Kidney stones, medically know as nephrolithiasis (neph-ro-lith-i-asis), is a term many people have probably heard before. You may have dealt with them first-hand, know someone who has dealt with them, or simply heard it in passing. If this is your first time learning...
Diabetes management requires awareness. Know what makes your blood sugar level rise and fall and how to control these day-to-day factors. Keeping your blood sugar levels within the range recommended by your doctor can be challenging. That’s because many things...
The Keto Diet has become popular with people looking to lose weight and improve their health. It involves significantly reducing carbohydrate intake while increasing the amount of fat and protein you eat. This puts the body into a state called Ketosis, where fat is...
Cardiovascular disease in women is ranked nearly as high as it is ranked in men, and heart disease is responsible for the cause of most deaths in adult females in Nigeria. This makes it important to emphasize the factors that truly make the heart unique among females....
Many men develop bladder control problems as they get older. Urine leakage, frequent urination and an urgent need to urinate are embarrassing symptoms to deal with, but they don’t have to be unavoidable parts of aging. There are many successful treatment options...
The good news is that in many instances, a brain can heal itself after a stroke. The brain is a fighter. A stroke is triggered when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked or bursts. A common analogy is that it’s like a heart attack in the brain. Blood vessels are...
