Health – Viva Naija

#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild: how we can help her survive this unfair world

Damilola J. Oladeji — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:55:37 +0000

#InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild: I have always had this idea that girls are endangered, even by the very forces of nature. It may sound ridiculous to say girls need to be educated for humanity to survive, but this is the simple truth. Imagine a girl born on the streets; she is different from a boy born on the […]

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Updated information on Monkey Pox – transmission, clinical presentation and treatment

Rachel — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:12:11 +0000

We have updated information about the dreaded monkey pox that has become a scourge in certain parts of Nigeria recently. This health information comes from the FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE, YENAGOA, and we will be updating it should we receive any new broadcasts. Monkey pox is an Orthopoxvirus, a genus that includes camelpox, cowpox, vaccinia, and […]

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If you’re always tired and grumpy for no reason, then this is for YOU!

Akin VoGg — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:19:16 +0000

Are you always angry and unhappy for no reason? Do you feel frustrated and wasted most of the time? You have prayed and fasted but no changes? Read on: The simple reason why you feel this way is because your life is complicated. This world on its own is complicated which is partly why your life is. […]

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Leave Olamide’s Wo, ban self-diagnosing antimalarial drug adverts instead!

Sayo — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:20:06 +0000

So, the Federal Government, through the NBC, BON or whatever agency, banned Olamide’s #Wo song. Okay, no yawa. But I believe there’s something bigger in deleterious mass, more disturbing in its damning effect to the society than awon omo tikabodi, and that is antimalarial drug adverts in Nigeria. They should be banned from our screens. […]

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Nigerians and their health: attitudes, perception and the future – The Talking Drum

Rachel — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 08:30:32 +0000

Nigerians and their health: the Nigerian healthcare system is deplorable, but has the system let the people down? Or are the people ignorant about how to take care of themselves? On the Talking Drum tonight! Why do we wait till we’re nearly dead to go to the hospital? Why are Nigerians so big on […]

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Transgender men are people too!

Charles Uzor — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 20:59:00 +0000

In a world of black and white people, grey people are taught to see themselves as abnormal, queer and mysterious. Grey people must choose to become black or white in order to earn acceptance in society. This is the plight of transgender people today. Barbara Bush, a former US First Lady once told the story […]

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Mosunmola sho’mo lollipop la: WHO says oral sex now causes “super gonorrhoea” oh

Sayo — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:27:48 +0000

Well, it’s not a jolking sturv tho’. Wobe warriors, worry not, it’s just sex with a further dint of caution. Nothing to ruin the spontaneity. LOL. Read up people! The World Health Organisation has warned that those who engage in oral sex risk contacting what it describes as ‘super gonorrhoea.’ The untreatable strain of gonorrhoea […]

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Drinking more water – a myth and a waste of time

Charles Uzor — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:45:56 +0000

1. You cannot detoxify your body by drinking more water than you really need or by taking in any nutritional supplement. 2. Adequate water intake is enough to maintain good function of the kidneys. 3. And in case you are wondering, your liver and kidneys do the natural removal of waste from the body. If […]

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DEPRESSION and SUICIDE: “My problem pass your own” – we must do better than this

Sayo — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:46:50 +0000

There is a lot of talk about depression and suicide in Nigeria these days; particularly given the tragic event of Sunday evening. Dear ones, Life throws lemons at everyone, but see, no one person’s challenge or tough experience outwits another person’s in severity. Rather, it is the endurance threshold that differs. The knack here in […]

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WARNING: Do not take Fanta or Sprite with Vitamin C; Coca Cola Nigeria don mess up!

Sayo — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:26:21 +0000

A Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Lagos State, has ordered the National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to forthwith mandate Nigeria Bottling Company PLC, manufacturers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, to include a written warning that the content of the bottles cannot be taken with Vitamin C. From this judgement, the lesson is […]

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