Why Too Much Exercise May Harm Your Heart, and What Science Tells Us About the Ideal Amount and Type of Exercise
Exercise Is Good Medicine at the Right Dosage
Modern fitness research offers many potent reminders that physical activity is one of the best "preventive drugs"...
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Watermelon
6 Watermelon Facts That Might Surprise You
1. Watermelon Has More Lycopene Than Raw Tomatoes
Lycopene is a powerful carotenoid antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables...
Heart disease, women’s greatest health risk
Are you a woman? Do you smoke? Has any member of your family suffered from heart disease? Do you have hypertension? Are you obese?...
UNAIDS to build antiretroviral manufacturing plant in Nigeria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, in conjunction with the Nigerian private sector, is planning to build an antiretroviral manufacturing plant in the...
‘Pollution increases cancer in children’
The Coordinator, Children with Cancer Intervention Initiative, Honour Onyebuchukwu, has called on the Federal Government to tackle environmental pollution as a means of reducing...
Carelessness can make nonsense of birth control pills
Every forward-looking couple knows that a woman must not be allowed to have all the numbers of children she could have in a lifetime.
Apart...
How to feel better when you’re under stress
Many Nigerians are, no doubt, under stress nowadays. They have reached the point where global news outlets are reporting the unprecedented fall in oil...
Early detection of cancer
The World Cancer Day was marked on February 4, all over the world in order to raise awareness on cancer and to encourage its...
Dangote, Gates commit $42m to make Nigeria polio-free
The Dangote Foundation, in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is set to invest $42m in primary health care programmes to ensure...
Aisha Buhari seeks funding for pneumonia interventions
Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has called on African leaders and policy makers to increase funding for the ongoing campaign to eradicate...
Why condoms are ‘bad’ for you on Valentine’s Day
The St. Valentine’s Day will be celebrated globally on Sunday, February 14. The event began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early...
Keep fit, don’t spend all weekend watching TV
If you spend six hours daily watching television, doctors say you may be at risk of dying five years sooner than those who spend...