vs. White: Can Your Kids Make the Distinction?

This Makes Your Heart Attack Risk 8 Times Higher

This Makes Your Heart Attack Risk 8 Times Higher

A Simple Skin Test May Detect Alzheimer’s

A Simple Skin Test May Detect Alzheimer’s

Everything You Need to Know About Essential Oils

Everything You Need to Know About Essential Oils

15 Diseases Doctors Often Get Wrong

15 Diseases Doctors Often Get Wrong

10 Signs You May Have an Ulcer

10 Signs You May Have an Ulcer

How to Food-Shop for Weight Loss

How to Food-Shop for Weight Loss

9 Diseases People Keep Secret

9 Diseases People Keep Secret

Yogurt Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

Yogurt Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

The Countries with the World’s Healthiest Diets Are Mostly in Africa

The Countries with the World’s Healthiest Diets Are Mostly in Africa

Breastfeeding mothers ‘should be screened for HIV’

Breastfeeding mothers ‘should be screened for HIV’