Understanding Prematurity: Challenges, Causes, and the Need for Awareness
Introduction
On the 17th of November this year, the world marked World Prematurity Day, a time to raise awareness...
What Causes Lung Cancer and What Can We Do?
The leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide is lung cancer.
Lung cancer is also one of the few cancers...
How to Get the Best from Your Sunscreen
Sunscreen or sunblock is a skincare product that helps to protect the skin against the harmful effects...
The Right Way to Use Antibiotics: 5 Tips
Antibiotics are wonder drugs that have transformed modern medicine in the last few decades. They have proven...
5 Easy Tips to Stay Healthy During Harmattan
Harmattan is here and it is arguably not many people's favorite season of...
What You Should Know About Voice Abuse
Voice is perhaps the most important tool for communication in daily living....
Good Breastfeeding Technique – Dos and Don’ts, Part 2
The first part of this post showed us some bad breastfeeding techniques. These include incorrect positioning of the baby, failing to fully...
Good Breastfeeding Technique – Dos and Don’ts, Part 1
The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within the first hour after birth and continuing until the sixth month of life....
Diabetic Foot Care (Part 2): How to Care for Your Feet in Diabetes
In the first part of this post we discussed what diabetes does to the feet. These include abnormal foot sensation, infections, poor...
Diabetic Foot Care (Part 1): How Diabetes Affects the Feet
Diabetes often affects the feet, sometimes devastatingly so. But we can reduce the risk of developing problems of the diabetic foot. If...