Countries With Highest Cases of HIV infection

The HIV that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has led to the death of over 36 million people.

The most common type of HIV is HIV-1, identified in 1984. HIV-2, was first discovered in West Africa in 1986. It causes a loss of immune function and the subsequent development

Mediterranean Diets Reduce Stroke Disease

People who maintain the Mediterranean diet were less likely to suffer an ischemic stroke compared to people with the lowest adherence to the diet, a study discovers.

A Mediterranean

Stress, anxiety and depression

We tend to try and solve our health and energy drawbacks by changing our external environment. We try and take pills, supplements in the form of shakes, energy drinks or vitamins. Yet, if we were to look within us we would notice that probably the #1...

Top 5 best Beauty Tips for Girls

Beauty tips for girls are required by all ages of ladies, essential to maintain their charm and attraction in the easiness of their own homes rather than spending tons of bucks on professional help. These fabulous tips will not only change your attire...

Best Ways to Treat Heart Burn and Stomach Acidity

Have you ever felt a burning sensation in your stomach after a meal? It might not be unconnected with acidity. When the food we eat enters the stomach, the gastric glands in the stomach produce digestive acid that helps digest the food.

When there is imbalance or excesses of this acid, acidity occurs. Acidity leads to heart burns and ulcers. Hear burn occurs when the acid enters the lower

Combining Vaccines and Mosquito Nets worsens Malaria

According to WHO, a child dies every minute from malaria. This deadly disease killed up to 600,000 people in 2013 and most of them are children in Africa.

New statistics shows that at least half of the population of people in malaria prone areas have access to insecticide treated mosquito nets.

 It is known that a first malaria bite to a child could be deadly. But after surviving this stage, further bites from mosquitoes helps the child to develop immunity

Change Your Habits

  Where to Start 'Where to start' is one of the most asked questions we receive at   Changing Habits   and it is not an easy question to answer. We are all different… some of us are just commencing on the journey of better health, some...

A New Form of HIV discovered in Cuba

 A new variant of HIV is dicovered in Cuba. It is a recombinant form of HIV. It should be noted that HIV has various form - or technically various strains. A person who engages in unprotected sex with many persons infected with HIV, he or she may contract multiple strains of HIV. Then these various forms

Strategies to combat pain and inflammation

 Lose weight if overweight  Eat more fruits and vegetables  Eliminate junk food, especially deep fried foods    Make sure you drink enough water … dehydration worsens inflammation  Exercise gently  Get plenty of rest and sleep  Stop smoking...

Health Impact of Drinking Water during Meals

A radio program one day was on health matters. The expert on the show answered a question from a listener and gave a highly disputed opinion. He advised that water should not be taken while eating. It should be before or after the meal. But the question is, how true is the claim?

Water is the principal chemical constituent of the body
constituting about

Valentine Gift!: How to Care for Your Heart(Women)

As I was going through Newswise.com, I saw this piece of work. It is a candid piece of advice to women about their health and early warning signs of heart diseases. It is a Valentine message by Doctor Anita Varkey, MD of Loyola University Health System

What is Angina?
Angina is a heart condition characterized by pain or

Don't Drive after Stroke Disease-Study

If you have a loved one who survived a stroke disease, you can do them a favour

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by preventing them from the driving seat at least for a few month. A new research found out that stroke survivors are likely to make crucial

Sugary Drinks Cause Early Menstruation

According to a new research published in Human Reproduction on Jan 28, led by Karin Michels (ScD, PhD), Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA), early menstruation could be caused by

A Man gets New Hands in India after Surgery

India Health sector has reached another landmark following the successful surgery which gave 30 year old, Manu, a new pair of hands.

Credit:ITN

According to Dr Subramania Iyer, Professor and

Risks of Alcohol Drinking during Pregnancy

"It is impossible to say what constitutes a 'safe' amount of alcohol a mother can drink as every pregnancy is different, so our advice to mothers is don't take a chance with your baby's health and drink no alcohol at all," Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, advised

It is no longer a news that alcohol is

Attractive Men prove to be more Selfish-Study

According to article on medicalnewtoday.com, men who are attractive have been found to be more selfish and less equality oriented.

This is a research by Lead investigator Dr. Michael Price and

Reasons why You get Tired Easily

When tight shedules set in and we don't have much time to relax, tiredness could become a frequent occurrence in our life.

Top Causes of Tiredness
1.Diet
Coffee and sugar seems to boost our energy. But their effects are for a short term and

Top Pharmaceutical Companies in Nigeria

It is a good news to note that WHO(World Health Organisation) approved 3 more Nigeria pharmaceutical companies in 2014 to raise the total number to four. The four Internationally approved Pharmaceuticals in Nigeria are:

Evans Pharmaceutical Ltd

May & Baker Pharmaceutical Ltd  

Chi Pharmaceutical Ltd.

Swiss Pharma Nigeria

Other

Many Nigeria Bread are not Safe

It is no longer a new sight seeing hawkers carrying bread along the busy roads in Nigeria. We buy these bread without considering important factor such as how healthy and well prepared are these bread? Although bread has gluten, a protein which is not easily digested, poor manufacturing practices have caused

Vitamin A Prevents Malaria in Children

According to a research by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, published in eLife(journal), a single large dose of Vitamin A could prevent malaria in children under 5 years by 54%. This is for regions under Sub-Sahara Africa like Nigeria.

They recommended

Excessive Jogging impacts negatively to our Health

Of course, daily exercise is very advisable for our health. But overdoing it may not be so. A research has shown that strenous jogging

Nigeria Health Workers Suspend Strike

Ahead of the General Elections, JOHESU(Joint Health Sector Unions)  which represent Nigeria health workers has finally ended their three month old strike. This action followed after meeting with

Watching TV for long is dangerous for health

Watching television isn't just slowly killing your brain cells, it
may be slowly killing you. Researchers found that people who watched three or more hours of television a day were at twice the risk of an early death than those who watched less.

A report published in the Journal of the American Heart Association studied more than 13,000

Excess Alcohol increases Stroke Disease

Stroke

It is a known fact that diabetes and high blood pressure can increase the possibility of developing stroke. Another more dangerous factor has been found in high alcohol consumption in middle age. Heavy drinking in middle age was found to raise the risk of stroke