health and living

According to a recent research conducted by the World Health Organization, more than 36 million people all over the world suffer from some sort of disabling hear loss and very few seek medical attention on time. In fact, the Centre for Hearing and Communication observed that most of such people...

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), up to 225 million women, most of whom are Africans require family planning but are not on any form of it. If they had access to modern methods of family planning, as many as 24 million abortions, 6 million miscarriages, 70000 maternal...

Sadly, Zika virus has now assumed menacing dimensions especially in the Americas and Carribean. For instance, in Brazil alone, the virus has affected no less than a million people since the outbreak last year. Furthermore, in recognition of the malignant potentials of Zika virus, the World...

Lately, the mosquito-borne Zika virus has become a global emergency and a subject of global concern, even as the World Health Organization has projected that up to 4 million people may be affected in the ongoing outbreak. As of today, cases of the viral infection have been reported in 23...

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever which has been endemic in the West African subcontinent since it was first discovered in 1969 in a town called Lassa in Borno state. It reportedly affects about 500000 persons in this region on an annual basis, leading to an estimated 5000 deaths. In...

Lassa fever is one of the lethal viral haemorrhagic fevers, apart from Ebola, Dengue and some others. It's predominantly a disease of West Africa that was first discovered in 1969 in a Nigerian town called Lassa where two missionary nurses died from the disease. Since then, there have been...

Intestinal worms are common in Nigeria and in Sub Sahara Africa as it accounts for a significant amount of morbidity and mortality, especially in children less than 5 years of age living in rural communities. These intestinal parasites are gradually eating us because they reside in our body...

The importance of healthy bones can’t be emphasized because of the numerous functions of healthy bones. An adult has about 206 bones which help in providing the framework for the attachment of muscles; it acts as a store house for calcium, protection of organs, mobility and in hearing. It is...