Properly conducted, sex is an enjoyable exercise (read about exercise here). Sex is like everything around us: it too is guided by some natural and man-made rules. When these rules are flouted or when an individual is abused (read about abuse here) or his/her sex organs are somewhat tampered with or the body is mishandled, then […]
THE HOSPITAL will be organizing a public enlightenment campaign on A-Z of hepatitis. What you need to know, when to receive treatment, where to receive treatment and how to prevent it on the World Hepatitis Day 2014 which comes up on Monday July 28th 2014 by 10:00AM Also, on 27 July 2014, THE HOSPITAL will […]
Abuse:Prevention & Treatment. IntroductionAbuse is a combination of two words: “Abnormal” (Ab) and “Use” to form “Ab-use”. For a fact, abuse is rampant. Abuse takes different forms and is everywhere. Abuse occurs in private and public places. Parents abuse children. Strangers abuse others. Spouses abuse each other in the name of love. Various governments at […]
Drug and Substance Misuse: Resist the Temptation. 1What is a drug?Part IV Section 44 of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Act 1990 described and gave definitions to what constitute drugs and substances.In this article and to make things simple for us, I will look at drugs from two other definitions. The first definition is […]
There are many ways in which we can prevent death and diseases reaching us by undertaking simple procedures via our own actions. Lives may be cut short as a result of one or combination of: Infection such as E-coli, typhoid, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDs Genetic diseases: sickle cell disease Metabolic diseases such as diabetics or even nutritional […]
By Dr. Rotimi Adesanya (Paediatrician) “Make no mistake about why these babies are here – they are here to replace us.”…Jerry Seinfeld This handbook has been developed to help mothers, parents and guardians learn a few things about their babies. These tips give a lot of information on how a baby grows, how to breastfeed, […]
The elderly are special group of people whose healthcare needs are unique. For our purpose, we can say an elder is anyone who is 65 years old and above. The old age group as they are sometimes called do suffer from degenerative diseases such as wear and tear of osteoarthritis, dementia (degenerative diseases of the […]
IntroductionHealth, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Based on this definition we have provided the following quick guides to enable you and your family to live disease-free lives, be socially well, have a sound mental […]
Introduction: Sleep is a natural occurrence in every human being and indeed in almost all living things including some plants! In the case of human beings, there are good reasons why we need sleep. Our brain and our mind (wherever the mind may be) is the driving force of all our activities. The activities of […]
What is Sex? Sex is perceived as taking place between one individual, not being a child that carries XY and another individual, not being a child, that carries XX genes. That is to say, sex is deemed to take place between two consenting adults of opposite genders. Sex occurs when the male penis enter the […]