Seven proven tips to stay healthy during the rainy season
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Hurray! The rainy season is back! You know what they say, “weather for two” or is it weather to plant yam? 😒 Anyway, it’s that time of the year when not…
How to Prevent and Treat PTSD; 10 Powerful tips
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a syndrome resulting from exposure to real or threatened serious injury or sexual assault. Examples include serious accidents, hostage-taking, natural disasters, terrorist incidents and violent…
5 ways to prevent constipation and digest food faster
Constipation has various formal definitions. People sometimes mean different things when they talk about constipation. Constipation is defined as the infrequent passage of stools i.e. passage of stool less than…
Five Powerful Health Benefits of Donating Blood
Donating blood not only saves the lives of thousands of people but also that of the donor. The heart pumps blood and the blood vessels transport blood to and from…
Five Effects of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Pregnancy is special and daunting, but hypertension in pregnancy can make it more challenging. Hypertension is blood pressure that is greater than or equal to 140/ 90mmHg About 1 in…
Free Blood Pressure Test for over 300 People in Lagos State.
Lagos, Nigeria/May 30, 2021. In an effort to educate the public on the silent killer that is hypertension, Doktorconnect organised a mass health awareness program at the heart of Lagos;…
Asthma Care: Six Proven Ways to Protect Your Family
Over 6 out of every 100 Nigerians have asthma. Nigeria alone is responsible for 5% of the 262 million people living with asthma worldwide. Asthma took the lives of 461,000…
Kidney Stones: Six Proven Ways to Prevent Them
Kidney stones refer to stones in the kidney; they can be prevented and treated. Most times ureteral stones are discussed together because they almost always originate in the kidney although…
Three Powerful Ways to Improve your Sex Life with Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease caused by your body’s inability to manage sugar in your blood. This dysfunction leads to elevated blood sugar levels that spells trouble in many parts of…
Hypertension In Nigeria: All The Things You Need To Know
The prevalence of Hypertension in Nigeria is estimated to be 30 – 45%. According to this estimate, over a third of the population has hypertension. That is 1 in 3…