Yearly Archives: 2023
Sleep hygiene: 10 Tips for Better Sleep
Sleep hygiene comprises healthy practices that ensure good sleep. They range from making your bed comfortable to keeping a stable sleep schedule and consciously avoiding all disruptions to your sleep.
It’s Quiz o’clock: Test your knowledge of heat-related illnesses
Heat-related illnesses comprise heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. They are common health problems in hot weather and it has been really hot in recent months in Nigeria.
Electronic Cigarettes: A Therapy for Tobacco Smoking
Electronic cigarettes offer a way to assist smoking cessation because they provide nicotine replacement at dosages that confer no health risks
Gestational diabetes mellitus, what you need to know.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy and affects how the body uses glucose. It can...
Test your knowledge on malnutrition in pregnancy!
Malnutrition in pregnancy is a global issue but particularly prevalent in developing countries.
True or False – Emergency Contraception Edition
Find out all you need to know about emergency contraception
Family Planning: What You Should Know About Emergency Contraception
What is emergency contraception?
Emergency contraception (EC) refers to methods of birth control that can be...
Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, and Heat Stroke: What you need to know
Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke are a spectrum of heat-related illnesses associated with body overheating.
True or False: Test your knowledge of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is a form of abusive head trauma that results from shaking a baby violently. In most instances, parents...
Shaken Baby Syndrome: What you need to know
Shaking a baby violently causes brain movement within the skull, stretching and possibly tearing their fragile blood vessels. This results in Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS).
