• Heart Attack and Stroke – When sudden death isn’t really that sudden.

    The African mind set of attributing supernatural causes such as witchcraft, spiritual attacks, generational curses, and other such influences to illness, negatively impacts when, how and where we seek health care. It delays proper diagnosis...

  • Zika virus continues to dominate health news

    Zika virus continues to dominate health news and is causing a major health scare throughout the Americas. An outbreak of the virus, which started in Brazil in May 2015 is spreading explosively and now involves...

  • Wrong Diagnosis – Whose fault? By Dr. Chika Nya-Etok

    I write a column in a newspaper titled “Your Health, Your Choice” and the following story illustrates exactly what I mean.   Twenty-five year old John was not feeling well at all. He had had...

  • The Dangers of Self Medication

    You have a fever and a headache and feel a bit run down. Deciding that it’s probably malaria, you go off to your local medicine vendor to buy paracetamol and an anti-malarial drug and start...

  • What is Zika virus and why is it making health news?  

    Another virus you’ve probably never heard of – Zika virus – is making health news and causing another health scare. An outbreak of the virus, which started in Brazil in May 2015 now involves several...

  • Cervical Health Awareness Month 2

    “Oh no!, Not again.” she thought.  This was the third time in the past 6 months or so, that she was ‘spotting” or having some vaginal bleeding when it wasn’t time for her regular menstrual...

  • EYE HEALTH

    Eye health is about keeping your eyes healthy. It has been said that “the eyes are the window to the soul” and many health problems can be diagnosed by a good eye examination even before...

  • CANCER SCREENING

    A very ill looking man shows up at his local hospital with severe weight loss, yellow eyes, loss of appetite, a distended belly and severe abdominal pain. His worried wife says that he’s been sick...

  • Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth Pt 2

    Did you know that every year more than a million children lose their mother as a result of her death in pregnancy or childbirth? Why is all of this important? These children are up to...

  • Lassa fever – Why You Should Be Worried

    It has been confirmed that there is a new outbreak of another haemorrhagic fever (Lassa fever) across 10 states in Nigeria. Over 86 people have been infected, with 40 deaths – that is a 46%...