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The Joy Christmas Brings

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s Christmas. This is the season of love, the season of Joy, the season of sharing...

Tooth brush or chewing stick? – A Dentist’s advise

HealthFacts team had an interview with Dr Akeju, a practicing dentist at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idiaraba Lagos. Can we meet you? I am...

Tackling HIV/AIDS: FG Launches Another Project

In order to reduce the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country, the Federal Government in collaboration with other partners has launched a new project...

Okra helps in preventing and reducing constipation.

Okra – one of the best medicinal vegetables that due to its taste hasn’t gotten it’s due regard in the culinary industry. This vegetable...

Sore Throat

Sore throat is an inflammation of the throat that causes itchiness, pain and uneasiness which is heightened when you cough, swallow or talk. These...

The Many Benefits of the Popular and Traditional Ewedu Soup

Growing up in the western part of Nigeria, I became familiar with one of the most resourced westernized meal; the Ewedu Soup. This greenish slimy...

5 common myths about a woman’s menstrual cycle.

Menstruation is a monthly bleeding that occurs in a woman’s body as her body sheds the lining of her womb. This is a very...

Important health facts about Scent Leaf every Nigerian should know

Scent leaf is a wonderful plant which is known for its peculiar colour and greatly appreciated for its nutritional and medicinal benefits. It is...

Jaundice In Children – Pt 1

As a little child, the sight of men and women visiting our garden and requesting for unripe paw paws always left me wondering what...

Ogogoro ( Local Gin): Poison In A Bottle

If you are a Nigerian or you have lived somewhere in Nigeria (mostly in the western part), I guess by now, you would be...